The Focus-Abengoa Foundation launches a new tool to digitally disseminate its art collections devoted to the Baroque. In recent years, the assets of the Focus-Abengoa Foundation have increased notably with the creation of the Centro Velázquez in 2008 and the receipt of the legacy of Professor Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez in 2011. In order toContinue reading “Focus-Abengoa Foundation: Online Collections”
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CfP: New Work on Spanish Illuminated Manuscripts in Honor of John William (Kalamazoo 2016)
51st International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 12-15 May 2016 CALL FOR PAPERS Models and Copies, Masters and Pupils: New Work on Spanish Illuminated Manuscripts in Honor of John Williams (1928-2015), Organized by David Raizman, Therese Martin, and Julie A. Harris Session sponsored by the International Center of Medieval Art In the colophon toContinue reading “CfP: New Work on Spanish Illuminated Manuscripts in Honor of John William (Kalamazoo 2016)”
Job posting: Registrar, Auckland Castle (Deadline: 10 August 2015)
Registrar, Auckland Castle, County Durham, UK We are looking to appoint a Registrar. The postholder will be an experienced individual who can work with registrars across national and international partner institutions, ensuring compliance with all incoming loan requirements. The postholder will also ensure the highest standards of record keeping and collections management. Working with a collaborativeContinue reading “Job posting: Registrar, Auckland Castle (Deadline: 10 August 2015)”
Job posting: Spanish Curator, Auckland Castle Trust (Deadline: 10 August 2015)
Spanish Curator: To realise the development and delivery of the gallery spaces housing our new Spanish and Latin American Arts and Cultures display. Recruiter: Auckland Castle Trust Salary: £27,500–£35,000 Location: Bishop Auckland, County Durham, UK Job type: Permanent Hours: Full-time Info for Applicants: Online: http://aucklandcastle.org/vacancies Job details: 2015-08-20150810 Auckland Spanish Curator Job details Deadline forContinue reading “Job posting: Spanish Curator, Auckland Castle Trust (Deadline: 10 August 2015)”
CFP: Zurbarán and his Reception in Art History (Düsseldorf, January 2016)
Call for Papers: The Discovery of the Inconspicuous: Body, Materiality and Narrativity in the Work of Francisco de Zurbarán and his Reception in Art History Annual conference of the Carl Justi Association for the Promotion of Art Historical Cooperation with Spain, Portugal and Ibero-America, in cooperation with Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf and the Department of Art History of the Heinrich-Heine-UniversitätContinue reading “CFP: Zurbarán and his Reception in Art History (Düsseldorf, January 2016)”
CFP: The Art Market, Collectors and Agents: Then and Now (London, 2016)
Call for Papers: The Art Market, Collectors and Agents: Then and Now London, Institute of Historical Research, Senate House 13 June 2016 Deadline: 30 July 2015 Proposals should be c 350 words and sent with a short CV to Susan Bracken schbracken@btopenworld.com and Adriana Turpin turpinadriana@hotmail.com with cc to collecting_display@hotmail.com Our usual July conference dateContinue reading “CFP: The Art Market, Collectors and Agents: Then and Now (London, 2016)”
New book: The Casa del Deán: New World Imagery in a Sixteenth-Century Mexican Mural Cycle
The Casa del Deán: New World Imagery in a Sixteenth-Century Mexican Mural Cycle, by Penny C. Morrill (Austin: University of Texas Press, December 2014) ISBN: 978-0-292-75930-5 (Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture) “Extensively illustrated with new color photographs, this pioneering study of a masterpiece of colonialContinue reading “New book: The Casa del Deán: New World Imagery in a Sixteenth-Century Mexican Mural Cycle”
Exhibition: Cristina Rodrigues, Knutsford, Cheshire
Cristina Rodrigues: ‘Guardian Angels’ Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire 21 May – 4 October 2015 closed Mondays The latest exhibition by Portuguese-born and Manchester-based installation artist and former architect and ethnographer, on display at a Georgian National Trust country house venue. Rodrigues’ art lends an artistic identity to functional objects within the house, such as tables,Continue reading “Exhibition: Cristina Rodrigues, Knutsford, Cheshire”
Exhibition: Miró y el Mori el Merma, Valencia
Miró y el Mori el Merma Centro del Carmen, Valencia 11 June – 13 September In 1978 Miró collaborated with the theatre company Teatre de la Claca to design, decorate and produce the masks and giant puppet figures for their production of Mori el Merma a play based on Alfred Jarry’s tyrannical Ubu figure, whomContinue reading “Exhibition: Miró y el Mori el Merma, Valencia”
CFP: Orientalism and Spain in the 19th and 20th Centuries, Edinburgh, April 2016
Call for Papers: Orientalism and Spain in the 19th and 20th Centuries Association of Art Historians University of Edinburgh 7-9 April 2016 Convened by Claudia Hopkins (University of Edinburgh) and Anna McSweeney (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) Spain represents a unique and fertile context in which to explore attitudes to theContinue reading “CFP: Orientalism and Spain in the 19th and 20th Centuries, Edinburgh, April 2016”
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