Aztecs in Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 3 July – 26 October 2014. Part of the Liverpool Biennial. The celebrated composer Michael Nyman, best known for his soundtracks to several Peter Greenaway films and to Jane Campion’s 1993 film The Piano, has turned photographer and film-maker. His two-screen video installation Aztecs in Liverpool was inspiredContinue reading “Aztecs in Liverpool”
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Carlos Cruz-Diez, Liverpool
Carlos Cruz-Diez (b.1923), Liverpool, 12 June 2014 – Winter 2015. The artist has been commissioned by the Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art and Tate Liverpool to commemorate the centenary of the beginning of World War I by creating his contemporary version of a World War I ‘dazzle-ship’ in Liverpool’s Albert Dock, adjoining the river Mersey.Continue reading “Carlos Cruz-Diez, Liverpool”
Radical Geometry: Modern Art of South America from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, London
Radical Geometry: Modern Art of South America from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, Royal Academy Sackler Wing, 5 July – 28 September 2014. Explores the innovative geometric abstract art that South American avant-garde artists created from the 1930s to the 1980s. The exhibition co-curated by Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, Director of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros CollectionContinue reading “Radical Geometry: Modern Art of South America from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, London”
Spanish drawings: From Valdés Leal to Sorolla, London
Spanish drawings: From Valdés Leal to Sorolla, London (Master Drawings & Sculpture Week, 2014) José de la Mano showing at Mackinnon 5 Ryder Street, St James’s, London, 4 – 11 July 2014 Includes drawings by Valdés Leal, including The Apparition of Christ to Saint Ignatius on his Way to Rome, (1660-1664) in black and redContinue reading “Spanish drawings: From Valdés Leal to Sorolla, London”
PintaLondon 2014
PintaLondon, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, 12-15 June 2014. London’s modern and contemporary Latin American Art fair, which also includes Spanish and Portuguese artists. This year’s focus is on monochrome Spanish art from 1950 to 1970 curated by the Madrid art dealer José de la Mano. Entry ticket price £15; ticket + catalogue £25.
Made in Mexico: The Rebozo in Art, Culture & Fashion, London
Made in Mexico: The Rebozo in Art, Culture & Fashion Fashion and Textile Museum, South London, 6 June – 31 August. (Closed Mondays, nearest tube station London Bridge). The first-ever exhibition in the UK on the rebozo – the classic Mexican shawl made famous in 20th-century culture by Frida Kahlo. ‘Made in Mexico’ explores the keyContinue reading “Made in Mexico: The Rebozo in Art, Culture & Fashion, London”
Chillida On Miró, London
Chillida on Miró, Ordovas Gallery, Savile Row, London, 5 June – 26 July Display focusing on the close friendship between Eduardo Chillida and Joan Miró, which flourished during summers spent with their families at St Paul de Vence. Among the highlights are a major Miró canvas from 1945, Femme dans la nuit, that has notContinue reading “Chillida On Miró, London”
Medieval Hispanic Research Seminar, 24th Colloquium, London, 26-27 June 2014
Medieval Hispanic Research Seminar LAWS BUILDING, QUEEN MARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON PROGRAMME AND ABSTRACTS Includes papers on Hispanic art.
Magistri Cataloniae, Barcelona, 7-8 November 2014
I simposi Magistri Cataloniae: artista anònim, artista amb signatura: Identitat, estatus i rol de l’artista en l’art medieval. (Part of the research project Artistas, patronos y público: Cataluña y el Mediterráneo: Siglos XI-XV.) Barcelona, Departament d’Art i de Musicologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 7-8 November 2014. More information about the Magistri Cataloniae project. Programme Registration
ARTES AGM and Lecture: National Gallery and Courtauld Institute of Art, London, 10 July 2014
PROGRAMME 11:00 Meet in Room 63, National Gallery Nicola Jennings (Courtauld Institute): Bartolomé Bermejo’s St Michael Juan de Flandes’ Christ Appearing to the Virgin Michael Sittow ‘sThe Ascension 12:00 AGM (Sainsbury Wing Conference Room) 13:00 Lunch 14:00 East Wing: Room 30 Peter Schade (Head of Framing): Recent framing projects (incl. Valdes Leal) Larry KeithContinue reading “ARTES AGM and Lecture: National Gallery and Courtauld Institute of Art, London, 10 July 2014”
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