Featured Exhibition: Roma en México/México en Roma: las academias de arte entre Europa y el Nuevo Mundo (1843–1867), Museo Nacional de San Carlos, Mexico City, until April 28, 2019

The exhibition Roma en México/México en Roma: las academias de arte entre Europa y el Nuevo Mundo (1843–1867) presents the academic and artistic exchange between Italy and Mexico through 93 nineteenth-century works. It focuses on the relations between the Accademia de San Luca and the Academia de San Carlos, and presents the results of an extensive researchContinue reading “Featured Exhibition: Roma en México/México en Roma: las academias de arte entre Europa y el Nuevo Mundo (1843–1867), Museo Nacional de San Carlos, Mexico City, until April 28, 2019”

Featured Exhibition: Nápoles en Osuna: José de Ribera en el legado artístico de los duques de Osuna (1618-2018), Colegiata de Osuna (Seville), until 18 April 2018

The collegiate church of Osuna, established in the 16th century by Juan Téllez-Girón, 4th Count of Ureña, contains important artworks commissioned and donated by the Dukes of Osuna. Several members of the family held important position in the government of such Spanish imperial domains as Sicily, Milan and Naples. Works acquired in the latter cityContinue reading “Featured Exhibition: Nápoles en Osuna: José de Ribera en el legado artístico de los duques de Osuna (1618-2018), Colegiata de Osuna (Seville), until 18 April 2018”

Curators in Conversation: Looking at Spanish Old Masters Today, Colnaghi Foundation, 6 December 2018, 6:30–8:30pm

Curators in Conversation: Looking at Spanish Old Masters Today with Nicola Jennings, Director, Colnaghi Foundation  and  Michael Petry, Artist & Director, MoCA London  Discussing the lasting influence of Spanish Old Masters in contemporary arts practice. This event is part of Spain NOW! – celebrating the 10th anniversary of the season of contemporary arts and culture inContinue reading “Curators in Conversation: Looking at Spanish Old Masters Today, Colnaghi Foundation, 6 December 2018, 6:30–8:30pm”

Members’ Event: Spanish Casts at the V&A’s Newly Renovated Cast Courts

The V&A’s Cast Courts have been recently renovated (a project lasting nearly ten years in total), and are re-opening to the public on 1 December. ARTES members are invited to a talk on 17 December at 10.30 am on the Spanish casts in the galleries, to be given by ARTES Hon Vice-President and Lead CuratorContinue reading “Members’ Event: Spanish Casts at the V&A’s Newly Renovated Cast Courts”

Conference: ‘Ribera’s Art of Violence: New Intersections and Interventions’, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, December 10, 2018

INTERNATIONAL STUDY DAY Ribera’s Art of Violence: New Intersections and Interventions Dulwich Picture Gallery is holding a study day inspired by the exhibition Ribera: Art of Violence. Examining Ribera’s art from various interdisciplinary perspectives, the event will bring together established and emerging voices to explore new approaches to the artist, his works, myths and audiences. TheContinue reading “Conference: ‘Ribera’s Art of Violence: New Intersections and Interventions’, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, December 10, 2018”

Enriqueta Harris Frankfort Bequest at the Warburg Institute, London

New shelving at the end of the Warburg Institute’s Photographic Collection contains the notes, papers, letters and photographs of Enriqueta Harris Frankfort (1919–2006), Curator of the Photographic Collection from 1949 to 1971, founding Honorary President of ARTES, and one of the most admired writers on Spanish painting of her generation. All her working papers were leftContinue reading “Enriqueta Harris Frankfort Bequest at the Warburg Institute, London”

ARTES Members’ Visit to the Año Murillo in Seville (30 November – 2 December 2018)

ARTES have organised a trip to Seville for members from 30th November to 2nd December 2018, the main aim being a curator-led tour of the exhibition Murillo IV Centenario, opening that week, as well as visits to the Cathedral, Hospital de los Venerables and de la Caridad, Alcázar, Casa de Pilatos and other sites of art historicalContinue reading “ARTES Members’ Visit to the Año Murillo in Seville (30 November – 2 December 2018)”

NOSOTROS: Iberian and Latin American Week, University of Liverpool, Monday 29 October–Sunday 4 November 2018

NosOtros: Iberian and Latin American Week, University of Liverpool, Monday 29 October–Sunday 4 November 2018 Monday 29 October Welcome event: Día de Muertos. A celebration of Mexican traditions Language Lounge, 4pm – 6pm Día de Muertos is a syncretic celebration that draws heavily from indigenous Aztec and Nahua traditions and coincides with the Christian All Souls.Continue reading “NOSOTROS: Iberian and Latin American Week, University of Liverpool, Monday 29 October–Sunday 4 November 2018”

Conference: Iberian (In)tolerance: Minorities, Cultural Exchanges and Social Exclusion in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Era, London, November 8–9, 2018

Venue: Senate House, Bedford Room 37 (8th Nov); Bush House, KCL S2.01 and Instituto Cervantes (9th Nov) Keynote speakers: Prof Trevor Dadson and Dr Alexander Samson During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, minorities in the Iberian peninsula experienced both peaceful coexistence and, at times, violent intolerance. But despite restrictions, persecutions, and forced conversions, extensiveContinue reading “Conference: Iberian (In)tolerance: Minorities, Cultural Exchanges and Social Exclusion in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Era, London, November 8–9, 2018”

Featured exhibition: Picasso, Braque, Gris, Blanchard, Miró y Dalí. Grandes Figuras de la Vanguardia, Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias, Oviedo, until 6 January 2019

The exhibition Picasso, Braque, Gris, Blanchard, Miró y Dalí. Grandes Figuras de la Vanguardia will showcase eight works from the Colección Masaveu and the Colección Pedro Masaveu. All these works were collected by the Masaveu family, a Catalan dynasty of entrepreneurs and philanthropists who settled in Asturias in 1840. The exhibition is the result of aContinue reading “Featured exhibition: Picasso, Braque, Gris, Blanchard, Miró y Dalí. Grandes Figuras de la Vanguardia, Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias, Oviedo, until 6 January 2019”