Tag Archives: Spain

ARTES visit to the Museo del Prado (14 January 2017)*

ARTES VISIT TO MADRID RIBERA DRAWINGS, MUSEO del PRADO With Dr Edward Payne, Senior Curator, Spanish Art, Auckland Castle Trust Saturday 14th January 2017, 9:30 – 11:00 A.M. Rendezvous at Museo del Prado (at main entrance at the back of the building)   *Due to unforeseen circumstances, the visit to El Escorial on Friday 13th JanuaryContinue reading “ARTES visit to the Museo del Prado (14 January 2017)*”

Book Launch – Art in Spain & Portugal from the Romans to the Early Middle Ages by Rose Walker

ARTES member Dr Rose Walker of the Courtauld Institute of Art has recently launched her latest book on early art in the Iberian Peninsula. A discount is available to those ARTES members who would like to buy a copy. Please contact artesiberia@gmail.com for details.  

ARTES private visit to the V&A’s Opus Anglicanum exhibition, 9am, Weds 14 December

  The stunning exhibition of medieval English embroidery at the Victoria & Albert Museum includes several pieces long held in Spanish treasuries, including two wonderful copes from Toledo and Daroca. Curator Glyn Davies has kindly offered to take ARTES members on a private visit to the exhibition on Wednesday 14th December at 9am (ie beforeContinue reading “ARTES private visit to the V&A’s Opus Anglicanum exhibition, 9am, Weds 14 December”

Conference: X Jornadas Complutenses de Arte Medieval (Madrid)

En Busc@ Del Saber: Espacios y Redes del Conocimiento en el Mediterráneo Medieval Departamento de Historia del Arte Universidad Complutense, Madrid 2 – 4 November 2016 Sesiones 1. “El Espejo de príncipes: paideia, uirtus y adab”, centrada en las distintas formas de espacios seculares del conocimiento. 2. “La ciencia y su práctica”, dedicada a lasContinue reading “Conference: X Jornadas Complutenses de Arte Medieval (Madrid)”

Conference: La seda en la historia de España y Portugal (València)

Silk in the History of Spain and Portugal Facultat de Geografia i Història of the Universitat de Valencia 26-28 October 2016 Congreso internacional sobre la influencia del cultivo de la morera y la manufactura de la seda en la historia de España y Portugal y su inserción en las rutas internacionales de la seda. ProgramContinue reading “Conference: La seda en la historia de España y Portugal (València)”

Conference: Al-Murābiṭūn (Granada, 19-22 October 2016)

Al-Murābiṭūn: Noveno centenario del esplendor de un Imperio Palace of Carlos V, Alhambra, Granada 19-22 October 2016 The Universidad Internacional de Andalucía and the Escuela de la Alhambra present this colloquium/course in honor of the memory of Prof. Henri Terrasse. Programme.

Lecturer in Spanish, University of Edinburgh

Lecturer in Spanish The Department of Hispanic Studies at the University of Edinburgh is advertising for a Lecturer in Spanish with a specialism in Peninsular Spanish Visual Media or Cultural Studies. The successful appointee will have a record of excellence in research, with a portfolio of publications appropriate to their career stage. The appointee willContinue reading “Lecturer in Spanish, University of Edinburgh”

International Symposium, Girona, October 2016

Obra congrua, 1416 Girona, 19, 20, 21 October 2016 Registration now open The DOCOGOTHIC Network, together with the CATS research group and the IRH-2014 SGR 110 Project, call on the national and International scientific community to participate in the symposium ‘Obra Congrua’ to commemorate 600 years of the famous consultation on the construction of GironaContinue reading “International Symposium, Girona, October 2016”

European Capital of Culture 2016: San Sebastián

1516-2016. Peace Treaties San Sebastián San Telmo Museum of Basque History & Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea 17 June – 2 October 2016 The main art exhibition of this year’s European Capital of Culture: San Sebastián (jointly with Wroclaw, Poland) throughout 2016. Shows 300 art works on the theme of war and peace. Includes works by Goya,Continue reading “European Capital of Culture 2016: San Sebastián”