MADRID.- Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid presents Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904), on view from 15 February through 22 May 2011. An ambitious exhibition jointly organised with the Musée d’Orsay, the Réunion des musées nationaux and J. Paul G…
Dora García Selected to Represent Spain in the 54th Edition of the Venice Biennale in 2011
VENICE.- The artist Dora García has been selected by Katya García-Antón, curator for the Spanish Pavilion, to represent Spain in the 54th edition of the Venice Biennale in 2011. Katya García-Antón, who was appointed in April 2010 curator of the Sp…
Photographer Milton Rogovin Dies at Age 101 in New York
BUFFALO (AP).- Milton Rogovin, a social documentary photographer who built a life’s work by looking through a lens at people who were invisible to others, died Tuesday at age 101. Rogovin was in hospice care after a brief illness and died at his home …
Ransom Center at University of Texas Receives Grant to Catalog Spanish Comedias Sueltas
AUSTIN, TX.- The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has received $137,015 from the Council on Library and Information Resources Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives for “Rev…
Wikileaks Trove Used in Fight Over Shipwreck Trove
TAMPA, FL (AP).- Deep-sea explorers in Florida are using some of the trove of recently leased WikiLeaks documents to try to force the U.S. government out of their legal battle with Spain over a shipwreck treasure. Odyssey Marine Exploration of Tampa …
The Second Stage of San Juan de Ulua Fortress in Veracruz Restoration Has Begun
MEXICO CITY.- The value enhancement of San Juan de Ulua Fortress in Veracruz Port, one of the priority projects of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) will undergo soon its second stage, which includes work as the integral restora…
200 Prints by Francisco de Goya, From His Most Important Series, on View in Valladolid
VALLADOLID.- The Municipal Exhibition Hall of the Museum of Passion in Valladolid, is hosting through 16 January 2011, 200 prints by Francisco de Goya, belonging to the complete series of “Los Caprichos”, “The Disasters of War “and “Bullfight”, in an e…
Policies of the Hispanic Image Examined in Exhibition at Centre de Cultura Contemporania
BARCELONA.- The Hispanic phenomenon symbolizes the homogeneous framework shared by Spain and Latin America. But who built this myth and what strategies have been generated to keep it going down through the centuries, through many different regimes, ide…
Policies of the Hispanic Image Examined in Exhibition at Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona
BARCELONA.- The Hispanic phenomenon symbolizes the homogeneous framework shared by Spain and Latin America. But who built this myth and what strategies have been generated to keep it going down through the centuries, through many different regimes, ide…
Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video/ Performance at the Guggenheim in Bilbao
BILBAO.- From November 6, 2010, until March 13, 2011, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao will host Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video/ Performance, an exhibition featuring over one hundred works by sixty different artists who examine myriad ways in whic…