Coypel’s Don Quixote Tapestries: Illustrating a Spanish Novel in Eighteenth-Century France Exhibition, The Frick Collection, New York 25 February 2015 – 17 May 2015 Charles Coypel (1694−1752), painter to Louis XV, created a series of twenty-eight paintings (also called cartoons) to be woven into tapestries by the Gobelins manufactory in Paris. Twenty-seven were painted between 1714Continue reading “Coypel’s Don Quixote Tapestries: Illustrating a Spanish Novel in Eighteenth-Century France: Frick Collection, New York”
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VISIT: Toledo 3-Day Visit – Fri 5 to Sun 7 June 2015 – British Spanish Society welcomes ARTES members
The British Spanish Society is hosting a 3-day visit to Toledo from Fri 5 to Sun 7 June 2015 Members of ARTES are welcome to join the BSS for this visit There is an official deadline of Monday 16 February but please contact Morlin if you are interested at artesiberia@gmail.com
Book launch: The Spanish Presence in Sixteenth-century Italy: Images of Iberia, edited by ARTES member Piers Baker-Bates
ARTES member Piers Baker-Bates launches his latest book at the British School in Rome on Wednesday 4 February 2015
El Retrato en las Colecciones Reales de Juan de Flandes a Antonio López, Madrid
El Retrato en las Colecciones Reales de Juan de Flandes a Antonio López, exhibition, Palacio Real, Madrid, 4 December 2014 – 19 April 2015. Paintings and sculptures produced for the Spanish Court. Includes Ribera’s Don Juan Jose de Austria on Horseback; and the contemporary group portrait of the present royal family by Antonio Lopez, which apparently tookContinue reading “El Retrato en las Colecciones Reales de Juan de Flandes a Antonio López, Madrid”
Glitterati: Portraits & Jewelry from Colonial Latin America, Denver
Glitterati: Portraits & Jewelry from Colonial Latin America. Exhibition, Denver Art Museum, 7 December 2014 – 27 February 2016. During the Spanish Colonial period in Latin America (1521–1850), precious gold and silver were crafted into elegant jewelry then embellished with emeralds from Colombia, coral from Mexico, and pearls from Venezuela. Displaying their wealth and status, people wereContinue reading “Glitterati: Portraits & Jewelry from Colonial Latin America, Denver”
Andean Art in the Spanish Empire, Chicago
A Voyage to South America: Andean Art in the Spanish Empire, New long-term installation, Art Institute of Chicago, till 26 February 2016. The museum’s first presentation of work from the viceregal period. Fourteen paintings and related works on paper introduce visitors to explorers, artists, and patrons who lived in the Spanish-governed Andes during the 17th, 18th,Continue reading “Andean Art in the Spanish Empire, Chicago”
Goya: Order and Disorder, Boston: Exhibition closes 19 January 2015
Goya: Order and Disorder, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Exhibition closes 19 January 2015. exhibition dedicated to Spanish master Francisco Goya (1746–1828). The largest retrospective of the artist to take place in America in 25 years, this exhibition features 170 paintings, prints and drawings. It includes many loans from Europe and the US, including 21 works fromContinue reading “Goya: Order and Disorder, Boston: Exhibition closes 19 January 2015”
El Greco in New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Exhibition closes 1st February 2015
El Greco in New York (New York, Metropolitan Museum). Exhibition closes 1st February 2015. To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of El Greco, New York’s Metropolitan Museum and the Hispanic Society of America are pooling their collections of the work of this great painter to provide a panorama of his art unrivaled outside the MuseoContinue reading “El Greco in New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Exhibition closes 1st February 2015”
El Greco at the Frick Collection, New York: Final weeks
The Frick Collection, New York: El Greco at the Frick Collection. Exhibition closes on 1st February 2015. Henry Clay Frick had a deep appreciation for Spanish painting, particularly the work of El Greco. Frick traveled to Spain twice and acquired three works by the artist between 1905 and 1913. Here they are displayed side by side for the firstContinue reading “El Greco at the Frick Collection, New York: Final weeks”
The Frick Collection, New York: Lecture on El Greco by Xavier Bray, 28 January 2015
The Frick Collection, New York, Wednesday, January 28, 2015, 6:00–7:00PM: “Demystifying El Greco: His Use of Wax, Clay, and Plaster Models“. Lecture by Xavier Bray, Arturo and Holly Melosi Chief Curator, Dulwich Picture Gallery (London). Free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis; reservations not accepted. An inventory of El Greco’s studio madeContinue reading “The Frick Collection, New York: Lecture on El Greco by Xavier Bray, 28 January 2015”
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