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

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!

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/

José Guadalupe Posada: The Art of Cultural Critique

Viva Posada! From the Posada Art Foundation together with Arion Press and the Grabhorn Institute!

 

 

R.S.V.P.: Please register by visiting Arion Press at Eventbrite:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jose-guadalupe-posada-the-art-of-cultural-critique-tickets-92374864707 listing by telephone

at 415-668-2542 or email arionpress@arionpress.com .
 
An exhibition of political illustrations of the prolific and popular Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913), known for enduring works such as La Calavera Catrina. The exhibition includes nearly seventy selections from the Brady Nikas Collection and Posada Art Foundation, including rarely shown original printing plates and historical prints.Please join us for the opening night reception and ...live printing demonstration!

 

Opening:

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

 

The Arion Press

1802 Hays Street, The Presidio, San Francisco, CA 94129

The exhibition is free and open to the public during regular business hours.

Save the date: Thursday, March 5--Docent tour with author and Director of the Posada Art Foundation, Jim Nikas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jose Guadalupe Posada: Legendary Printmaker of Mexico Exhibition

Catalina Island Museum exhibition open from Dec. 23, 2017 to April 8, 2018.

Mexican Art comes to Catalina Island for the first time in this exhibition celebrating Mexico’s most prolific artist. José Guadalupe Posada’s images captured all aspects of daily life in Mexico City from 1889-1913, directly influenced artist like Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, shaped the Mexican identity and continue to inform contemporary image making today. A wide representation of Posada’s work, including his famous Day of the Dead calaveras and the artist’s original printing plates, make up this first-of-its-kind exhibition. 

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The exhibition will feature text in English and Spanish.

Searching for Posada--ART and Revolutions to Screen at La Calaca Festival Mexico

What better place to screen the documentary about the artist who, more than anyone else, popularized the Calavera?

http://lacalacafestival.com/2017/evento/searching/

 

 

San Jose State University Screening of Art and Revolutions

Screening of Art and Revolutions PLUS a traveling exhibition on Posada and the Penny Press!

Date and Time:
Thursday 12/7/17, 5:00pm-6:00pm
Art Lecture Hall, Room #133
Department of Art & Art History
San José State University
Located on 9th Street Plaza, SJSU Campus, San José, CA 95112
http://www.sjsu.edu/map/

LINK Below:

http://events.ha.sjsu.edu/art/events/documentary-screening-searching-posada-art-revolutions/

Exhibition Opening Now! Sept. 21

Posada and His Legacy Opens today at Los Angeles Southwest College---Celebrating the inspiration of Posada and including art work by LASC students! Open until October 14, 2017 Info Link: http://www.lasc.edu/hhm/hhmatlasc.html.

Hispanic Heritage Month with Jose Guadalupe Posada Exhibition at Los Angeles Southwest College Sept 21- Oct 20, 2017

Los Angeles Southwest College will host am exhibition of works by Jose Guadalupe Posada in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.

http://www.lasc.edu/hhm/hhmatlasc.html

Posada Work on Loan for Mission Cultural Center Show Opening May 5

ARTIST TALK and Film Screening

Happy Birthday to La Catrina (1912-2013), Jose Guadalupe Posada's Most Famous Calavera

Perhaps the most famous image that Posada created seen here is known today as La Calavera Catrina, which is the feminine of the Catrin or male dandy. The current year of 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of her first appearance in the publications of Antonio Vanegas Arroyo. Posada never illustrated her in any form other than as she appears here. As far as we know she appeared first in November of 1912, a mere three months before Posada died in January of 1913. But the popular image has since been portrayed countless times in full length. This credit perhaps goes to Diego Rivera who created a full-length version La Catrina in honor of Posada in his mural at the Hotel del Prado in Mexico City.

Jose Guadalupe Posada and Sensational Press Images

"Very Interesting News" reads the 1910 headline about the sensational story of Antonio Sanchez who goes berserk with an axe killing his parents, wife and infant son. He then eats his son! The image communicates the horror of the event in no uncertain terms. If Sanchez did devour his son, any question of what it might have looked like is resolved with this image. Although it is unsigned it was likely drawn by Posada and certainly approved by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo. We believe it serves as an excellent example of Vanegas Arroyo's sensational practices and also indicative of the collaborative nature of their relationship. Who directed the body parts with bodies strewn about, the bulging eyes and mad look of Sanchez? Then there is the baby being eaten, not chopped up into bits but eaten whole, perhaps while alive! The shear grotesque look and terror of the image helps to reinforce the moralistic aspects of the story line, which ultimately is warning the reader not to gamble. Sanchez loses all he has gambling and when his father refuses to pay his debt, the tragedy ensues. Eventually Sanchez is apprehended, tried, convicted and put to death. His body is then destroyed by natural elements. It seems justice must be served. Posada throws in some diablitios "little devils" perhaps to show how the devil is around to lead us astray. There are many examples of such sensational images in Posada and Vanegas Arroyo's collaborative work. In Posada's day images could be constructed to portray events or emphasize certain points. Now days we have color photographs and film, digital and immediate appearing via Internet or satellite broadcast but the fundamental sensational elements used by Vanegas Arroyo and Posada are the same that we use today.

Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo Honored in Mexico City: Part of the Legacy of Antonio Vanegas Arroyo and JG Posada

In this poster from left to right are Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo, Maria Antonia Medrano and young Fidel Castro Ruz.  The legacy of Antonio Vanegas Arroyo and JG Posada is demonstrated here by answering the question whether Arsacio would have been in a position to help the Cuban Revolution if his grandfather and Posada had not had such a successful collaboration? We will explore this concept in the documentary.