The Seville Holy Week 2026 poster: the artist, the image, the unveiling and where to get one
Every January the Council of Brotherhoods commissions a poster, and every February the city argues about it. The 2026 one is by Antoine Cas, with the Cristo de las Misericordias. Who painted the earlier ones, what happened in 2024, and why the free copies run out in days.
The official poster for Seville's Holy Week 2026 is called "La Cruz Santa de Sevilla" and is the work of the painter Antoine Cas. Its subject is the Cristo de las Misericordias of the Santa Cruz brotherhood, accompanied by the figure of Mary Magdalene from the Buen Fin brotherhood.
It is a less predictable choice than the Macarena or the Gran Poder: an image from the historic centre, from a low-key brotherhood, which gives the poster a more intimate tone than those of previous years. This page brings together what has been published about it, the run of posters from 2022 to 2025, and what is almost never told: how many are printed, what they cost and why they sell out.
Who made the 2026 poster, and when was it unveiled?
The General Council of Brotherhoods and Confraternities (Consejo General de Hermandades y Cofradías) announced the artist's name on 23 January 2026 and unveiled the work on Monday 2 February 2026 at 20:00, in the auditorium of the Fundación Caja Rural del Sur. That is the same venue where the 2025 poster was presented.
The City Council keeps an official list of poster artists by year, which confirms the attribution. Background pieces on the creative process, including one in Diario de Sevilla with the Fundación Cajasol, came out in March 2026, in the weeks leading up to the processions.
The poster announces a Holy Week running from 29 March to 5 April 2026, with the eve days on Viernes de Dolores, 27 March, and Sábado de Pasión, 28 March 2026. The full calendar, times and figures are in the general guide to Holy Week in Seville.
Who painted the posters from 2022 to 2025?
| Year | Artist | Image and published details |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Antoine Cas | Cristo de las Misericordias of Santa Cruz, with the Magdalene of the Buen Fin |
| 2025 | Virginia Saldaña | Esperanza Macarena, a composition described as moving and minimalist, oil on linen, 140 by 97 cm |
| 2024 | Salustiano García | A bare-chested Christ on a red background; the row of the year |
| 2023 | Daniel Franca | The lifting of the Virgen de la Estrella's palio, in wax crayon and felt-tip on paper |
| 2022 | Manuel Cuervo | No print-run figures published |
The list comes from the City Council's poster page and the Council of Brotherhoods' website, which archives each unveiling. On the 2022 and 2023 posters the sources talk about style and reception, never numbers: the print run and price for those years have not been published.
Why was the 2024 poster so controversial?
Salustiano García's work showed a young, bare-chested Christ crowned with ears of wheat, on a red background. The reaction was immediate: a flood of memes on social media, according to Los 40, and discontent among some brotherhood members, according to Infobae and El Correo de Andalucía. Opinion split down the middle and the controversy went viral beyond Seville.
The official channels of the Council and the City Council simply presented the work and the artist. The row was told by the media and social networks, not by the institutions. That is a constant: official communication never discusses how a poster was received.
The controversy did not dent demand. The Council handed out part of the print run free at its headquarters and the copies ran out within a few days, according to ABC de Sevilla in February 2024.
Understanding why a poster divides the city means knowing the brotherhoods it portrays. Guided tours on the brotherhood theme, and those of the Santa Cruz, Macarena or Triana districts, give you that background in a couple of hours. You can compare them with the city's other activities in a single catalogue.
See guided tours and activities in Seville →Affiliate link: booking through it helps keep this guide going, and costs you nothing extra.How many are printed, what do they cost and where can you get one?
These are the three questions with the fewest public answers. For 2024, El Correo de Andalucía put the print run at 5,000 copies. The 2023 poster sold for €2; the 2024 price had not been confirmed when that article came out, and has not turned up since.
There are two routes. The Council gives away part of the run at its headquarters, and it goes fast: in 2024, within days. The rest is sold at outlets such as the San Pablo bookshop, which, according to El Correo, did not know in February 2024 when it would receive its copies. Anyone who wants one has to go to the headquarters in the week of the unveiling, or wait with no date.
For 2026 none of the sources consulted publishes the print run or the price. Nor is there any documented official online sale. It is an object you get by being in Seville in February, which partly explains the collectors' market for older posters.
What does the poster leave out about the week it announces?
Behind the image are 71 brotherhoods making their station of penance in 2026, and a Carrera Oficial (the official route every procession must follow) covered between 16:30 and 22:30. The peak hours, according to the guides, run from 19:00 to 1:00 or 2:00, and the Madrugá starts around 1:00 and ends around midday on Good Friday.
ABC reported new timing adjustments on key days for 2026, and Cadena SER counted 46 brotherhoods with changes. The detail is in the 2026 timetable guide and the routes in the Holy Week itinerary.
What the poster does not say, and neither do the institutions: how many people turn out, what a chair costs in 2026, or which streets close at what time. Those gaps are documented in the general guide.
The poster is unveiled in February, and by February it is already late for a hotel. The guides agree that central rooms for Holy Week are booked months ahead and that prices multiply, though none publishes a cut-off date. If seeing the poster makes you decide to go, check availability the same day.
See places to stay for the Holy Week dates →Affiliate link: booking through it helps keep this guide going, and costs you nothing extra.What has not been published?
- The print run and price of the 2026 poster, and of the 2022, 2023 and 2025 ones.
- An official online sales channel, and the dates copies reach the shops.
- How the commission works: how the Council picks the artist each year.
- Visitor or economic impact figures tied to the edition the poster announces: official communication favours the cultural angle over the numbers.
To plan the trip the poster promises, the guide to where to stay collects the Holy Week prices published by the local press, and the guide to getting to Seville covers times and fares from the airport.
Posters are collectable; stays are not. Outside Holy Week, central Seville can be explored at an easy pace and at mid-season prices: a three-star hotel costs between €90 and €150 a night outside the peaks, according to 2026 guides. If the poster is the souvenir rather than the reason, any other week works out better.
Compare places to stay in Seville →Affiliate link: booking through it helps keep this guide going, and costs you nothing extra.Sources
- Consejo General de Hermandades y Cofradías: the Cristo de las Misericordias of Santa Cruz features on the Seville Holy Week 2026 poster by Antoine Cas; poster archive; official X account.
- Sevilla Informa: the Seville Holy Week 2026 poster to be unveiled on Monday 2 February (23 January 2026).
- Seville City Council: Seville Holy Week posters, list of artists by year.
- Idealista: what Holy Week in Seville 2026 will look like (17 March 2026). Diario de Sevilla: creative process of the 2026 poster with the Fundación Cajasol; 2026 calendar.
- Semana-santa.org: Seville Holy Week 2025 poster, format and unveiling.
- Infobae (27 January 2024), Los 40 (28 January 2024): the 2024 poster controversy.
- El Correo de Andalucía: print run, price and outlets for the 2024 poster (21 February 2024). ABC de Sevilla: copies sold out (24 February 2024).
- HolyCards: Daniel Franca's 2023 poster.
- El Mundo (27 March 2026): 71 brotherhoods. Cadena SER (15 March 2026): 46 brotherhoods with changes. El País (27 March 2026): Carrera Oficial time window.
- Visitar Sevilla, Planomato: 2026 time slots and peak hours.
The 2026 poster details and the print-run and price figures carry their year and are reviewed with each edition. Anything unpublished is flagged as such.
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Rocío Delgado
Rocío grew up in the San Lorenzo neighbourhood and follows Holy Week from the madrugá, not from the stands. She knows the corners where you can watch a paso go by without waiting three hours, and the streets that close without warning. She never recommends a spot she has not stood in herself.
