CALL FOR PROPOSALS: ‘Hidden Gems’ Virtual Conference hosted by ICOM-ICDAD (15–16 October 2020), SUBMISSION DEADLINE 1 July 2020

Deadline approaching! ICOM-ICDAD is hosting a virtual conference (previously scheduled to take place in Lisbon) on the theme of ‘Hidden Gems’, which will run October 15 – 16, 2020. They welcome a diverse range of presentations on this topic, exploring everything from hidden collections to underrepresented designers and artists. The deadline for proposals is JulyContinue reading “CALL FOR PROPOSALS: ‘Hidden Gems’ Virtual Conference hosted by ICOM-ICDAD (15–16 October 2020), SUBMISSION DEADLINE 1 July 2020”

CFP: ICDAD-ICOM Annual Conference: ‘Revivals’, Lisbon, 14-16 October 2020

Deadline: April 15th The 2020 Annual Conference and General Assembly of ICOM International Committee for Museums and Collections of Decorative Arts and Design will take place at the National Palace of Ajuda in Lisbon, Portugal, from October 14th to 16th (plus two days—October 17th and 18th—for the post conference tour to Coimbra and Porto).  Theme:Continue reading “CFP: ICDAD-ICOM Annual Conference: ‘Revivals’, Lisbon, 14-16 October 2020”

Featured Exhibition: Art on Display. Formas de expor 1949-69, Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, until 2 March 2020

Marking the 50th anniversary of the Gulbenkian Museum, this exhibition takes as its starting point the display solutions found for the opening of the Museum in 1969. It also recreates different exhibition design ideas created by Franco Albini and Franca Helg, Carlo Scarpa, Lina Bo Bardi, Aldo van Eyck and Alison and Peter Smithson inContinue reading “Featured Exhibition: Art on Display. Formas de expor 1949-69, Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, until 2 March 2020”

Closing Soon: ‘The Land: Joaquín Sorolla’s Spain’, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, until 31 March 2019

This exhibition, curated by Carmen Pena and realised in partnership with the Sorolla Museum, Madrid, brings together 118 paintings by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (Valencia, 1863–Cercedilla, 1923) from the museum and from Spanish private collections. The exhibition explores how Sorolla, the master of the “open air” and the “intense light”, represented the Spanish landscapes atContinue reading “Closing Soon: ‘The Land: Joaquín Sorolla’s Spain’, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, until 31 March 2019”

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”

CFP: Copies of Paintings in Portugal, Spain and the New World (Lisbon, 11-12 Oct 16)

  CFP: Copies of Paintings in Portugal, Spain and the New World International Congress, Lisbon, Fundação Gulbenkian 11-12 October 2016 Deadline: 29 April 2016 The international congress Copies of Paintings in Portugal, Spain and the New World, 1552-1752 invites reconsideration of the topic of the copy in these territories over the course of these twoContinue reading “CFP: Copies of Paintings in Portugal, Spain and the New World (Lisbon, 11-12 Oct 16)”

Exhibition: Josefa de Óbidos, Lisbon

Josefa de Óbidos e a invenção do barroco português; Josefa de Óbidos and the invention of the Portuguese Baroque Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga 16 May – 6 September 2015 Around 130 items, including a selection of the artist’s paintings and other supporting artworks, are on display. Loans from public and private collections in Portugal, Spain, etc.Continue reading “Exhibition: Josefa de Óbidos, Lisbon”

CFP: Paula Rego (Lisbon, 3-4 December 2015)

CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference “Caught in the Act: The (Literary) Imagiconography of Paula Rego” 3-4 December 2015 Venue: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, New University of Lisbon, Portugal On the occasion of Paula Rego’s 80th birthday, the Department of Languages, Cultures and Cultures, the Centre for English, Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies (CETAPS), ofContinue reading “CFP: Paula Rego (Lisbon, 3-4 December 2015)”

CFP: El Retablo en el espacio Iberoamericano (Lisbon, 26-27 Nov 2015)

CFP: El Retablo en el espacio Iberoamericano Lisbon, Portugal, November 26 – 27, 2015 Deadline: Apr 30, 2015 El Instituto de História da Arte de la Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa organiza el I Simpósio de Historia del Arte – El Retabulo en el espacio Iberoamericano: Forma, función e iconografía, queContinue reading “CFP: El Retablo en el espacio Iberoamericano (Lisbon, 26-27 Nov 2015)”