Pedro de Mena’s Virgin of Sorrows (Mater Dolorosa) saved by public appeal In another example of public philanthropy, the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge has acquired a the Mater Dolorosa (Virgin of Sorrows) by Pedro de Mena. The acquisition had been supported by grants of £30,000 from the Art Fund and £10,000 from The Henry Moore Foundation plus anContinue reading “The Fitzwilliam Museum’s fundraising drive to acquire a Mater Dolorosa by Pedro de Mena proves successful”
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Association of Art Historians – Annual Conference April 2015 – Call for Papers – Deadline 10 November 2014
AAH2015 41st Annual Conference & Bookfair Sainsbury Institute for Art, UEA, Norwich 9 – 11 April 2015 Portraiture and the Unworthy Subject in the Early Modern World Paper proposals, to be sent to the session convenor in accordance with proposal guidelines. Paper proposal deadline: 10 November 2014 Session convenor: Carmen Fracchia, Birkbeck, University of London, c.fracchia@bbk.ac.uk InContinue reading “Association of Art Historians – Annual Conference April 2015 – Call for Papers – Deadline 10 November 2014”
ARTES Malta visit: Wed 5 November – Mon 10 November 2014
ARTES is visiting Malta from 5-10 November 2014. This visit is being organised by Marjorie Trusted of the V&A (ARTES Hon Vice-President) and Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci of the University of Malta (ARTES member). The programme is detailed below and includes a symposium on Spanish Baroque Art in Malta being hosted by the Spanish Embassy. ARTES VisitContinue reading “ARTES Malta visit: Wed 5 November – Mon 10 November 2014”
Oscar Muñoz, Paris
Oscar Muñoz: Protographies, Jeu de Paume, Paris, 4 June – 21 September 2014. Presents works by one of Colombia’s leading contemporary artists (born 1951) including hyper-realist large-scale charcoal drawings created between 1979-81, prints from the 1980s, film and recent ‘images in flux’. The exhibition has been co-curated by the Jeu de Paume with the MuseoContinue reading “Oscar Muñoz, Paris”
Coll & Cortés, London
Coll & Cortés Fine Arts, London, will be taking part in Master Paintings Week in London 4- 11 July 2014. The gallery will by exhibiting, amongst other works, a portrait by Alonso Cano (1601-1667) of Don Antonio Pedro Sancho Dávila Toledo y Álvarez Osorio (1615-1689), IV Marquis of Velada and X Marquis of Astorga, who wasContinue reading “Coll & Cortés, London”
Ben Elwes, London
Ben Elwes Fine Art, Master Paintings Week, London, 4-11 July 2014, is showing a portrait of Admiral Abdelkader Perez, Moroccan ambassador to England in 1723 and 1737, whose Spanish family name suggests he was descended from morisco refugees from Spain. The portrait was painted by Michael Dahl (1659-1743), the London-based Swedish artist.
Radical Geometry: Modern Art of South America from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, London
Radical Geometry: Modern Art of South America from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, Royal Academy Sackler Wing, 5 July – 28 September 2014. Explores the innovative geometric abstract art that South American avant-garde artists created from the 1930s to the 1980s. The exhibition co-curated by Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, Director of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros CollectionContinue reading “Radical Geometry: Modern Art of South America from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, London”
Spanish drawings: From Valdés Leal to Sorolla, London
Spanish drawings: From Valdés Leal to Sorolla, London (Master Drawings & Sculpture Week, 2014) José de la Mano showing at Mackinnon 5 Ryder Street, St James’s, London, 4 – 11 July 2014 Includes drawings by Valdés Leal, including The Apparition of Christ to Saint Ignatius on his Way to Rome, (1660-1664) in black and redContinue reading “Spanish drawings: From Valdés Leal to Sorolla, London”
PintaLondon 2014
PintaLondon, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, 12-15 June 2014. London’s modern and contemporary Latin American Art fair, which also includes Spanish and Portuguese artists. This year’s focus is on monochrome Spanish art from 1950 to 1970 curated by the Madrid art dealer José de la Mano. Entry ticket price £15; ticket + catalogue £25.
Made in Mexico: The Rebozo in Art, Culture & Fashion, London
Made in Mexico: The Rebozo in Art, Culture & Fashion Fashion and Textile Museum, South London, 6 June – 31 August. (Closed Mondays, nearest tube station London Bridge). The first-ever exhibition in the UK on the rebozo – the classic Mexican shawl made famous in 20th-century culture by Frida Kahlo. ‘Made in Mexico’ explores the keyContinue reading “Made in Mexico: The Rebozo in Art, Culture & Fashion, London”
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