A sculpture by Pedro de Mena (b. Granada 1628 – d. Malaga 1688) of the Mater Dolorosa or Virgin of Sorrows has gone on display at The Fitzwilliam in Cambridge in a drive to help publicise the Museum’s funding-raising appeal for the acquisition of the work. Tim Knox Director of the Museum, who has kindly entertainedContinue reading “The Fitzwilliam Museum in fundraising drive to acquire a Mater Dolorosa by Pedro de Mena”
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Ex ungue leonem. Marble heads by the Master of Cabestany, Barcelona, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, 4 April – 28 September 2014. The four marble heads displayed in Room 4 of the Museum are fragments from the doorway of Sant Pere de Rodes, carved in the second third of the twelfth century, a masterpiece attributedContinue reading
Josef Albers/Joan Miró, Palma de Mallorca
Josef Albers/Joan Miró The Thrill of Seeing, Fundacion Joan y Pilar Miró, Palma de Mallorca, 23 MAY – 21 SEPTEMBER 2014. Exhibition contrasting the abstract art of two twentieth-century artists, who though they never met, the co-curators (Directors of the artists’ respective foundations) believe shared an inclusive vision. The show integrates Miró’s paintings, drawings, andContinue reading “Josef Albers/Joan Miró, Palma de Mallorca”
Documentary Photography in 1970s Spain, Madrid
Tan lejos, tan cerca: Documentalismo fotográfico en los años 70 (Madrid: Real Jardín Botánico – CSIC, 4 Jue – 27 July 2014). Images by leading documentary photographers of 1970s Spain. Works by Anna Turbau, Cristina García Rodero, Cristóbal Hara, Fernando Herráez, Koldo Chamorro, Ramón Zabalza show rural and small-town societies, their festivals and their traditions,Continue reading “Documentary Photography in 1970s Spain, Madrid”
photobooks: Spain 1905-1977, Madrid
photobooks: Spain 1905-1977 (Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 28 May, 2014 – 5 January, 2015). Exhibition organised in collaboration with Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) and curated by Horacio Fernández. Shows the history of the photobook in Spain, from the beginning of the 20th century to the mid-1970s. The selection is drawn from the MuseoContinue reading “photobooks: Spain 1905-1977, Madrid”
Tamayo Museum on Tour: La Jolla
Treasures of the Tamayo Museum, Mexico City on Tour, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (La Jolla), 17 May – 31 August 2014. Highlights from one of Mexico’s leading museums of modern and contemporary art, the Tamayo Museum which opened in 1981 to house the collections of Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991), of both his own artContinue reading “Tamayo Museum on Tour: La Jolla”
Daniel Vázquez Díaz, Oviedo
Daniel Vázquez Díaz (1882-1969), Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias, Oviedo, 17 June – 21 September. 40 portrait drawings of the artist’s contemporaries selected from the series Hombres de mi tiempo in the collection of the Madrid-based Fundación Mapfre. Alongside the drawings the Asturias museum is also showing a key painting Bañistas / Desnudos en laContinue reading “Daniel Vázquez Díaz, Oviedo”
Picasso: Barcelona
Picasso: Paisajes de Barcelona, Museu Picasso, Barcelona, 29 May – 18 September. Exhibition focusing on local landscapes painted and drawn by Picasso mainly between 1895 and 1903 as he was developing his own personal style. He returned to paint the city once more in 1917 in a radically different manner. The works are shown besideContinue reading “Picasso: Barcelona”
100 years of Gallegan art. Centro Sociocultural Fundación Novacaixagalicia, La Coruña
100 years of Gallegan art, Centro Sociocultural Fundación Novacaixagalicia, La Coruña, 19 June – 31 August. Some 40 or so works covering the 19th century through to the end of the 20th century all available for sale. Major paintings from the early 19th century, some never before shown in public, include works by Fernando ÁlvarezContinue reading “100 years of Gallegan art. Centro Sociocultural Fundación Novacaixagalicia, La Coruña”
Frivolite: Indumentaria del siglo XVIII. Museo San Telmo, San Sebastián
Frivolite: Indumentaria del siglo XVIII. Colección del Museo San Telmo San Sebastián’s Museo San Telmo displays for the first time 42 items from its collection of 18th-century costume, 14 June – 28 September. The exhibition includes entire dress combinations along with stockings and accessories such as fans and bags all placed in context by prints, paintingsContinue reading “Frivolite: Indumentaria del siglo XVIII. Museo San Telmo, San Sebastián”
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