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The Virgin of Guadalupe concentrates on her image qualities typical of a pop star: she gathers every December more than 10 million faithful who pilgrimage to the outskirts of Mexico City, to Tepeyac, to venerate her; and, at the same time, she has the satisfaction of the Church. Moreover, her print reproduces almost mechanically since the 17th century not only in pieces considered strictly artistic — in Spain, for example, there are more than a …
‘So far, so close. Guadeloupe of Mexico in Spain’, is an original exhibition that celebrates the intense and deep ideological bond between the two countries through devotion to the Virgin of Guadalupe. May it influence to clear misunderstandings and prejudices on both sides of the Atlantic. Curated by two Mexican professors, Jaime Cuadriello and Paula Mues Orts, it brings together a seventy works from most of Spain’s heritage and has counted on …
The miracle of Tepeyac crosses the ocean. From June 10 to September 14, 2025, the Museo Nacional del Prado presents the exhibition “So far and so close”, a show that brings together about 70 works of viceroyal and peninsular art around Guadalupana devotion and its role in the history shared between Mexico and Spain. The exhibition, installed in rooms C and D of the Jerónimos building, includes paintings, sculptures, engravings and books by great…
Mexico's Virgin of Guadalupe Lights Madrid and Bridges Centuries of Shared Faith
Madrid's Prado has never smelled quite like this: cedar crates, fresh varnish, and a whiff of copal incense mingle as curators assemble the first exhibition devoted entirely to Mexico's Virgin of Guadalupe—an ambitious reunion of artworks scattered across two continents for 500 years. The post Mexico’s Virgin of Guadalupe Lights Madrid and Bridges Centuries of Shared Faith appeared first on LatinAmerican Post.
“So Far and so Close”, the Exhibition with Which the Virgin of Guadalupe Arrives at the Prado Museum
With the exhibition entitled “So far and so close”, the miracle of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Tepeyac has reached the Prado Museum in Madrid, the most important in Spain, with almost 70 works of viceroyal and peninsular art. We recommend: Ninth to the Virgin of Guadalupe Among the pieces exhibited are works -paintings, engravings, sculptures and books- by great masters of the novohispan art such as José Juárez, Juan Correa, Miguel Cabrera and Ma…
The Madrid Pinacoteca proposes the exhibition So far, so close. Guadeloupe of Mexico in Spain, which examines the link between the two countries through the figure of the Virgin of Guadalupe. It gathers almost 70 works coming mostly from the Spanish heritage and has counted on prominent Novohispan pieces – by authors such as José Juárez, Juan Correa, Manuel de Arellano, Miguel Cabrera – to narrate the importance of the image of the Virgin of Gua…
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