Date: 18th August, 2023.
ARTES would like to share a reminder of our up-coming visit to Bishop Auckland. ARTES is organising a long-overdue visit to The Spanish Gallery and Bishop Auckland Castle on Friday 18th August. The visit will coincide with a lecture being given on the Spanish Gallery’s sculpture collection by ARTES President Dr Holly Trusted, who has been working on the collection for the last year as a Zurbarán Centre Fellow. The day will also provide opportunities to discuss the collection with the driving force behind the entire Auckland Project, Jonathan Ruffer, and, the curator of the Spanish Gallery, Morlin Ellis. Both of whom are longstanding ARTES members.
Proposed Schedule:
10.30am – Highlights tour of the Spanish Gallery
11.30am – Holly Trusted’s lecture on the sculpture collection
12.30pm – Further exploration of the Spanish Gallery, with Piers Baker Bates talking on the dialogue between Spanish and Italian art, which was the subject of his own Zurbarán Centre Fellowship in 2022.
1.30pm – Lunch
2.30pm – Zurbarán’s paintings of Jacob and his twelve sons, with Zurbarán Doctoral Scholar Richard Jacques, and the Sin Exhibition hosted in collaboration with the National Gallery, both at Auckland Castle.
4.00pm – Depart
For those who have yet to visit Bishop Auckland this will be an opportunity to explore one of the finest collections of Iberian art outside of Spain. For those who have already visited, it is envisaged that the talks by Holly Trusted, Piers Baker Bates and Richard Jacques will bring fresh perspectives to this remarkable resource.
Members will have to make their own travel arrangements to Bishop Auckland and pay for admission to the Gallery and Castle, although carers and ART Pass holders enter free of charge. Further information on Bishop Auckland, including opening times, ticket prices and travel information can be found here.
Would those interested in joining this event please let Richard Jacques (rpfjacques@gmail.com) as soon as possible.
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