Video: An introduction to José Guadalupe Posada

José Guadalupe Posada was an illustrator and printmaker who produced a huge amount of work throughout the period of the Mexican revolution. His iconic images - especially the skeletal calaveras or calacas - are firmly embedded in Mexican popular culture. In the second of our video series inspired by the Royal Academy exhibition Mexico: A Revolution in Art, 1910-1940 curator Adrian Locke and UK-based Mexican artist Jazmin Velasco discuss Posada's work.

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• Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Mexico City Mexico's national museum of graphic arts celebrates print-based art, from Aztec seals to contemporary etchings. It has a permanent collection and also stages temporary exhibitions such as the one dedicated to Posada shown in the video.

• Museo Mural Diego Rivera, Mexico City This museum houses Diego Rivera's mural Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park (Sueño de una tarde dominical en la Alameda Central) whose central figure 'La Catrina' was inspired by a Posada illustration.

• Jazmin Velasco Born in Mexico and resident in the UK, Jazmin Velasco is an artist and illustrator whose influences include José Guadalupe Posada.

Also in this series:

Murals of Mexico City

We take a look at the Mexican mural programme of the early 20th century, and the huge impact it had on the art of the period.

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RA Magazine travelled to Mexico courtesy of the Mexico Tourism Board

• Royal Academy of Arts