Many things happened last week in the world of Spanish and Latin American visual culture. London’s Sir John Soane Museum announced a new series of annual lectures and prizes intended to raise the profile of architects, artists and writers who broadened society’s understanding of architecture and the built environment. The inaugural lecture, scheduled for NovemberContinue reading “News from the world of Hispanic art”
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VIA Arts Prize, 2017 Edition
VIA Arts Prize: deadline 16th October 2017 The Embassies of Latin American countries, Spain and Portugal, in collaboration with Itaú Unibanco and supported by People’s Palace Projects (Queen Mary University of London), are delighted to launch the 2017 edition of the VIA Arts Prize. In an unparalleled exchange between the UK and Latin cultures, this dedicatedContinue reading “VIA Arts Prize, 2017 Edition”
CFP: International Perspectives on the History of Latin American Art, LASA 2018 (Barcelona, 23-26 May 2018)
CFP: International Perspectives on the History of Latin American Art, LASA 2018 (Barcelona, 23-26 May 18) Deadline: 7 August 2017 The Art History of Latin America has been written, for the most part, in the 20th and 21st century. As a discipline it is the product of two distinct points of view: the individual countries’Continue reading “CFP: International Perspectives on the History of Latin American Art, LASA 2018 (Barcelona, 23-26 May 2018)”
CFP: Through, From, To Latin America: Networks, circulations and artistic transits from the 1960s to the present
International Conference: Through, From, To Latin America: Networks, circulations and artistic transits from the 1960s to the present, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, 27 and 28 November 2017 Deadline for paper proposals: 15 July The project “Through, From, To Latin America: Networks, circulations and artistic transits fromContinue reading “CFP: Through, From, To Latin America: Networks, circulations and artistic transits from the 1960s to the present”
Closing soon: México 1900–1950 (Dallas)
México 1900–1950 Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, José Clemente Orozco, and the Avant-Garde Dallas Museum of Art 12 March – 16 July, 2017 Major exhibition exploring 50 years of Mexican modern art. Following its showing at the Grand Palais, Paris, this is the exhibition’s only US venue. The result of a combined cultural endeavour between MexicoContinue reading “Closing soon: México 1900–1950 (Dallas)”
Leonora Carrington at Edge Hill University (Ormskirk)
LEONORA CARRINGTON CENTENARY SYMPOSIUM 30 JUNE 2017 EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY (Ormskirk) Considered a ‘national treasure’ in her adopted country of Mexico, Leonora, whose background was strongly Irish, was originally from Clayton Le Woods, Chorley, Lancashire. Symposium speakers, artists, film makers, writers, curators and academics at the symposium will celebrate her in her home setting.Continue reading “Leonora Carrington at Edge Hill University (Ormskirk)”
Opening soon: Hispanic Society of America at the Prado
Visions of the Hispanic World Treasures from the Hispanic Society Museum and Library Museo del Prado Madrid, 4/4/2017 – 9/10/2017 The exhibition will present around 200 works from the holdings of the Hispanic Society of America in New York. Founded in 1904 by Archer Milton Huntington (1870-1955), a passionate collector and Hispanic art enthusiast, the Hispanic SocietyContinue reading “Opening soon: Hispanic Society of America at the Prado”
Artefacto Visual: Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos
New online journal: Artefacto Visual: Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos El primer número de la revista electrónica Artefacto Visual: Revista de estudios visuales latinoamericanos, con un dossier temático sobre “Violencia, conflicto y postconflicto: imágenes de América Latina“. Contenido: Presentación, pp. 4-6 Dossier: “Violencia, conflicto y postconflicto: imágenes de América Latina” Notas para una constelación teórica enContinue reading “Artefacto Visual: Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos”
Job posting: Professor and Director of the Zurbarán Centre for Spanish and Latin American Art, Durham/Bishop Auckland (UK)
Job Details Reference Number: Location: Durham City / Bishop Auckland Faculty/Division: Arts & Humanities Department: Any in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities Grade: Grade 10 Position Type: Full Time Contract Type: Permanent Closing Date: 31 January 2017 Job Description We are seeking anContinue reading “Job posting: Professor and Director of the Zurbarán Centre for Spanish and Latin American Art, Durham/Bishop Auckland (UK)”
CFP: Art and Social Engagement in the Americas (New York, 2017)
Beyond the Symbolic: Art and Social Engagement in the Americas IFA-ISLAA Symposium Institute of Fine Arts, New York University New York 14-15 April 2017 Deadline: Jan 20, 2017 CALL FOR PAPERS The Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, and the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art are pleased to announce the second annual IFA–ISLAA symposiumContinue reading “CFP: Art and Social Engagement in the Americas (New York, 2017)”
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