Assistant Curator (ESCALA and University Art Collections), Library Services Job Reference: REQ02285 Application Closing Date: 11/02/2019 Location: Colchester Employment Type: Permanent, Part-time Salary: £26,243 – £29,515 per annum, pro rata This is an exciting opportunity to assist with the management of a major art collection and contribute to the development of academic and research support services atContinue reading “Job: Assistant Curator, ESCALA and University Art Collections, University of Essex”
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200 Years of the Museo del Prado, 1819–2019
On 19 November 1819 Ferdinand VII of Spain inaugurated the Museo Real de Pinturas. Over the following two centuries, the new institution would turn into the Museo Nacional del Prado, one of the world’s most visited museums with an unparalleled collection of around 8,200 drawings, 7,600 paintings, 4,800 prints, and 1,000 sculptures. The Museum will celebrateContinue reading “200 Years of the Museo del Prado, 1819–2019”
Conference: Las mujeres y las artes en la corte española, Madrid, 20–22 February 2019, Universidad Complutense, Madrid
Programme MIÉRCOLES, 20 DE FEBRERO 09:30 Registro de participantes 10:00 Inauguración. Jaime M. de los Santos. Consejero de Cultura, Turismo y Deporte. Comunidad de Madrid. Presentación. Miguel Luque. Decano de la Facultad. MESA I. MUJERES PROTAGONISTAS DE LAS ARTES. MODERA FÉLIX DÍAZ MORENO (UCM) 10:30 Plautilla Bricci: cronaca di un oblio. Consuelo Lollobrigida (Univ. ofContinue reading “Conference: Las mujeres y las artes en la corte española, Madrid, 20–22 February 2019, Universidad Complutense, Madrid”
Symposium: Khipus: Writing Histories In and From Knots, The Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Book Prize Symposium, Bard Graduate Center, New York, 1 February 2019
There has been much concern and criticism in the West over the absence of the voices of “peoples without history” in the writing of local, regional, and global histories. This concern has been especially profound insofar as it pertains to societies that did not have in the past, or that do not have today, theirContinue reading “Symposium: Khipus: Writing Histories In and From Knots, The Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Book Prize Symposium, Bard Graduate Center, New York, 1 February 2019”
Closing soon: 2018 Turbine Hall Installation by Tania Bruguera, Tate Modern, London, until 24 February 2019
The Cuban artist Tania Bruguera (born 1968) has been selected to create the 2018 Hyundai commission for Tate Modern’s central four-stories high Turbine Hall. She is best known for her socially and politically engaged installations, which have in the past addressed topics of migration, border control and institutional power structures. She has created a uniqueContinue reading “Closing soon: 2018 Turbine Hall Installation by Tania Bruguera, Tate Modern, London, until 24 February 2019”
Closing Soon! ‘Ribera: Art of Violence’, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, until 27 January 2019
This is the first exhibition in the UK dedicated to the Spanish Baroque painter, draughtsman and printmaker Jusepe de Ribera (1591–1652). Born in Játiva, Valencia, Ribera emigrated to Italy as a young artist. Proud of his Spanish heritage, he eventually settled in Naples, then a Spanish territory, but never again returned to Spain. A hybrid figure,Continue reading “Closing Soon! ‘Ribera: Art of Violence’, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, until 27 January 2019”
Featured Exhibition: Futuruins, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, until 24 March 2019
Born in Granada in 1871, Mariano Fortuny trained as a painter in Paris before settling in Venice at 18. Moving in international artistic circles, he befriended Gabriele D’Annunzio, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Marchesa Casati and Prinz Fritz Hohenlohe-Waldenburg, among others. He was fascinated by the idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk, a total union of music, drama and visualContinue reading “Featured Exhibition: Futuruins, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, until 24 March 2019”
Conference: Islamic Heritage in Italy and Spain, Venice, 1–2 Feb 2019
IUAV, Venice, February 1 – 02, 2019 Negotiating the Past. Islamic Heritage in Italy and Spain International Conference, Venice Organizers: Prof. Dr. Guido Zucconi (IUAV) / Prof. Dr. Francine Giese (UZH) / Prof. Dr. Juan Calatrava (UGR) / Dr. Ariane Varela Braga (UZH) Friday 1 February 2019, Palazzo Badoer, Santa Croce 2468, Venice 9.00 Welcome and registrationContinue reading “Conference: Islamic Heritage in Italy and Spain, Venice, 1–2 Feb 2019”
New Web Resource: Printmaking Materials & Techniques from The Met
Click here to discover a new outline feature on the Metropolitan Museum website. The resource outlines the most common techniques for making prints. A section on drawings will be added in spring 2019. Through the descriptions of each technique, as well as the animated images (GIFs) and illustrative works from The Met collection, visitors willContinue reading “New Web Resource: Printmaking Materials & Techniques from The Met”
JOB: Post-Doc Fellowship, Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, USA
Starting Date: September 02, 2019 Application deadline: Feb 1, 2019 The Research and Academic Program at the Clark Art Institute announces a postdoctoral fellowship in the history and theory of art. The successful candidate will join a small, committed staff in initiating and implementing a series of programs—colloquia, conferences, workshops, and other collaborations—designed to expandContinue reading “JOB: Post-Doc Fellowship, Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, USA”
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