ARTES is dedicated to raising awareness and understanding of Iberian and Latin American Visual Culture. It aims to bring together those with a special interest in the arts of Spain, Portugal and Latin America to:

  • Promote study and discussion
  • Organise regular meetings and visits
  • Provide news and information
  • Encourage collaboration across all fields and disciplines of Iberian and Latin American visual culture

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ARTES Secretary – Expressions of Interest

Dr Irini Picolou will be stepping down from her role as ARTES Secretary. ARTES is therefore inviting expressions of interest from members who may be willing to take on this voluntary role and help support the Group’s activities and communications. Members are warmly encouraged to put forward suitable candidates, or to express their own interest…

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News Sept – Oct 2026

As the UK’s first major exhibition dedicated to Zurbarán ended on 23 August at the National Gallery in London, two exhibitions opened at the Meadows Museum in Dallas on the same day: Spectacles of Power and Faith: Colonial South American art from the Thoma Foundation, curated by Adam Jasienski and Verónica Muñoz-Nájar, and Picasso Beyond…

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Juan Facundo Riaño Essay Medal

On 6 July Mr Jorge Cabrera, Deputy Ambassador of the Embassy of Spain in London, and Prof. Claudia Hopkins, Chair of ARTES, awarded the Juan Facundo Riaño Essay Medal ( made by Phoebe Stannard, an alumni of the Royal Drawing School) to Natalia Muñoz-Rojas for her essay ‘Morisco Patronage and the Granada Venegas Chapel in the…

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