Oscar Muñoz, Paris

Oscar Muñoz: Protographies, Jeu de Paume, Paris, 4 June – 21 September 2014. Presents works by one of Colombia’s leading contemporary artists (born 1951) including hyper-realist large-scale charcoal drawings created between 1979-81, prints from the 1980s, film and recent ‘images in flux’. The exhibition has been co-curated by the Jeu de Paume with the MuseoContinue reading “Oscar Muñoz, Paris”

Coll & Cortés, London

Coll & Cortés Fine Arts, London, will be taking part in Master Paintings Week in London 4- 11 July 2014. The gallery will by exhibiting, amongst other works, a portrait by Alonso Cano (1601-1667) of Don Antonio Pedro Sancho Dávila Toledo y Álvarez Osorio (1615-1689), IV Marquis of Velada and X Marquis of Astorga, who wasContinue reading “Coll & Cortés, London”

Sorolla: the Colour of the Sea, Barcelona

Sorolla: El Color del Mart (The Colour of the Sea), CaixaForum, Barcelona, 12 June – 14 September 2014. Previously shown at the Museo Sorolla, Madrid, from which many of the paintings have been selected along with works from the Museo Thyssen in Malaga. The exhibition focuses on Sorolla’s favourite theme, the sea and the manyContinue reading “Sorolla: the Colour of the Sea, Barcelona”

Susana Solana, Barcelona

Susana Solana, Fundació Suñol, Barcelona, 23 May-6 September. A focused display from the Fundació’s collection of the abstract sculptures and installations produced by the Barcelona-born Susana Solana (1946). Since she began her career in the 1980s Solana has become internationally renowned through exhibitions at Kassel Documenta (1987, 1992), São Paolo Bienal (1987) and the Venice BiennaleContinue reading “Susana Solana, Barcelona”

José de Madrazo y Agudo (1781-1859) Drawings, Santander

José de Madrazo y Agudo (1781-1859) Drawings, Fundación Botín, Santander, 12 June – 14 September. Exhibition of a previously unpublicized aspect of Madrazo’s work, including many drawings from the hundreds of previously unknown works recently discovered by the Prado in the hands of Madrazo’s descendants. The exhibition includes 61 drawings, four prints and four oilsContinue reading “José de Madrazo y Agudo (1781-1859) Drawings, Santander”

Fotografía en España,1850-1870, Madrid

Spanish Photography (1850-1870) in the Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid, 27 May – 14 September, 2014. Photographs by named and anonymous artists working in Spain  such as Charles Clifford, Jean Laurent, José Martínez Sánchez, Alonso Martínez y Hermano, José Spreafico and Joaquín Pedrosa.

El Greco and Modern Painting, Madrid

El Greco y la Pintura Moderna (El Greco and Modern Painting), Prado Museum, Madrid, 24 June – 5 October 2014. The latest of the exhibitions in Spain devoted to the Cretan’s art and influence focuses on the rediscovery of El Greco by nineteenth- and twentieth-century modern and avant-garde artists in France, Germany, Spain and NorthContinue reading “El Greco and Modern Painting, Madrid”

España de Moda, Madrid

 España de Moda (Fifty years of Spanish Fashion), Museo del Traje, Madrid, 13 May – 31 August 2014. Exhibition of dress, drawings and posters. Includes interviews with leading Spanish fashion designers from the 1960s onwards, who developed from being producers of luxury goods to adapting to new economic factors in the 1970s and introducing prêt-a-porterContinue reading “España de Moda, Madrid”

Cristina Rodriguez: Manchester Cathedral

Cristina Rodrigues: Women from My Country, Manchester Cathedral, 3 July – 21 September. A 3-part installation, sponsored by the Arts Council, will be unveiled by the Portuguese-born Manchester-based artist. The 3 works are individually entitled The Queen, Enlightenment and Blanket, the latter made from adufes, square tambourines traditionally played by women in central inland Portugal,Continue reading “Cristina Rodriguez: Manchester Cathedral”

Aztecs in Liverpool

Aztecs in Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 3 July – 26 October 2014. Part of the Liverpool Biennial. The celebrated composer Michael Nyman, best known for his soundtracks to several Peter Greenaway films and to Jane Campion’s 1993 film The Piano, has turned photographer and film-maker. His two-screen video installation Aztecs in Liverpool was inspiredContinue reading “Aztecs in Liverpool”