Exhibition: Francisco Oller (Brooklyn & Puerto Rico)

Exhibition: Impressionism and the Caribbean: Francisco Oller and his Transatlantic World Brooklyn Museum, 2 October 2015 – 3 January 2016. Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, opening 26 January 2016. Curated by Richard Aste and Edward J Sullivan. Related publication: Edward Sullivan, From San Juan to Paris and Back: Francisco Oller and Caribbean Art in the EraContinue reading “Exhibition: Francisco Oller (Brooklyn & Puerto Rico)”

Fellowships, Newberry Library (Chicago)

Newberry Library Fellowships, 2016-17 application cycle. Respective deadlines:15 November 2015 and 15 December 2015. Newberry’s  research resources are centered around core collections that include: the History of the Book; Manuscripts and Archives (including Spanish-American Colonial Manuscripts); Maps, Travel, and Exploration; and Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern Studies.

Exhibition: Blue on Blue: Indigo and Cobalt in New Spain (Santa Fe)

Exhibition: Blue on Blue: Indigo and Cobalt in New Spain Museum of Spanish Colonial Art (Santa Fe) Open until 28 February 2016. This exhibition, in a sense, is complementary to The Red that Colored the World, recently on view at the Museum of International Folk Art (Santa Fe).  The cochineal exhibition is due to openContinue reading “Exhibition: Blue on Blue: Indigo and Cobalt in New Spain (Santa Fe)”

Jaume Plensa in Chicago

Jaume Plensa: 1004 Portraits Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, 17 June 2014 – 1 December 2015. Four of Plensa’s portrait heads in stone and cast iron, ranging from 21 to 36 foot in height, are on display in Chicago’s Millenium Park to celebrate its 10th anniversary. They continue the story of the Barcelona-based Plensa’s original 1000Continue reading “Jaume Plensa in Chicago”

Exhibition: Tiempos de melancolia (Valladolid, Valencia and Palma de Mallorca)

Tiempos de melancolía. Creación y desengaño en la España del Siglo de Oro Museo Nacional de Escultura, Palacio de Villena, Valladolid 2 July – 12 October, 201. Then touring to: Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia 4 November 2015 – 7 February 2016 CaixaForum, Palma de Mallorca 2 March – 11 June 2016. Thematic andContinue reading “Exhibition: Tiempos de melancolia (Valladolid, Valencia and Palma de Mallorca)”

Exhibition: Collecting the Arts of Mexico (New York)

Collecting the Arts of Mexico Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Exhibition: July 17, 2015–August 7, 2016 Includes five recently acquired eighteenth-century paintings on copper by the Mexican artist Nicolás Enríquez for a Spanish patron.

Exhibition: Masterworks of Spanish Colonial Art from Phoenix Art Museum’s Collection

Masterworks of Spanish Colonial Art from Phoenix Art Museum’s Collection Exhibition: 5 September 2015 – 28 February 2016 Symposium: Wednesday, 30 September 2015, Phoenix Art Museum (free): Speakers on Spanish Colonial art include Jeanette Favrot Peterson, Sharon Fredrick, Jaime Lara, and Angélica J. Afanador-Pujol.

Exhibition: Made in the Americas: The New World Discovers Asia (Boston, Winterthur)

Made in the Americas: The New World Discovers Asia Boston, Museum of Fine Arts 18 August 2015 – 15 February 2016 Moves to Winterthur Museum, Wilmington, Delaware, USA, 26 March 2016 – 8 January 2017 Survey exhibition of 94 items drawn from across the Americas from Canada to Peru all of which show influence ofContinue reading “Exhibition: Made in the Americas: The New World Discovers Asia (Boston, Winterthur)”