José Guadalupe Posada: Printmaker to the People

Explore the revolutionary prints of José Guadalupe Posada, master of Mexican popular art and creator of La Catrina. This exhibition features political calaveras, social commentary broadsides, and penny prints that shaped modern Mexican identity and inspired generations of social justice artists worldwide.

About this Exhibition

Exhibition Details

Curator

Vasily Gnuchev

Start Date

11/6/2025

End Date

11/6/2026

Visibility

Public

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Discover the revolutionary prints of José Guadalupe Posada, master of Mexican popular art and creator of La Catrina. Explore how his penny broadsides transformed Mexican identity and inspired generations of social justice artists worldwide.

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Artworks in this Exhibition

The thundering skeleton of the modern bells

José Guadalupe Posada

Zincograph and letterpress on orange paper

Broadsheet relating to the execution of Arnulfo Villegas in the Belen prison on 12 February 1908

José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

Zincograph and letterpress on tan paper

A revolutionary holding a rifle and kneeling to protect a fallen revolutionary

José Sanchez|José Guadalupe Posada

Zincograph

Profile of a man with a beard

José Guadalupe Posada

Woodcut

Broadsheet relating to the bullfighting calavera who has arrived at full speed, screaming with much energy

Antonio Vanegas Arroyo|José Guadalupe Posada

Photorelief and letterpress on pink paper

Broadsheet relating to the new clock installed in the cathedral in Mexico City in June 1905

José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

Zincograph and letterpress on tan paper

Broadsheet, on recto skeletons riding bicycles entitled 'From this famous hippodrome on the racetrack, not even a single journalist is missing. Death is inexorable and doesn't even respect those that you see here on bicycles'; on verso skeletons buying and selling printed images etc

José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

Etching on zinc, woodcut, letterpress, relief printing

Broadsheet, on recto artist and artisans in hell with objects relating to their profession entitled 'The artistic purgatory, where the calaveras of artists and craftsmen lie', on verso skulls relating to different professions

Antonio Vanegas Arroyo|José Guadalupe Posada

Etching on zinc, woodcut, letterpress, relief printing

An uncut sheet printed on both sides with pages from 'Juan Ceniza' (cuento arreglado por C. S. Suarez) and 'Rosendito, los leones y el sapo' (cuento por C. S. Suarez)

José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

Ethching on zinc and lettepress (relief printing)

An uncut sheet printed on both sides with pages from 'Ademdai' and 'Agraciado: El niño de un jeme'

José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

Ethching on zinc and lettepress (relief printing)

An uncut sheet printed on both sides with pages from 'Perucho el Valeroso' and 'Perlina la encantadora'

José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

Ethching on zinc and lettepress (relief printing)

Broadsheet with songs relating to the earthquake that occurred on March 26, 1908

Antonio Vanegas Arroyo|José Guadalupe Posada

Type-metal engraving and letterpress on tan paper

Broadsheet relating to a young girl who was beheaded while her father Tomás Sánchez left her at home alone

José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

Zincograph and letterpress on tan paper

Broadsheet relating to the skillful bullfighter Rodolfo Gaona

José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

Zincograph and letterpress on tan paper

Man and woman dancing

Manuel Manilla|José Guadalupe Posada

Type-metal engraving on pink paper

Miraculous fountain

Manuel Manilla|José Guadalupe Posada

Type-metal engraving