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.

CFP: Polychrome Sculpture in Iberia and the Americas, 1200-1800. Deadline: 8 May 2015

CAA 2016 session Washington, DC 3-6 February 2016 CFP: Polychrome Sculpture in Iberia and the Americas, 1200-1800 Sponsored by ASHAHS. Chair: Professor Ilenia Colón Mendoza: ilenia.colonmendoza@ucf.edu    

Reminder: College Art Association 2016: CFP Deadline: 8 May 2015

CAA, Washington, DC, 3-6 February 2016 The deadline to propose a paper or presentation is Friday, May 8, 2015. Propose a Paper or Presentation for the 2016 Annual Conference The 2016 Call for Participation for the 104th Annual Conference, taking place February 3–6, 2016, in Washington, DC, describes many of next year’s programs sessions. CAAContinue reading “Reminder: College Art Association 2016: CFP Deadline: 8 May 2015”

CFP: Tragic(al) Realism: Contemporary afterlives of Magical (sur)Realism

CFP: Tragic(al) Realism: Contemporary afterlives of Magical (sur)Realism College Art Association (CAA) 104th Annual Conference Washington, D.C. 3-6 February 2016 Deadline: 8 May 2015 Short call: This session investigates how the spectres of surrealism and Magical Realism haunt the production, circulation, and interpretation of contemporary art and visual culture from Latin America. Almost twenty yearsContinue reading “CFP: Tragic(al) Realism: Contemporary afterlives of Magical (sur)Realism”

Exhibition: Goya portraits: National Gallery, London

Forthcoming exhibition: Goya Portraits National Gallery, London Wed 7 October 2015 – Sun 10 January 2016 The first exhibition in the UK to focus solely on Goya’s portraits. It will look at a wide range of works across his career, from official commissions depicting monarchs and generals through to informal images capturing close friends andContinue reading “Exhibition: Goya portraits: National Gallery, London”

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”