Stirling Maxwell Centre University of Glasgow Hilary Macartney (University of Glasgow), with Jim Tate (National Museums of Scotland) and Brian Liddy (Bodleian Library) Copied by the Sun: The First Photographically Illustrated Book on Art Illustrated talk, book launch and display of collection highlights University of Glasgow Library Special Collections, Henry Heaney Room Thursday 27 OctoberContinue reading “Copied by the Sun: The First Photographically Illustrated Book on Art”
Monthly Archives: October 2016
Wallace Collection: Xavier Bray & a Musical Celebration of Spain
ECHOES FESTIVAL ‘Through Gilded Trellises’: A Celebration of Spain Friday, 11 November 2016, 7.00pm The Wallace Collection Hertford House London W1U 3BN The Wallace Collection welcomes its new Director and Spanish painting specialist Dr Xavier Bray with a special evening concert, ‘Through Gilded Trellises’: a Celebration of Spain, featuring award-winning soprano Natalya Romaniw and acclaimedContinue reading “Wallace Collection: Xavier Bray & a Musical Celebration of Spain”
ARTES private visit to the V&A’s Opus Anglicanum exhibition, 9am, Weds 14 December
The stunning exhibition of medieval English embroidery at the Victoria & Albert Museum includes several pieces long held in Spanish treasuries, including two wonderful copes from Toledo and Daroca. Curator Glyn Davies has kindly offered to take ARTES members on a private visit to the exhibition on Wednesday 14th December at 9am (ie beforeContinue reading “ARTES private visit to the V&A’s Opus Anglicanum exhibition, 9am, Weds 14 December”
‘Goyescas’: Music in the Time of Goya
ECHOES FESTIVAL ‘Goyescas’: Music in the Time of Goya José Menor & The Latin Classical Chamber Orchestra Wednesday, 2 November 2016, 7.00pm St John’s Smith Square Smith Square London SW1P 3HA Join Spanish virtuoso pianist José Menor and The Latin Classical Chamber Orchestra on an exhilarating musical journey to 18th-century Spain as they mark the 2016 centenary of theContinue reading “‘Goyescas’: Music in the Time of Goya”
Wifredo Lam at Tate Modern
Wifredo Lam Tate Modern 14 September 2016 – 8 January 2017 Click here for events associated with the exhibition. Artist biography Wifredo Lam born 1902 [- 1982] Surrealist painter born in Sagua la Grande, Cuba, of a Chinese father and a mother of mixed African, Indian and European origin. Studied at the Academy of SanContinue reading “Wifredo Lam at Tate Modern”
CfP: St Louis University, 2017
CFP Lineage, Loyalty, and Legitimacy in Iberia and North Africa (600-1600) Saint Louis, 19-21 June 2017) The Center of Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Saint Louis University in conjunction with the Medieval Iberia and North Africa Group at the University of Chicago invite abstracts for an upcoming conference, “Lineage, Loyalty, and Legitimacy in Iberia andContinue reading “CfP: St Louis University, 2017”
Conference: X Jornadas Complutenses de Arte Medieval (Madrid)
En Busc@ Del Saber: Espacios y Redes del Conocimiento en el Mediterráneo Medieval Departamento de Historia del Arte Universidad Complutense, Madrid 2 – 4 November 2016 Sesiones 1. “El Espejo de príncipes: paideia, uirtus y adab”, centrada en las distintas formas de espacios seculares del conocimiento. 2. “La ciencia y su práctica”, dedicada a lasContinue reading “Conference: X Jornadas Complutenses de Arte Medieval (Madrid)”
Conference: La seda en la historia de España y Portugal (València)
Silk in the History of Spain and Portugal Facultat de Geografia i Història of the Universitat de Valencia 26-28 October 2016 Congreso internacional sobre la influencia del cultivo de la morera y la manufactura de la seda en la historia de España y Portugal y su inserción en las rutas internacionales de la seda. ProgramContinue reading “Conference: La seda en la historia de España y Portugal (València)”
Conference: Al-Murābiṭūn (Granada, 19-22 October 2016)
Al-Murābiṭūn: Noveno centenario del esplendor de un Imperio Palace of Carlos V, Alhambra, Granada 19-22 October 2016 The Universidad Internacional de Andalucía and the Escuela de la Alhambra present this colloquium/course in honor of the memory of Prof. Henri Terrasse. Programme.
Art and Ideology in the Twelfth-Century Western Mediterranean (New York: 15 October 2016)
Bard Graduate Center 38 West 86th Street, New York City 15 October 2016, 9:00AM – 5:50PM In the twelfth century, new powers emerged throughout the Western Mediterranean, from the Almohads of North Africa to the Norman Kingdom of Sicily. In the Iberian Peninsula, upstart rulers with broad ambitions emerged in both Muslim and Christian territories.Continue reading “Art and Ideology in the Twelfth-Century Western Mediterranean (New York: 15 October 2016)”
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