The Legacy of Korda's Portrait of Che Guevara
The First Art Newspaper on the Net    Established in 1996 Monday, November 24, 2025


The Legacy of Korda's Portrait of Che Guevara
Omar Sharif as 'Che', 1969. Artist Unknown. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio. Offset: 41 x 27 in. Courtesy of the Center for Political Graphics, Los Angeles.



RIVERSIDE, CA.- The UCR / California Museum of Photography presents Revolution & Commerce - The Legacy of Korda's Portrait of Che Guevara, through May 29, 2005. This is an exhibition of posters, photographs, video, film, banners, art, websites and artifacts from around the world examining Alberto Korda's iconic photograph Guerrilla Heroica.

Trisha Ziff, curator, wrote: "The portrait of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara', Guerrillo Heroico, photographed by Alberto D’az Korda on March 5, 1960, is considered to be the most reproduced image in the history of photography. Whether this claim can be substantiated or not, Korda's Che is nonetheless a unique image. It has come to symbolize anti-establishment thought and action. Its political power has maintained its currency from the Prague Spring of 1968, through Chiapas, Mexico of 2000, to the present conflicts in the Middle East. It has reverberated from the cold war to our post-colonial reality. It is an image which has inspired sophisticated art and multiple renditions yet its iconic silhouette is immediately recognizable even in the most simple of children's shadow toys."










Today's News

January 30, 2005

Rembrandt's Late Religious Portraits Opens at NGA

Ellen Gallagher at the Whitney Museum of American Art

The Legacy of Korda's Portrait of Che Guevara

The Book of Kings: Art, War, and Medieval Picture Bible

Jim Hodges at Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland

Protestors Pour Paint Outside Flick Exhibition

Landscape Confection at Wexner Center

From The Engine: Experiments in Self-evolving

Exotica: Photographs By Sally Grizzell Larson

As Above, So Below: Art as Political and Cosmological Space

Gitte Schafer at Perry Rubenstein Gallery




Museums, Exhibits, Artists, Milestones, Digital Art, Architecture, Photography,
Photographers, Special Photos, Special Reports, Featured Stories, Auctions, Art Fairs,
Anecdotes, Art Quiz, Education, Mythology, 3D Images, Last Week, .

 




Founder:
Ignacio Villarreal
(1941 - 2019)


Editor: Ofelia Zurbia Betancourt

Art Director: Juan José Sepúlveda Ramírez

Royalville Communications, Inc
produces:

ignaciovillarreal.org facundocabral-elfinal.org
Founder's Site. Hommage
       

The First Art Newspaper on the Net. The Best Versions Of Ave Maria Song Junco de la Vega Site Ignacio Villarreal Site
Tell a Friend
Dear User, please complete the form below in order to recommend the Artdaily newsletter to someone you know.
Please complete all fields marked *.
Sending Mail
Sending Successful