The Spanish Royal Wallpaper Factory was the last 18th century royal factory to be created (under Carlos III), yet was almost entirely forgotten. Read all about it in this new publication: Isadora Rose-de Viejo, La Real Fábrica de Papeles Pintados de Madrid (1786-1836): Arte, artesanía, industria. Madrid (Ediciones Cátedra-Grandes Temas núm. 64), 2015, 258 págs.,Continue reading “New book on the Spanish Royal Wallpaper Factory”
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First Durham-Northumbria Colloquium on Medieval and Golden Age Hispanic Studies, 9-10 July 2015
First Durham-Northumbria Colloquium on Medieval and Golden Age Hispanic Studies Primer Coloquio de Estudios Hispánicos Medievales y del Siglo de Oro (Universidades de Durham y de Northumbria) Registration is now open. Venue: Northumbria University (Newcastle upon Tyne), Sutherland Building Date: 9-10 July 2015 Programme: 2015-06-FirstDurhamNorthumbria MedievalGoldenAgeProgramme
ARTES Private Visit – Xavier Bray – the Dulwich Picture Gallery – Mon 29 June 2015
ARTES Visit Xavier Bray at The Dulwich Picture Gallery The Spanish Paintings & the newly opened Prud’hon Exhibition Monday 29 June 2015 1.30 – 4.30 pm Timetable 1.30: Talk by Xavier Bray 2.15: ARTES AGM 3.15: Tea 3.30: Tour of the Spanish paintings & the Prud’hon exhibition If you would likeContinue reading “ARTES Private Visit – Xavier Bray – the Dulwich Picture Gallery – Mon 29 June 2015”
ARTES Visit to the Barber Institute & the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery – Mon 6 July 2015
ARTES Visit to Birmingham The Barber Institute of Art & The Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (BMAG) Monday 6 July 2015 11.00 – 16.30 pm This visit is at the kind invitation of Robert Wenley of the Barber Institute who will introduce the key Spanish works. Helen Hillyard, National Gallery Curatorial Trainee at the BMAG, willContinue reading “ARTES Visit to the Barber Institute & the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery – Mon 6 July 2015”
Re-envisioning the Virgin Mary: Colonial Painting from South America: Austin, Texas
Exhibition: Re-envisioning the Virgin Mary: Colonial Painting from South America Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas Two-part exhibition: (1) 20 September 2014 – 14 June 2015 (2) July 2015 – 2016 A two-part exhibition, the first phase of which features seven paintings on loan from two of the United States’ most distinguished collections of colonialContinue reading “Re-envisioning the Virgin Mary: Colonial Painting from South America: Austin, Texas”
Genaro Pérez Villaamil, Madrid
Exhibition: Views of Historic Monuments in Spanish Cities: The Romantic Painter Genaro Pérez Villaamil (Vistas monumentales de ciudades españolas. El pintor romántico Genaro Pérez Villaamil) Room 60 Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid 17 December 2014 – 6 September 2015 Curated by Javier Barón, this exhibition includes Villaamil’s large Diptych, formed from 42 individual scenes painted on tin-platesContinue reading “Genaro Pérez Villaamil, Madrid”
Juan Muñoz, Milan
Exhibition: Juan Muñoz (1953-2001): Double Bind and Around Hangar Bicocca, Milan 9 April – 23 August 2015 Curated by Vicente Todoli, this is the first exhibition about the Spanish sculptor in Italy. It reconstructs his installation Double Bind, shown in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in 2001. Exhibition booklet available as a PDF via the exhibitionContinue reading “Juan Muñoz, Milan”
Alfredo Ramos Martinez, Los Angeles
Exhibition: Alfredo Ramos Martinez (1872-1946): An exhibition in honour of Maria Martinez Bolster Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles 30 April – 11 July 2015 A display of drawings and paintings by the Mexican artist who having trained in Paris was made head of the National Academy in Mexico City in 1913, where he supervisedContinue reading “Alfredo Ramos Martinez, Los Angeles”
Joaquín Torres-García retrospective, New York
Forthcoming exhibition Joaquín Torres-García Museum of Modern Art, New York October 25, 2015–February 15, 2016 Works ranging from the late 19th century to the 1940s, and includes drawings, paintings, objects, sculptures, and original artist notebooks and rare publications will be on show.
Jaume Plensa: Venice Biennale 2015
Jaume Plensa. Together Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice 7 May – 22 November 2015 A quartet of new installations by one of Spain’s leading sculptors the Catalan-born Jaume Plensa, displayed in the Palladian church of San Giorgio Maggiore as part of the Venice Biennale. The display Together, curated by Clare Lilley, Director of ProgrammesContinue reading “Jaume Plensa: Venice Biennale 2015”
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