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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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 to Natalia Muñoz-Rojas for her essay ‘Morisco Patronage and the Granada Venegas Chapel in the Former Cathedral-mosque of Granada’.  Natalia is a PhD candidate at The Courtauld…

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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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CONFERENCE: JOSEFA DE ÓBIDOS: PAINTER OF THE PORTUGUESE BAROQUE

National Gallery, London, 3 July 2026 Pigott Theatre, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, doors open at 9:45 am. This conference brings together leading international scholars to explore work of the Spanish-Portuguese artist Josefa de Óbidos from multiple perspectives: touching on artistic exchange in Iberia, female artists working during the seventeenth century and Portugal’s global material culture.…

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