Miguel Zugaza announces his decision to step down from the Prado and reassume the directorship of the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum next year This morning, Miguel Zugaza informed the Permanent Committee of the Royal Board of Trustees of his decision to conclude his term next year as director of the Museo del Prado after fifteenContinue reading “Miguel Zugaza: from Madrid to Bilbao”
Monthly Archives: November 2016
Madrid: Master Mateo at the Prado
Master Mateo and his work for the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela Madrid, Museo del Prado, Villanueva Building The exhibition brings together an exceptional group of fourteen works that were removed in the past from their original location (the west façade and choir of the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela) and are now housed inContinue reading “Madrid: Master Mateo at the Prado”
Curators in Conversation: Ribera across the Generations. 6:30-8:30 pm, Thursday 9th February, 2017
With Gabriele Finaldi (Director, The National Gallery) & Edward Payne (Senior Curator: Spanish Art, Auckland Castle Trust) at Colnaghi, 26 Bury Street, London SW1Y 6AL ARTES welcomes Gabriele Finaldi, curator of Ribera: Master of Drawing at the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (22 November 2016 – 19 February 2017), in conversation with Edward Payne,Continue reading “Curators in Conversation: Ribera across the Generations. 6:30-8:30 pm, Thursday 9th February, 2017”
Call for Submissions: Travel scholarships, deadline 31 January 2019
Thanks to the generous support of art dealers Coll & Cortés, ARTES offers travel scholarships for BA and postgraduate students at UK universities who are working on any aspect of Spanish, Portuguese or Latin American visual culture before 1800. Final year undergraduates and postgraduate students registered for a full or part-time degree course at a UK university may applyContinue reading “Call for Submissions: Travel scholarships, deadline 31 January 2019”
Book Launch – Sebastiano del Piombo & the World of Spanish Rome by Piers Baker-Bates
ARTES Committee Member Dr Piers Baker-Bates has published an examination of Sebastiano’s career as a transcultural artist through an analysis of his Spanish patrons in Rome. This book will prove to be an important tool to the greater appreciation of the artist in advance of the National Gallery London’s forthcoming exhibition Michelangelo & Sebastiano (see link)Continue reading “Book Launch – Sebastiano del Piombo & the World of Spanish Rome by Piers Baker-Bates”
Book Launch – Art in Spain & Portugal from the Romans to the Early Middle Ages by Rose Walker
ARTES member Dr Rose Walker of the Courtauld Institute of Art has recently launched her latest book on early art in the Iberian Peninsula. A discount is available to those ARTES members who would like to buy a copy. Please contact artesiberia@gmail.com for details.
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