Women artists

AMALGAMA Webinar Series: Women artists from Latin America, Spain and Portugal

AMALGAMA is hosting a free webinar series on the work of women artists from Latin America, Spain, and Portugal. Click here for more details, replays of previous talks, and to register for upcoming talks (NB time zones) TONIGHT there is a webinar, in Spanish, on Frida Kahlo, Remedios Varo & Ana Mendieta Register here (NBContinue reading “AMALGAMA Webinar Series: Women artists from Latin America, Spain and Portugal”

Panel discussion: Spanish Women Artists in the UK, Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre, King’s College London, 11/09/2018, 7–9 pm

Four Spanish women artists based in the UK discuss their experiences and achievements in the Performing and Visual Arts: Tamara Rojo, Artistic Director of the English National Ballet; Angela de la Cruz, visual artist; Paula Paz, associate director of the Cervantes Theatre; and Isabel del Rio, poet and writer. The discussion will focus on howContinue reading “Panel discussion: Spanish Women Artists in the UK, Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre, King’s College London, 11/09/2018, 7–9 pm”

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)”

Portuguese Women Artists (Oxford)

Identities in Transit : Portuguese Women Artists since 1950 Wadham College & Taylor Institution LIbrary, Oxford Workshop: Wadham College, 16-18 March, 2017 (NB: This is an invitation-only event) Exhibition: Taylor Institution Library, 10-24 March 2017 Focusing on the transnational in the life and works of Paula Rego, Ana Hatherly, Lourdes Castro, Maria Velho da CostaContinue reading “Portuguese Women Artists (Oxford)”

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”