ARTES member Maria Vittoria Spissu has organised a symposium with the title ‘Empire of Role Models? Championing and Challenging Global Ideals in the Early Modern Iberian Worlds’. The symposium will take place on the 19th and 20th June at the University of Bologna. Full details of the symposium and the programme are contained in the flyerContinue reading “‘EMPIRE OF ROLE MODELS?’ SYMPOSIUM 19-20 JUNE 2025 UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA”
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Mario Vargas Llosa – a tribute
The following is a tribute to Mario Vargas Llosa by Susan Wilson, an ARTES Trustee, Painter, and Senior Member of The Royal Drawing School. Vargas Llosa, a Peruvian novelist, journalist, and politician, was born on 28th March 1936 and died in Lima on 13th April 2025. As Susan explains Vargas Llosa had a significant influenceContinue reading “Mario Vargas Llosa – a tribute”
ARTES Nigel Glendinning Lecture 2025
The annual ARTES Nigel Glendinning Lecture of 2025: Problems in Velázquez’s Portraiture will be given in person by Dr. Peter Cherry on 29 May from 6.30pm (BST) at the Instituto Cervantes, 15-19 Devereux Ct, London, WC2R 3JJ. The event will also be live streamed. Tickets for in-person and online attendance can be obtained at the followingContinue reading “ARTES Nigel Glendinning Lecture 2025”
SAVE THE DATE!
We have two very important upcoming ARTES events: First, our annual Glendinning Lecture will take place at 6.30pm on Thursday 29th May at the Instituto Cervantes in London. This year’s speaker will be Emeritus Professor Peter Cherry of Trinity College, Dublin, who will deliver a lecture on ‘Problems in Velázquez’. Peter’s work will be known to manyContinue reading “SAVE THE DATE!”
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Juan Facundo Riaño Essay Prize, deadline 30th April 2025
ARTES is excited to announce the call for applications to the Juan Facundo Riaño Essay Prize of 2025, funded by the generous support of the Embassy of Spain, for the best art-historical essay on a Hispanic Theme. Please consult the Award section for the full description of the application requirements and the awards.
REMINDER: 29th January 6pm GMT: Goya’s Caprichos in Nineteenth-Century France: Politics of the Grotesque
The Artes and Zurbarán Center for Spanish and Latin American Art would like to remind members of the upcoming Seminar Series to be held over zoom on January 29th at 6pm GMT, by Dr. Paula Fayos Pérez. Fayos Pérez will be sharing with us her research for the her recent book, Caprichos in Nineteenth-Century France:Continue reading “REMINDER: 29th January 6pm GMT: Goya’s Caprichos in Nineteenth-Century France: Politics of the Grotesque”
Upcoming ARTES Trip: Visit to Valladolid and Madrid
ARTES is excited to plan an enthralling short trip to Spain in early December to visit two major exhibitions: One monographic shjow at the Museo Nacional de Escultura in Valladolid, dedicated to the Baroque Sculptor Luisa Roldán (1652-1706), and the other to a major show on sculpture at the Museo Nacional del Prado: Hand inContinue reading “Upcoming ARTES Trip: Visit to Valladolid and Madrid”
Seminar Session – Copied Singularities: Tracking Animal Illustrations around the Early Modern World
When: 17th April at 6pm (UK Time) via ZoomZoom Link: https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/s/95933854468 Artes would like to invite all to the next seminar session as part of the Zurbarán Center for Spanish and Latin American Art-Artes seminar series. In this next session, Dr. Lisa Voigt (Yale University) will be presenting Copied Singularities: Tracking Animal Illustrations around theContinue reading “Seminar Session – Copied Singularities: Tracking Animal Illustrations around the Early Modern World “
Scholarship Opportunity – The Klesch Collection Scholarship for Graduate Studies in Renaissance and Baroque Painting
The Klesch Collection is proud to support academic excellence and is committed to promotingthe training of the next generation of Art Historians through a scholarship for graduate studies inBaroque and Renaissance painting. These scholarships have supported the global studies ofgraduate students (MA, MPhil, or PhD level), with the aim of contributing to their academic andprofessionalContinue reading “Scholarship Opportunity – The Klesch Collection Scholarship for Graduate Studies in Renaissance and Baroque Painting”
ARTES-CEEH Scholarships for Spanish PhDs, 2023: Scholarship Report
ARTES-CEEH Scholarship for Spanish PhDs, Report: Emma Luisa Cahill Marrón, University of Murcia (FULL REPORT) Portraiture, Gender, and the Construction of the Image of Power in the Formation of the Royal Collection and the Prado Museum This project studies the formation of the Spanish and British royal collections with a special emphasis on portraiture andContinue reading “ARTES-CEEH Scholarships for Spanish PhDs, 2023: Scholarship Report”
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