REMINDER: Upcoming ARTES visit TO BISHOP AUCKLAND, COUNTY DURHAM – 18th August, 2023

Date: 18th August, 2023 ARTES would like to share a reminder of our upcoming visit to Bishop Auckland. ARTES is organising a long-overdue visit to The Spanish Gallery and Bishop Auckland Castle on Friday 18th August. The visit will coincide with a lecture being given on the Spanish Gallery’s sculpture collection by ARTES President Dr Holly Trusted, who has been workingContinue reading “REMINDER: Upcoming ARTES visit TO BISHOP AUCKLAND, COUNTY DURHAM – 18th August, 2023”

Opens Today: Zurbarán’s Jacob and His Twelve Sons: Paintings from Auckland Castle at The Frick Collection, New York

From January 31, 2018 to April 22, 2018 In collaboration with the Meadows Museum, Dallas, Texas, and The Auckland Project, County Durham, England, The Frick Collection is organising an exhibition of Jacob and His Twelve Sons, an ambitious series of thirteen paintings that depict life-size figures from the Old Testament. On loan from Auckland Castle, theContinue reading “Opens Today: Zurbarán’s Jacob and His Twelve Sons: Paintings from Auckland Castle at The Frick Collection, New York”

CFP: Wider Worlds: Art and Audience Under the Spanish Crown, The Frick Collection, New York, April 5, 2018

Call for Papers: Wider Worlds: Art and Audience Under the Spanish Crown, The Frick Collection, New York, April 5, 2018 Deadline: Dec 12, 2017 Symposium The Frick Collection, New York The Frick Collection is pleased to invite submissions for “Wider Worlds: Art and Audience under the Spanish Crown,” a public symposium inspired by the special exhibition Zurbarán:Continue reading “CFP: Wider Worlds: Art and Audience Under the Spanish Crown, The Frick Collection, New York, April 5, 2018”

Opens today: ‘Zurbarán: Jacob and his Twelve Sons, Paintings from Auckland Castle’

  Zurbarán: Jacob and his Twelve Sons, Paintings from Auckland Castle, Meadows Museum, Dallas, USA, September 17, 2017 – January 7, 2018  Francisco de Zurbarán was born in Fuente de Cantos, in Western Spain, but spent most of his working life in Seville. Like Ribera, Zurbarán is also considered a Caravaggista (a follower of the Italian painter MichelangeloContinue reading “Opens today: ‘Zurbarán: Jacob and his Twelve Sons, Paintings from Auckland Castle’”

Job: Assistant Curator, Spanish Gallery, Auckland Castle, UK

Auckland Castle Trust is seeking an Assistant Curator to support the Senior Curator: Spanish Art in the delivery of the Spanish Gallery project. Salary: £19,500 to £21,500 Click here to see the full job description Please send a CV and covering letter of no more than 2 sides to recruitment@aucklandcastle.org by July 5 2017

Position at the Bowes Museum: Assistant Curator of Fine Art Specialising in Spanish Art

The Bowes Museum is seeking an Assistant Curator of Fine Art to join its curatorial team. The postholder will curate an internationally renowned collection of European art spanning five centuries and will have an interest in, and preferably a good knowledge of, Spanish art. The Bowes Museum and Auckland Castle are partners, and have betweenContinue reading “Position at the Bowes Museum: Assistant Curator of Fine Art Specialising in Spanish Art”

ZURBARÁN: Master of Spain’s Golden Age

Exhibition The Bozar Centre for Fine Arts,Rue Ravenstein 33, 1000 Brussels Wed 29 January – Sun 25 May 2014 Santa Casilda, c.1635, oil on canvas, 171 x 107 cms, Museo Thyssen Bornemisza Madrid A Cup of Water and a Rose, c.1630, oil on canvas, 21 x 30 cms, National Gallery London   For more information see  http://www.bozar.be/activity.php?id=13203iContinue reading “ZURBARÁN: Master of Spain’s Golden Age”