Making way for the Virgin of Guadalupe through art and history
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Rebeca Pérez Vega
Guadalajara, Mexico (July 13, 2025) - 5:00 a.m.
First Apparition of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Unknown artist (Puebla), Oil on canvas, c. 1690-1720, Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz), Church of San Miguel. Credit: Courtesy.
Allegory of the Patronage of the Virgin of Guadalupe over New Spain, Unknown artist, Oil on copper, 1786, Mexico City, Pérez Simón Collection. Credit: Courtesy.
Transfer of the Image and Dedication of the Shrine of Guadalupe, Manuel de Arellano (1662–1722), Oil on canvas, 1709, Osorio Brothers Collection. Credit: Courtesy.
Curator Paula Mues Orts in front of one of the works at the Prado Museum. Credit: Courtesy.
Jaime Cuadriello was one of the curators of this exhibition. Credit: Courtesy.
Installation of the exhibition "So Far, So Close. Guadalupe from Mexico in Spain." Credit: Courtesy.
For Mexican curators Jaime Cuadriello and Paula Mues Orts, it was an intellectual journey to shape the exhibition " So Far, So Close. Guadalupe of Mexico in Spain " at the Prado Museum in the Spanish capital.
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