The British Spanish Society is hosting a 3-day visit to Toledo from Fri 5 to Sun 7 June 2015 Members of ARTES are welcome to join the BSS for this visit There is an official deadline of Monday 16 February but please contact Morlin if you are interested at artesiberia@gmail.com
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Book launch: The Spanish Presence in Sixteenth-century Italy: Images of Iberia, edited by ARTES member Piers Baker-Bates
ARTES member Piers Baker-Bates launches his latest book at the British School in Rome on Wednesday 4 February 2015
Nigel Glendinning Doctoral Studentship in Spanish Studies
SEMINAR with Brad Epps – Nouvelle Vague Tango: Hugo Santiago’s ‘Invasión’ – Tues 2 Dec 2014 – Birkbeck, Univ of London (CILAVS)
The Centre for Iberian and Latin American Visual Studies at Birkbeck warmly invites you to the seminar Nouvelle Vague Tango: Hugo Santiago’s Invasión with Brad Epps (University of Cambridge) Tuesday 2 December 6.00pm, Room 417, Malet Street (entrance via Torrington Sq.), Birkbeck, University of London, Main Building, London WC1E 7HX Invasión, one of the mostContinue reading “SEMINAR with Brad Epps – Nouvelle Vague Tango: Hugo Santiago’s ‘Invasión’ – Tues 2 Dec 2014 – Birkbeck, Univ of London (CILAVS)”
Juan DelGado’s audiovisual commission ‘The Flickering Darkness (Revisited)’ – Sat 8 Nov 2014 – CILAVS at Birkbeck University of London
The Centre for Iberian and Latin American Visual Studies (CILAVS) at Birkbeck University of London warmly invites you to Juan delGado The Flickering Darkness (Revisited) Saturday 8 November 2015, 2.00-5.00pm Birkbeck Cinema, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD Artist Juan delGado will present his recent commission The Flickering Darkness (Revisited) alongside the work by Agata Lulkowska.Continue reading “Juan DelGado’s audiovisual commission ‘The Flickering Darkness (Revisited)’ – Sat 8 Nov 2014 – CILAVS at Birkbeck University of London”
The Fitzwilliam Museum’s fundraising drive to acquire a Mater Dolorosa by Pedro de Mena proves successful
Pedro de Mena’s Virgin of Sorrows (Mater Dolorosa) saved by public appeal In another example of public philanthropy, the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge has acquired a the Mater Dolorosa (Virgin of Sorrows) by Pedro de Mena. The acquisition had been supported by grants of £30,000 from the Art Fund and £10,000 from The Henry Moore Foundation plus anContinue reading “The Fitzwilliam Museum’s fundraising drive to acquire a Mater Dolorosa by Pedro de Mena proves successful”
Association of Art Historians – Annual Conference April 2015 – Call for Papers – Deadline 10 November 2014
AAH2015 41st Annual Conference & Bookfair Sainsbury Institute for Art, UEA, Norwich 9 – 11 April 2015 Portraiture and the Unworthy Subject in the Early Modern World Paper proposals, to be sent to the session convenor in accordance with proposal guidelines. Paper proposal deadline: 10 November 2014 Session convenor: Carmen Fracchia, Birkbeck, University of London, c.fracchia@bbk.ac.uk InContinue reading “Association of Art Historians – Annual Conference April 2015 – Call for Papers – Deadline 10 November 2014”
Spanish Art Symposium – Auckland Castle, The Bowes Museum & Durham University – Thursday 23 October to Saturday 25 October 2014
A symposium on Spanish Art will take place from 23-25 October in Co Durham, highlighting collections in the area and launching a book on treasures of Spanish Art in Country Durham. The three-day event will include exclusive access to view Zurbarán’s Jacob and his Twelve Sons and a conference dinner at Auckland Castle. Below is a provisionalContinue reading “Spanish Art Symposium – Auckland Castle, The Bowes Museum & Durham University – Thursday 23 October to Saturday 25 October 2014”
The Fitzwilliam Museum in fundraising drive to acquire a Mater Dolorosa by Pedro de Mena
A sculpture by Pedro de Mena (b. Granada 1628 – d. Malaga 1688) of the Mater Dolorosa or Virgin of Sorrows has gone on display at The Fitzwilliam in Cambridge in a drive to help publicise the Museum’s funding-raising appeal for the acquisition of the work. Tim Knox Director of the Museum, who has kindly entertainedContinue reading “The Fitzwilliam Museum in fundraising drive to acquire a Mater Dolorosa by Pedro de Mena”
ARTES Malta visit: Wed 5 November – Mon 10 November 2014
ARTES is visiting Malta from 5-10 November 2014. This visit is being organised by Marjorie Trusted of the V&A (ARTES Hon Vice-President) and Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci of the University of Malta (ARTES member). The programme is detailed below and includes a symposium on Spanish Baroque Art in Malta being hosted by the Spanish Embassy. ARTES VisitContinue reading “ARTES Malta visit: Wed 5 November – Mon 10 November 2014”
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