16 July, 13.30 – 15.30 Spanish Gallery Conference Suite Free, pre-booking essential as space is limited: https://aucklandproject.org/event/film-screening-zurbaran-and-his-twelve-sons/ Since 1756 Francisco de Zurbarán’s paintings of Jacob and His Twelve Sons have held a special place in the life of Bishop Auckland. Arantxa Aguirre’s beautiful film tells the story of these exceptional artworks and their intriguing history, following the path ofContinue reading “Film Screening: Zurbarán and His Twelve Sons”
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2025 ARTES and CEEH Scholarships
ARTES is delighted to announce the recipients of the 2025 ARTES/CEEH PhD Scholarships: Lauren Mahany, PhD Candidate in the School of History of Art, University of Edinburgh. Lauren’s research examines the work of the Catalonian Orientalist and costumbrismo painter Antonio Fabrés (1854-1938) within the context of Spain’s fin-de-siècle identity crisis and its renewed colonial ambitions in North Africa. WithContinue reading “2025 ARTES and CEEH Scholarships”
REMINDER: 29th January 6pm GMT: Goya’s Caprichos in Nineteenth-Century France: Politics of the Grotesque
The Artes and Zurbarán Center for Spanish and Latin American Art would like to remind members of the upcoming Seminar Series to be held over zoom on January 29th at 6pm GMT, by Dr. Paula Fayos Pérez. Fayos Pérez will be sharing with us her research for the her recent book, Caprichos in Nineteenth-Century France:Continue reading “REMINDER: 29th January 6pm GMT: Goya’s Caprichos in Nineteenth-Century France: Politics of the Grotesque”
ARTES-CEEH UK PhD Scholarship Report | Daniela Castro Ruiz, Durham University
ARTES is delighted to share Daniela Castro Ruiz’s report of her work, funded by the ARTES-CEEH UK PhD Scholarship. Thanks to the generous scholarship provided by ARTES-CEEH, I had the opportunity to explore various libraries and archives across the United Kingdom. This enabled the analysis of several natural history illuminations and illustrations, facilitating a deeperContinue reading “ARTES-CEEH UK PhD Scholarship Report | Daniela Castro Ruiz, Durham University”
ARTES-CEEH Spanish PhD Scholarship Report | Emma Luisa Cahill Marrón, University of Murcia
ARTES is delighted to share Emma Luisa Cahill Marrón’s report of her work, funded by the ARTES-CEEH Scholarship for Spanish PhDs. The ARTES-CEEH Spanish PhD Scholarship was a wonderful opportunity to research portraiture, gender, and the construction of the image of power in the beginning of the Spanish and English royal collections. It enabled meContinue reading “ARTES-CEEH Spanish PhD Scholarship Report | Emma Luisa Cahill Marrón, University of Murcia”
The Ethiopian at the Door: Fantasy, Literality, and Race in the Cantigas de Santa María
Wednesday, Feb. 22, 4:00–5:30pm (EST) / 9:00 – 10:30pm (GMT) A Zoom Lecture by Dr. Pamela Patton, Princeton UniversityZoom Hosted by by Montclair’s Medieval and Early Modern Studies Seminar. A Lecture by Dr. Pamela Patton, Princeton University Wednesday, Feb. 22, 4:00–5:30pm (EST) / 9:00 – 10:30pm (GMT) on Zoom Password: 807586
We are delighted to announce that the next Zurbarán Centre-ARTES Research Seminar will take place on 20 February at 18.00 (GMT), on zoom:
Rosa M. Rodríguez Porto, “The library of the Marquis of Santillana (d. 1458) and the cultural networks of the European Renaissance”. The talk relates to the exhibition El Marqués de Santillana: Imágenes y letras (Museo Nacional del Prado and the Biblioteca Nacional de España, Oct. 2022- Jan. 2023) and will focus on the books commissioned by Íñigo LópezContinue reading “We are delighted to announce that the next Zurbarán Centre-ARTES Research Seminar will take place on 20 February at 18.00 (GMT), on zoom: “
Spain and the Hispanic World Symposium: cross-cultural exchanges
One-Day SymposiumFriday March 24th, 202310am – 6pmRoyal Academy of Arts, London, UK In an opportunity to further elaborate ideas explored in their current exhibition, Spain and the Hispanic World – a gathering of over 150 objects on loan from the Hispanic Society Museum and Library spanning time periods and continents – the Royal Academy ofContinue reading “Spain and the Hispanic World Symposium: cross-cultural exchanges”
Call for Applicants: Juan Facundo Riaño Essay Prize, deadline 30th April 2025
ARTES invite submissions for the Juan Facundo Riaño Essay Prize for the best art-historical essay on a Hispanic theme. The deadline is 30th April 2025 To encourage emerging scholars that are based in the UK, ARTES, in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain, awards an annual essay medal to the author of the best art-historical essay or study on a Hispanic theme,Continue reading “Call for Applicants: Juan Facundo Riaño Essay Prize, deadline 30th April 2025”
Exhibition: Spain, 1000-1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith, The Met Cloisters, 30 August 2021 – 30 January 2022
Communities of Christians, Muslims, and Jews lived side by side in Spain for centuries, creating vibrant artistic traditions that often intersected. For the first time since its inauguration at The Met Cloisters in 1961, the Fuentidueña Chapel gallery, which typically focuses on the Christian tradition, will present a group of works that testify to theContinue reading “Exhibition: Spain, 1000-1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith, The Met Cloisters, 30 August 2021 – 30 January 2022”
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