At 6.30 pm on Thursday 27 March, 2014, Almudena Hernández de la Torre of the Sorolla Museum, Madrid, will give the annual Nigel Glendinning Memorial Lecture at the Instituto Cervantes, 102 Eaton Sq, London SW1W 9AN Her lecture is entitled Joaquín Sorolla: his life, his legacy and his London experience Entry is open to all and freeContinue reading “Nigel Glendinning Memorial Lecture – Joaquín Sorolla: his life, his legacy and his London experience”
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The Juan Facundo Riaño Essay Medal: Call for Submissions, deadline 31 January 2023
To encourage emerging scholars that are based in the UK, ARTES, in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain, awards an annual essay medal to the author of the best art-historical essay or study on a Spanish theme, which must be submitted in competition and judged by a reading Sub-Committee. The medal is named after Juan Facundo RiañoContinue reading “The Juan Facundo Riaño Essay Medal: Call for Submissions, deadline 31 January 2023”
2014 Juan Facundo Riaño Essay Medal Prizegiving Ceremony
ARTES is delighted to announce that the 2014 Juan Facundo Riaño Essay Medal has been won by Lesley Thornton-Cronin, a first year PhD student at Glasgow University, for her essay ‘Image-Making by Means of Metaphoric Transposition in the Work of Joan Miró’. The runner-up prize is awarded to Maria Teresa Chicote Pompanin, a masters student at the WarburgContinue reading “2014 Juan Facundo Riaño Essay Medal Prizegiving Ceremony”
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 visit to Beyond El Dorado at the British Museum
We are pleased to announce a private Artes visit to the British Museum’s Beyond El Dorado exhibition on Thursday 20 February 2014. We shall be meeting at 8.20 am for a 8.30 am at the main front gates (the museum is not open to the public at this time). Curator Elisenda Vila Llonch has kindly agreed to give us anContinue reading “Artes visit to Beyond El Dorado at the British Museum”
Velázquez portraits exhibition at the Prado
Tues 8 Oct 2013 – Sat 9 Feb 2014, The Prado, Madrid. Velázquez y la familia de Felipe IV 1650-1680 (the English catalogue is titled, Velázquez, Las Meninas and the Late Royal Portraits). Jerónimos Building, Room C, El Museo del Prado, Ruiz de Alarcón, 23, 28014 Madrid. http://www.museodelprado.es . Curated by Javier Portús, Chief CuratorContinue reading “Velázquez portraits exhibition at the Prado”
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