Meadows Museum SMU (Dallas, Texas) Artes is pleased to be able to share that the Meadows Museum at SMU is currently searching for a Curatorial Assistant to join its department. This full-time, on-campus position offers the opportunity to work closely with their team on research, exhibitions, publications, and a wide range of curatorial projects related to SpanishContinue reading “Curatorial Assistant Vacancy”
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Mark A. Roglán Award to ARTES Chair ARTES is extremely proud to announce that on 18 October the Meadows Museum’s Custard Institute for Spanish Art and Culture, Dallas, presented its Mark A. Roglán Publication Award for the second time to Claudia Hopkins, Professor of Art History at the University of Edinburgh, for her book Art and IdentityContinue reading “NEWS”
CALL FOR PAPERS
CFP: V Durham–Northumbria Colloquium on Medieval and Golden Age Hispanic Studies (24-26 June 2026). The deadline for the submission of proposals is 6 January 2026. The event, organised by the universities of Durham and Northumbria, will take place in Newcastle between 24 and 26 June 2026. Proposals for 20-min. papers (in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan orContinue reading “CALL FOR PAPERS”
ATHENA ART FOUNDATION / COLNAGHI FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM, 25TH-26TH SEPTEMBER: IMPRESSIONS OF EMPIRE
Works on Paper as Agents of Intermedial Translation and Cultural Exchange Once again, the Athena Art Foundation is parterning with the Colnaghi Foundation to present the in-person and online symposium, Impressions of Empire: Works on Paper as Agents of Intermedial Translation and Cultural Exchange.The symposium will be held on 25th and 26th September 2025 and exploresContinue reading “ATHENA ART FOUNDATION / COLNAGHI FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM, 25TH-26TH SEPTEMBER: IMPRESSIONS OF EMPIRE”
New Event: Rafael Canogar in conversation with Susan Wilson
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”
Film Screening: Zurbarán and His Twelve Sons
16 July, 13.30 – 15.30 Spanish Gallery Conference Suite Free, pre-booking essential as space is limited: https://aucklandproject.org/event/film-screening-zurbaran-and-his-twelve-sons/ Since 1756 Francisco de Zurbarán’s paintings of Jacob and His Twelve Sons have held a special place in the life of Bishop Auckland. Arantxa Aguirre’s beautiful film tells the story of these exceptional artworks and their intriguing history, following the path ofContinue reading “Film Screening: Zurbarán and His Twelve Sons”
2025 ARTES and CEEH Scholarships
ARTES is delighted to announce the recipients of the 2025 ARTES/CEEH PhD Scholarships: Lauren Mahany, PhD Candidate in the School of History of Art, University of Edinburgh. Lauren’s research examines the work of the Catalonian Orientalist and costumbrismo painter Antonio Fabrés (1854-1938) within the context of Spain’s fin-de-siècle identity crisis and its renewed colonial ambitions in North Africa. WithContinue reading “2025 ARTES and CEEH Scholarships”
‘EMPIRE OF ROLE MODELS?’ SYMPOSIUM 19-20 JUNE 2025 UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA
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”
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”
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