Halloween may be last weekend’s news, but the season of spooky holidays isn’t over yet. Today, November 2nd, is Dia de los Muertos, the day when Mexican families construct altars and share feasts of traditional foods in celebration of the dead. One of the holiday’s most recognizable icons is the painted sugar skull. In tribute to our neighbors to the south — and the many Mexican-Americans who observe the holiday in our country — we present our very own roundup of 30 culturally relevant skulls, from Jolly Roger to Yorick to Damien Hirst.
Jolly Roger
Damien Hirst, For the Love of God
Yale’s Skull & Bones society
The Skulls
The Misfits
The Goonies
The work of Jose Guadalupe Posada
Yorick’s skull, Hamlet
Salvador Dali, The Skull of Zurbaran
Dan Deacon – “Trippy Green Skull”
Frida Kahlo, Without Hope (among other works)
Screaming Females – “Skull”
Alexander McQueen’s skull scarves
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Mastodon – “Crystal Skull”
Iggy Pop’s Skull Ring
Terminator
Cezanne’s Still Life with Skull
Emo skull
Skull, Scarface
The Red Skull, Captain America
Guns N’ Roses
The Screaming Skull
Sonic Youth – “Screaming Skull”
Mondo Guerra’s Project Runway finale collection
Street Artist Skullphone
Skull and Bulk (Power Rangers)
Andy Warhol – Skull
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They Might Be Giants – Back to Skull
