Overview

• “Roberto Ruiz: Gigante de la miniatura” runs from July 19 to December 2025 in Hall 3 of Museo del Estanquillo Colecciones Carlos Monsiváis.
• All exhibited works originate from Carlos Monsiváis’s personal archive, charting Ruiz’s creative output between 1960 and 1990.
• The miniatures cover Posada-inspired catrinas and skeletons alongside religious scenes, national heroes and everyday rural life.
• About twenty carvings by José Manuel and Abraham Ruiz highlight the continuation of their father’s bone-sculpting tradition.
• Ruiz’s career milestones include a 1981 British Museum exhibition that led to an ivory cameo for Queen Elizabeth II and the 1988 Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes.