Category Archives: ARTES

Great British Hispanists in conversation at the Instituto Cervantes: ARTES Hon President Sir John Elliott – Tues 25 March 2014 – 6.30pm

As part of a series on Great British Hispanists taking place at the Instituto Cervantes in London, Director Dr Julio Crespo MacLennan will be talking to Sir John Elliott this Tuesday 25 March at 6.30 pm. Sir John (who publishes as J.H.Elliott) is an eminent historian of Spain and the Spanish Empire in the Early ModernContinue reading “Great British Hispanists in conversation at the Instituto Cervantes: ARTES Hon President Sir John Elliott – Tues 25 March 2014 – 6.30pm”

Michael Jacobs, 1952-2014

The Hispanic world has lost one of its greats.  Michael Jacobs, who died from cancer on 9 January 2014  aged 61, was an enthusiastic and knowledgeable writer with an endearing personality, in the  tradition of George Borrow, Richard Ford and Gerald Brenan. Michael had an extraordinary ability to connect, and both his art historical andContinue reading “Michael Jacobs, 1952-2014”

ARTES visit to Madrid, 28-29 January 2014

We have been kindly invited by Deputy Director of the Prado and ARTES member Gabriele Finaldi to visit the current exhibition in Madrid on Velázquez and the Family of Philip IV.  Javier Portús, Chief Curator of Spanish Painting and Curator of the exhibition will kindly take us on a private tour on Tuesday 28th JanuaryContinue reading “ARTES visit to Madrid, 28-29 January 2014”

Artes CEEH Travel Scholarships

Thanks to the generous support of CEEH (Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica), ARTES awards a number of travel scholarships to final year undergraduates and postgraduate students registered for a full or part-time degree course at a UK university who are working on any aspect of Spanish  visual culture before 1900. The deadline for all applicationsContinue reading “Artes CEEH Travel Scholarships”