How Jose Guadalupe Posada Came to the USA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEesRezQi1w

Excellent Resource for Printed Works Published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

https://literaturaspopulares.org/ipm/w/Inicio/ENGExcellent This link will allow you to access Ibero-American popular prints, mainly from the 19th and early 20th centuries,from Mexico. It is a significant depository of works published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo containing the images made by Jose Gudalupe Posada and Manuel Manilla.

Posada Conference April 7 to June 23, 2026

New Article on Baile en laTumba (Grave Dancing)

Exhibition of Original Art from Gonzalo Rocha's New Illustrated Book Celebrating José Guadalupe Posada's life

BOOK REVIEW HERE: https://www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-novel-review-posada-by-gonzalo-rocha-is-a-fascinating-portrait-of-an-influential-mexican-artist/

A Gathering of Posadistas in Coyoacan Mexico City

In August of 2025 a special gathering of people known as Posadadistas met at the Salon Posada, a wonder-filled bookstore at the Museo Salón Posada · tel 5556593765 · salon.posada.coyoacan@gmail.com. Tres Cruces 99, Coyoacán, 04010 Ciudad de México, CDMX, México. What is a Posadadista? Someone who admires and loves the work of Mexican printmaker Jose Guadalupe Posada, of course! In the photo are (from left to right): Dr. Helia Bonilla, Mercurio Lopez Casillas, Jim Nikas and Gonzalo Rocha

GoFundMe Support for Grave Dancing!

https://gofund.me/f34934fc PLEASE HELP SUPPORT OUR PLAY! Read all about it in the link!

New Jose Guadalupe Museum in Coyoacan Mexico City; FABULOUS!

https://www.museosalonposada.mx/ Tres Cruces 99, Coyoacán, 04010 Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico 5556593765 tel en Mexico! salon.posada.coyoacan@gmail.com

Grave Dancing Play Coming to Mexico in Fall 2026?

https://www.insidersnews.net/post/a-new-play-starring-jos%C3%A9-guadalupe-posada-and-the-calavera-catrina-coming-to-san-miguel-de-allende We had hope to bring the paly to San Miguel de Allende in 2025 but finding actors, a producer and director has been a challenge. Stay in touch as we are hoping for the Fall of 2026!

EUROPE MEETS MESOAMERICA -- A CULTURE CLASH OF SKULLS AND LETTERS

A talk looking at the blending impact of European printed works with indigenous imagery in the worlds of art and letters, including some reflections on how Jose Guadalupe Posada together with his main editor, Antonio Vanegas Arroyo created an amazing body of influencial work. https://letterformarchive.org/shop/europe-meets-mesoamerica-a-culture-clash-of-skulls-and-letters/ Watch talk on VIMEO: https://vimeo.com/1045555379

Victoria Beer Honors Posada Calaveras for 2024 Day of the Dead Commemorative

Victoria Beer is one of the oldest Mexican beer brands in Mexico. It traces its roots to 1865 in Toluca, Mexico.This year they are honoring Jose Guadalupe Posada with calavera images modeled after those created over 112 years ago by the master print maker himself. We were honored to have been advisors regarding the images. Posada was know to drink tequila and since Victoria Beer dates back to his time, he might very well have had a Victoria.

New Play: Staged Reading of Catrina and Posada from Nov 2023 Now on Vimeo to Preview

Synopsis José Guadalupe Posada sits alone in his simple Mexico City apartment drinking tequila as he has done for years at the end of each calendar year. He is despondent, having a bit of an existential crises, questioning the worth of his life’s work, when he is suddenly visited by a mysterious yet familiar messenger. It is his creation known now as la Catrina. Has she come to comfort him? Or perhaps this calavera has a bone to pick with him on some hot issues? Real or dream, a debate ensues to a final dance in the grave. It's a work in progress but you can watch what we have so far! Copy and paste the link below into your browser. https://vimeo.com/1011675448?share=copy

Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX to Exhibit José Guadalupe Posada- Legendary Printmaker of Mexico

Exhibition Dates: October 21, 2023 - January 7, 2024

 https://arlingtonmuseum.org/posada-legendary-printmaker-of-mexico

This is the first showing of the full new exhibition which includes many cultural and historical elements contained in the imagery created by Posada as exhibited over the last five years in the traveling exhibition José Guadalupe Posada- Legendary Printmaker of Mexico but expands on a variety of themes based upon suggestions and inquiries from curators and attendees alike. See illustrations by Posada recording the attitudes of his time exposing racism, LBGTQ rights and social injustice, plus selected works by contemporary artists influemce by Posada.

Mitchell Art Gallery at St. John's College, Annapolis, MD to Exhibit the José Guadalupe Posada- Legendary Printmaker of Mexico

EXHIBIT DATES: JULY 21–OCTOBER 1, 2023 

https://www.sjc.edu/mitchell

The skeletons come out of the closet in this exhibition of satirical illustrations by an artist whom muralist Diego Rivera deemed ‘the guerrilla fighter of the broadsheets’

"José Guadalupe Posada: Legendary Printmaker of Mexico" Opens at the Museum of Art Las Cruces New Mexico

Dancing skeletons

Join us at the Las Cruces Museum of Art, 491 N. Main St., for a new exhibition, “José Guadalupe Posada: Legendary Printmaker of Mexico,” featuring more than 60 pieces of the artist’s work as well as contemporaneous artwork that is influenced by Posada’s style. The exhibit will be on view from Nov. 4, 2022, through Jan. 21, 2023.

Posada and more in Sebastopol, CA Nov 19

Posada Art Foundation participates in Mexico Week at Rockefeller Center NYC 2022

JUN 11, 2022 - SEP 18, 2022 José Guadalupe Posada at the Hyde Collection, Glen Falls, NY

Posada's art will be on display in New York State https://www.hydecollection.org/exhibition/jose-guadalupe-posada/ https://www.hydecollection.org/event/presentation-jose-guadalupe-posada-legendary-printmaker-of-mexico/

Day of the Dead Talk at the Mexican Consulate in San Francisco

Día de Muertos celebration https://www.facebook.com/ConsulmexSFCO/videos/408915534272835

California Center for the Arts Posada Exhibition to Run September 18, 2021 to November 21, 2021

This exhibition continues the National Tour of: José Guadalupe Posada: Legendary Printmaker of Mexico September 18 - November 21, 2021 The exhibition is represented by Landau Traveling Exhibitions, and created by the Catalina Island Museum, and the Posada Art Foundation. For information contact: https://artcenter.org/museum/future-exhibitions/