Author Archives: Clare Hills-Nova

Hispania Nostra 40th Anniversary

Hispania Nostra 40th Anniversary: Recognising Spain’s Patrimony in Europe Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid (COAM) Madrid, 23 May – 30 June 2016 Subsequently on show at other locations around Spain. Display celebrating Spain’s cultural and natural heritage via the 191 Spanish projects that have been awarded Europa Nostra prizes over the last 40 years.Continue reading “Hispania Nostra 40th Anniversary”

Medieval Acquisitions, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC), Barcelona

Antonio Gallardo Ballart Donation: New Masterpieces for the Museum Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC), Barcelona 17 March – 3 July 2016 Display of 17 Romanesque and Gothic paintings and mural fragments selected from artworks presented to the Museum in recent years by the collector Antonio Gallardo Ballart. These acquisitions constitute the most outstanding contributionContinue reading “Medieval Acquisitions, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC), Barcelona”

Sorolla in Munich

Joaquin Sorolla: Spain’s Master of Light Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung Munich 4 March – 3 July 2016 A comprehensive retrospective of the Spanish artist includes 120 works from the artist’s entire career, from his early paintings in Paris, in which the influence of the French Impressionists is clearly evident, through to the distinctive pictures that reflectContinue reading “Sorolla in Munich”

Gonzalo Chillida (San Sebastián)

Gonzalo Chillida Kuba-Kutxa Fondazioa San Sebastián 22 April – 3 July 2016 First major retrospective of the San Sebastián-born artist displaying some 130 paintings, drawings, prints and photographs from five decades of his career: Landscapes and still lives through his abstract images of the 1950s and 1960s, culminating with his sea and cloudscapes.

CLosing soon: Salvador Dalí at the Menil (Houston)

The Secret of the Hanging Egg: Salvador Dalí at the Menil Menil Collection, Houston, Texas Exhibition  closes 19 June 2016 The Menil has borrowed from the Dali Museum, St Petersburg, Florida Dalí’s Eggs on a Plate without the Plate and displayed it alongside its own Surrealist collection including artists with whom he collaborated in Paris.Continue reading “CLosing soon: Salvador Dalí at the Menil (Houston)”

The Chapel of Contador Saldaña at Santa Clara de Tordesillas

Lecture The Chapel of Contador Saldaña at Santa Clara de Tordesillas: New Proposals about its Original Appearance and Role in the Fashioning of Identity by an Early Fifteenth-Century Converso Nicola Jennings, ARTES member and Visiting Lecturer, Courtauld Institute Wednesday, 15 June 2016, 5:30-6:30PM Courtauld Institute, London The paper proposes revisions to the chronology of theContinue reading “The Chapel of Contador Saldaña at Santa Clara de Tordesillas”

CfP: The Matter of Sculpture in Southern Italy, Spain and the New World

Renaissance Society of America (RSA) 2017 Conference Chicago, 30 March – 1 April 2017 Call for Papers: The Matter of Sculpture in Southern Italy, Spain and the New World The history of sculpture has, particularly with regard to the early modern period, been dominated by studies on marble and bronze, materials that are at theContinue reading “CfP: The Matter of Sculpture in Southern Italy, Spain and the New World”

Exhibition: Dalí, Meadows Museum

Salvador Dalí, An Early Surrealist Masterpiece Meadows Museum, Dallas, Texas Exhibition closes: 7 August 2016 The 1930s were one of the most creatively fruitful decades of Salvador Dalí’s career. L’homme poisson (The Fish Man) shows both his tremendous imagination as well as his technical adroitness, and offers a revealing glimpse into the artist’s inner psyche. AfterContinue reading “Exhibition: Dalí, Meadows Museum”