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Please see the poster above for details of this Instituto Cervantes event, with the leading Spanish contemporary artist Rafael Canogar in conversation with Susan Wilson (Senior Member of Faculty at the Royal Drawing School and ARTES Committee Member). Places at the event can be booked here. Attendance is in-person only, as it will not beContinue reading “New Event: Rafael Canogar in conversation with Susan Wilson”

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”

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”

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”

 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!”