Monthly Archives: December 2020

Reflections on the ARTES visit to ‘Artemisia’ at the National Gallery (by Susan Wilson)

We waited in Trafalgar Sq last Wednesday to go in at 9:30 for an ARTES private viewing of Artemisia. A cold grey London Morning with people out, hurrying through the handsome classical space, St Martins-in the Fields looking austere and fine. A grey day in winter suits the square. Inside, empty rooms and the chanceContinue reading “Reflections on the ARTES visit to ‘Artemisia’ at the National Gallery (by Susan Wilson)”

Zurbarán Doctoral Scholarship for the Study of Spanish Art, Durham University

The Zurbarán Centre for Spanish and Latin American Art at Durham University invites applications for a doctoral scholarship in Spanish art-historical studies, commencing in the academic year 2021/22. The scholarship has been created thanks to the generous support of the CEEH (Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica) in association with ARTES and The Auckland Project. It supports research projects onContinue reading “Zurbarán Doctoral Scholarship for the Study of Spanish Art, Durham University”

CEEH ARTES Scholarships 2023. Call for applications, deadline 31st January 2023

Thanks to the generous support of CEEH (Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica), ARTES, awards a number of scholarships each year to students working on any aspect of Spanish visual culture before 1900. The deadline for all applications is 31st January each year and the Scholarship Committee usually informs successful applicants by 1st March. Scholarship winners are normally invited toContinue reading “CEEH ARTES Scholarships 2023. Call for applications, deadline 31st January 2023”

RESCHEDULED for 9th December: Artemisia Gentileschi Visit to the National Gallery

ONLY A FEW PLACES STILL AVAILABLE – Please contact Susan Wilson at susanruddwilson@gmail.com ASAP if you wish to attend.  We are pleased to let ARTES members know that a small visit to Artemisia Gentileschi will take place on Wednesday December 9th at 0915. Gentileschi spent some years working in Naples (from 1630- until her death,Continue reading “RESCHEDULED for 9th December: Artemisia Gentileschi Visit to the National Gallery”

Christmas in Puebla – a new album of 17th-century Mexican music

Please click here to buy the album, listen to a preview, or for more information By the early 1620s – when Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla migrated from Cádiz to New Spain (modernday Mexico) in search of new horizons as a music director, composer and instrument-maker – the colony was an important and wealthy outpost ofContinue reading “Christmas in Puebla – a new album of 17th-century Mexican music”

Online book launch: Hispanic Studies, Durham University, Dr Yarí Pérez Marín and Professor Andy Beresford, 3rd December 2020, 5-6pm

Click here to register and for more information Yarí Pérez Marín, Marvels of Medicine: Literature and Scientific Enquiry in Early Colonial Spanish America  Marvels of Medicine makes a compelling case for including sixteenth century medical and surgical writing in the critical frameworks we now use to think about a genealogy of cultural expression in Latin America. FocusingContinue reading “Online book launch: Hispanic Studies, Durham University, Dr Yarí Pérez Marín and Professor Andy Beresford, 3rd December 2020, 5-6pm”