{"id":166613,"date":"2026-02-16T12:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T12:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/166613\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T12:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T12:21:07","slug":"frida-kahlo-sus-fotos-debuts-as-el-paso-museum-reopens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/166613\/","title":{"rendered":"Frida Kahlo\u2013Sus Fotos Debuts as El Paso Museum Reopens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Art lovers rejoice because after several months behind closed doors, <a href=\"https:\/\/epma.art\/art\/exhibitions\/frida-kahlo-sus-fotos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the El Paso Museum of Art<\/a> has officially reopened and it\u2019s coming back stronger than ever.<\/p>\n<p>The museum temporarily closed for a $3.5 million infrastructure upgrade focused on modernizing critical behind-the-scenes systems. Improvements included enhanced environmental controls to better preserve artwork and upgraded security systems to meet the highest museum industry standards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to this critical infrastructure investment, the El Paso Museum of Art maintains its standing among a small percentage of museums in the United States to adhere to the highest industry standards,\u201d said Ben Fyffe, City of El Paso Quality of Life managing director.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy: El Paso Museum of Art<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy: El Paso Museum of Art<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/kisselpaso.com\/amigo-man-50th-anniversary\/?utm_source=tsmclip&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">El Paso Icon Amigo Man Celebrates 50 Years of Smiles<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>El Paso Museum of Art Presents: Frida Kahlo-Sus Fotos<\/p>\n<p>While the doors were closed, the museum\u2019s mission never paused. Staff hosted nearly 50 off-site workshops and community arts programs, continuing to connect with El Pasoans across the city.<\/p>\n<p>This past Valentine\u2019s weekend the museum reopened and visitors were able to experience a major highlight: <a href=\"https:\/\/epma.art\/art\/exhibitions\/frida-kahlo-sus-fotos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the first-ever El Paso presentation of Frida Kahlo\u2013Sus Fotos.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The internationally acclaimed exhibition features 241 photographs from Frida Kahlo\u2019s personal archive, offering an intimate look at her life through themes such as her origins, her relationship with Diego Rivera, politics, resilience, and love.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/kisselpaso.com\/julian-kalel-american-idol-audition\/?utm_source=tsmclip&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Teen From El Paso Shares Mental Health Journey On Idol<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/epma.art\/art\/exhibitions\/frida-kahlo-sus-fotos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Many of the photographs were discovered decades after Kahlo\u2019s death <\/a>inside her home, now the renowned Museo Frida Kahlo, also known as Casa Azul. The exhibition has attracted more than one million visitors worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibit is located on the 2nd floor gallery and will be on display until May 17th so plenty of time for locals to enjoy the first-ever presentation of Frida Kahlo\u2013Sus Fotos.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For more information on exhibitions and hours, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epma.art\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.EPMA.art<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cPeople of El Paso\u201d loteria series<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Courtesy: Ware Portraits <\/p>\n<p>IMPOSTERS Vol. 3 Was Even BIGGER Than The Last One<\/p>\n<p>Over 50 local El Paso artists of all kinds came together to swap styles and get out of their comfort zones! Old Sheepdog Brewery in Central El Paso opened their arms to the IMPOSTERS for the 2nd time and it proved to be another incredible show with a packed house the entire time!<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Grizz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Art lovers rejoice because after several months behind closed doors, the El Paso Museum of Art has officially&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139,141,142,6262,143,833],"class_list":{"0":"post-166613","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-el-paso","9":"tag-el-paso-headlines","10":"tag-el-paso-news","11":"tag-featured-carousel","12":"tag-include-in-newsletter","13":"tag-list-posts","14":"tag-local-el-paso","15":"tag-local-texas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}