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

Latest news…

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…

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…

7 July, 6.30 – 8.00 PM

In-person lecture at  the Instituto Cervantes, London:  ARTES member Dr Paula Fayos Pérez will discuss “Francisco de Goya’s Influence on 19th-century French Art and Literature”.  Q&A chaired by Dr Manuela B. Mena Marqués  For further details and to register for this event, please visit : 

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