El Greco to Goya – Spanish Masterpieces from The Bowes Museum, 27 September 2017 – 7 January 2018, The Wallace Collection, London In September 2017, the Wallace Collection presents El Greco to Goya – Spanish Masterpieces from The Bowes Museum: the first London exhibition of Spanish art from The Bowes Museum in County Durham, includingContinue reading “Opens today: El Greco to Goya – Spanish Masterpieces from The Bowes Museum”
Monthly Archives: September 2017
Postponed: Visit to Kingston Lacy, Dorset
Please note that as very few members signed up for this trip (originally planned for November 9, 2017) the organisers have decided to postpone it until the new year.
Post-doc: 3 positions at the University of Louvain, ‘The origin and early development of philosophy in tenth-century al-Andalus: the impact of ill-defined materials and channels of transmission’
Post-doc: 3 position, 3-year contracts, ERC Advanced project 740618: The origin and early development of philosophy in tenth-century al-Andalus: the impact of ill-defined materials and channels of transmission (2017-2022), Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium Deadline: 10 November 2017 PhilAnd is a five-year Advanced ERC project to start in October 2017 at the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) under theContinue reading “Post-doc: 3 positions at the University of Louvain, ‘The origin and early development of philosophy in tenth-century al-Andalus: the impact of ill-defined materials and channels of transmission’”
Closing Soon: The challenge of white. Goya and Esteve, portraitists to the House of Osuna
El desafío del blanco. Goya and Esteve, retratistas de la Casa de Osuna/portraitists to the House of Osuna, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. Closes 1 October 2017 This displays presents for the first time in the Prado the portrait of Manuela Isidra Téllez-Girón, the future Duchess of Abrantes, which was painted in 1797 by AgustínContinue reading “Closing Soon: The challenge of white. Goya and Esteve, portraitists to the House of Osuna”
Concert: ‘Murillo Sacred and Secular in Spanish Art and Song’
BSS Concert, VIII Edition: Murillo Sacred and Secular in Spanish Art and Song, Guildhall School of Music, London, Monday 23rd October, 6pm to 7pm followed by reception The concert will be a one-hour illustrated performance titled ‘Sacred and Secular in Spanish Art and Song.’ Curated by Ricardo Gosalbo and Professor Barry Ife, it will commemorate the 400th anniversary ofContinue reading “Concert: ‘Murillo Sacred and Secular in Spanish Art and Song’”
News: The University of Malaga’s Aula María Zambrano announces a new Prize dedicated to painter George Campbell
The new George Campbell Prize of the University of Malaga/Aula María Zambrano is dedicated to researches associated with Spanish or Irish universities who study any kind of relationship (artistic, historical, cultural, political, social, economic, etc.) between Ireland and Spain in the period 1965–2000. The prize winner will receive 1,000€, and the runner-up 200€. MoreContinue reading “News: The University of Malaga’s Aula María Zambrano announces a new Prize dedicated to painter George Campbell”
Closing Soon: Lightness and Boldness. Goya’s Drawings
Ligereza y atrevimiento. Dibujos de Goya, Centro Botín, Santander. Closes 24 September 2017. One of the first exhibition’s in the recently opened Renzo Piano designed Centro Botín, this show is curated by the Prado’s Head of Drawings and Prints, José Manuel Matilla, and the Chief Curator of the Goya and 18th-century Art Department, Manuela Mena.Continue reading “Closing Soon: Lightness and Boldness. Goya’s Drawings”
13th London Spanish Film Festival 2017, 21 September 2017 to 24 September 2017
The London Spanish Film Festival launches its 13th edition with an extraordinary line-up of recent Spanish films, most of them UK premieres and a unique opportunity to view them in London. From enigmatic thrillers to fresh comedies, from moving or poetic dramas to international coproductions, documentaries and promising shorts, this selection offers an insight intoContinue reading “13th London Spanish Film Festival 2017, 21 September 2017 to 24 September 2017”
Opens today: ‘Zurbarán: Jacob and his Twelve Sons, Paintings from Auckland Castle’
Zurbarán: Jacob and his Twelve Sons, Paintings from Auckland Castle, Meadows Museum, Dallas, USA, September 17, 2017 – January 7, 2018 Francisco de Zurbarán was born in Fuente de Cantos, in Western Spain, but spent most of his working life in Seville. Like Ribera, Zurbarán is also considered a Caravaggista (a follower of the Italian painter MichelangeloContinue reading “Opens today: ‘Zurbarán: Jacob and his Twelve Sons, Paintings from Auckland Castle’”
ARTES EVENT: Visit to Kingston Lacy, Dorset, November 9, 2017 – RSVP by September 20
Tour of art collection and rooms. Kingston Lacy has works by Velasquez, Tintoretto, Rubens, Van Dyck and Breughel (Visits starts at 1030 approximately) Lunch Visit to grounds and kitchen garden, including Japanese gardens. Visit ends at 1600. Those requiring lunch are requested to make a booking with the kitchen at Kingston Lacy (philip.anderson@nationaltrust.org.uk) The visitContinue reading “ARTES EVENT: Visit to Kingston Lacy, Dorset, November 9, 2017 – RSVP by September 20”
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