Miguel Zugaza announces his decision to step down from the Prado and reassume the directorship of the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum next year This morning, Miguel Zugaza informed the Permanent Committee of the Royal Board of Trustees of his decision to conclude his term next year as director of the Museo del Prado after fifteenContinue reading “Miguel Zugaza: from Madrid to Bilbao”
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Curators in Conversation: Ribera across the Generations. 6:30-8:30 pm, Thursday 9th February, 2017
With Gabriele Finaldi (Director, The National Gallery) & Edward Payne (Senior Curator: Spanish Art, Auckland Castle Trust) at Colnaghi, 26 Bury Street, London SW1Y 6AL ARTES welcomes Gabriele Finaldi, curator of Ribera: Master of Drawing at the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (22 November 2016 – 19 February 2017), in conversation with Edward Payne,Continue reading “Curators in Conversation: Ribera across the Generations. 6:30-8:30 pm, Thursday 9th February, 2017”
Call for Submissions: Travel scholarships, deadline 31 January 2019
Thanks to the generous support of art dealers Coll & Cortés, ARTES offers travel scholarships for BA and postgraduate students at UK universities who are working on any aspect of Spanish, Portuguese or Latin American visual culture before 1800. Final year undergraduates and postgraduate students registered for a full or part-time degree course at a UK university may applyContinue reading “Call for Submissions: Travel scholarships, deadline 31 January 2019”
Book Launch – Sebastiano del Piombo & the World of Spanish Rome by Piers Baker-Bates
ARTES Committee Member Dr Piers Baker-Bates has published an examination of Sebastiano’s career as a transcultural artist through an analysis of his Spanish patrons in Rome. This book will prove to be an important tool to the greater appreciation of the artist in advance of the National Gallery London’s forthcoming exhibition Michelangelo & Sebastiano (see link)Continue reading “Book Launch – Sebastiano del Piombo & the World of Spanish Rome by Piers Baker-Bates”
Book Launch – Art in Spain & Portugal from the Romans to the Early Middle Ages by Rose Walker
ARTES member Dr Rose Walker of the Courtauld Institute of Art has recently launched her latest book on early art in the Iberian Peninsula. A discount is available to those ARTES members who would like to buy a copy. Please contact artesiberia@gmail.com for details.
Lecturer in Spanish, University of Edinburgh
Lecturer in Spanish The Department of Hispanic Studies at the University of Edinburgh is advertising for a Lecturer in Spanish with a specialism in Peninsular Spanish Visual Media or Cultural Studies. The successful appointee will have a record of excellence in research, with a portfolio of publications appropriate to their career stage. The appointee willContinue reading “Lecturer in Spanish, University of Edinburgh”
PhD scholarship at The Courtauld Institute, London, sponsored by CEEH
Applications are invited for a fully funded doctoral scholarship in Spanish art-historical studies, commencing at The Courtauld Institute in London in the academic year 2019/20. The scholarship has been created through the generosity of CEEH (Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica), in association with ARTES The Courtauld Institute is one of the world’s leading centres forContinue reading “PhD scholarship at The Courtauld Institute, London, sponsored by CEEH”
El Siglo de Oro (Berlin)
El Siglo de Oro. The Age of Velázquez Gemäldegalerie, Berlin 01 July 2016 to 30 October 2016 This summer in Berlin, a major exhibition showcasing 17th century Spanish painting and sculpture in all its fascinating variety goes on show outside of Spain for the first time. El Siglo de Oro: The Age of Velázquez comprisesContinue reading “El Siglo de Oro (Berlin)”
Ramon Casas in Barcelona
Ramon Casas and the shadow puppets at Els Quatre Gats. Bohemia and the popular imaginary Barcelona, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) 30 June – 20 October 2016 (http://www.museunacional.cat/en/ramon-casas-and-shadow-puppets-els-quatre-gats-bohemia-and-popular-imaginary) The collection of Ramon Casas’s works held by MNAC has recently been enriched with the acquisition of an unusual group of 12 ‘Chinese shadow’ drawings orContinue reading “Ramon Casas in Barcelona”
Symposium – One Hundred Years of Cultural Transfer: Barcelona 1888-1992 – 24-25 Nov 2016 – Barcelona
International Symposium One Hundred Years of Cultural Transfer: Barcelona 1888-1992 24-25 November 2016 Departament d’Humanitats-Institut de Cultura Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona The advent of Barcelona as a modern, cosmopolitan, innovative metropolis, open to the world, is punctuated by two founding events: the Universal Exhibition of 1888 and, a century on, the Olympic Games of 1992. Both are key momentsContinue reading “Symposium – One Hundred Years of Cultural Transfer: Barcelona 1888-1992 – 24-25 Nov 2016 – Barcelona”
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