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<p>Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599-1660), <em>Portrait of a Gentleman</em>, attributed to Velázquez by Dr. Cherry and subsequently sold at Bonhams on 7th December 2011 (Photo by Bonhams Catalogue)</p>Lecture

Problems in Velázquez’s Portraiture

May 29, 2025
Online

In this year’s Nigel Glendinning annual lecture sponsored by our sister organization ARTES, Peter Cherry will discuss new research on Velázquez’s portraits.

Lecture

From Queen Consort to Regent Widow: The Life of Mariana of Austria in Portraits

May 1, 2025
Dallas, TX

Patricia Manzano Rodríguez, the curator at the Meadows Museum, explores key works by Velázquez that reflect Mariana of Austria’s evolving roles and how her identity was shaped and immortalized through art.

SIGA Briefs

International 4/14/2025

The Courtauld and Case Western Reserve University will jointly host the two-day symposium Tracing Jewish Histories: The Long Lives of Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts, Judaica, and Architecture in London on May 19-20, 2025. Find the program and free registration on the event’s website.

Publication 4/12/2025

Mark McDonald (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) has published Pedro de Villafranca: Printmaker at the Court of Philip IV (CEEH, 2025).

People 4/5/2025

Anthony Meyer received the 2025 Biennial Dissertation Award from the Association for Latin American Art in February for his dissertation The Givers of Things: Tlamacazqueh and the Art of Religious Making in the Mexica and Early Transatlantic Worlds.

People 4/2/2025

Holly Trusted has been appointed a Center for Spain in America Fellow at the Clark (January-June, 2025). She is working on a new book about the Spanish baroque sculptor Luisa Roldán (1652-1706) along with the great Roldán expert, the Australian scholar Cathy Hall. Together, they are planning a catalogue of this important sculptor’s works in both wood and terracotta. Trusted and Hall recently completed a tour of museums on the East Coast that house key works by Luisa, where they were warmly welcomed by curators and conservators alike.

International 3/31/2025

The exhibition Zurbarán (super)natural has recently opened at the MNAC in Barcelona and runs until June 29, 2025.

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Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599-1660), Portrait of a Gentleman, attributed to Velázquez by Dr. Cherry and subsequently sold at Bonhams on 7th December 2011 (Photo by Bonhams Catalogue)

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  • Mexico City, Mexico
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Plateresque and Churrigueresque in the Hispanic World

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This panel, chaired by Luis Gordo Peláez (California State University, Fresno) and C. Cody Barteet (The University of Western Ontario), explores these two modes in global Hispanic architecture at the SAH Annual Conference in Mexico City in April 2026.

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Dissertations

Gwen Unger

Other Selves: Critical Self-Portraiture in Cuba during the ‘Special Period in time of Peace,’ 1989-1999

Advisers: Alexander Alberro
  • In progress
  • Columbia University

Martijn van Beek

Artifex. Architectural Reasoning, Drawing and Rhetoric in the Oeuvre of Friar Juan Ricci de Guevara (1600-1681)

Adviser: Freek Schmidt
  • 2021
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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Jorge Rivas Pérez

Modern Design for Living in Venezuela: Miguel Arroyo and his Circle, 1948-1963

Adviser: Pat Kirkham
  • 2018
  • Bard Graduate Center

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Who We Are

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo: Two Women at a Window, c. 1655/1660 IBERIAN ART

About SIGA

The Society for Iberian Global Art (SIGA) was founded to promote the study of the arts, architecture, and visual cultures of the Iberian world (encompassing Spain, Portugal, Latin America, Asia, the Caribbean, and the Pacific) in the United States. The Society encourages and disseminates research in these fields as well as in the legacy of Hispanic and Portuguese studies in North America.

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Manuela Ballestar (1908-1994), Cartulina, 1944. Pencil and watercolor on paper, Museo Nacional de Cerámica y Artes Suntuarias González Martí (MNC), Valencia Francisco Goya:
María Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga, later Condesa de Chinchón, 1783

Awards

To fulfill the society’s mission to promote and disseminate scholarship on global Iberian art in the United States, SIGA offers three prizes that celebrate excellence in the field: The Eleanor Tufts Award, The Jonathan Brown Award and The Gridley McKim-Smith Award.

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Projects

SIGA leads the Visual Arts issue in the Hispanic Research Journal and organizes a Triennial Conference and SIGA@CAA.

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News Briefs

Follow us on Bluesky to stay updated about Global Iberian Visual Arts news not only in the U.S. but also in Spain and other countries. Here are some recent posts:

SIGA SIGA posted:

📝✨ Final call for submissions! The Boletín del Museo del Prado is preparing its 61st edition — and your research could be part of it! 🖋️📚 1/5

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Sunday, April 27, 2025

SIGA SIGA posted:

📢 It's time to meet another member of the SIGA Board! Introducing María Cruz de Carlos Varona — SIGA's International Representative and Associate Professor of Art History at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid! 🌍🎨 (1/8)

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Thursday, April 24, 2025

SIGA SIGA posted:

🌍✈️ Calling all scholars of Spanish art and material culture! The Custard Institute for Spanish Art and Culture at the Meadows Museum offers a $2,000 fellowship to support research & study in Spain! 🧵👇 (1/4)

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Sunday, April 20, 2025

SIGA SIGA posted:

A sneak peek at the first book in English on 17th-century Portuguese painter Josefa de Óbidos

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Saturday, April 19, 2025

SIGA SIGA posted:

📢 Meet the SIGA Board! We're thrilled to continue our intro series with another fantastic member of the team. 🧵 (1/6)

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Friday, April 18, 2025

SIGA SIGA posted:

👑 From Queen Consort to Regent Widow: The Life of Mariana of Austria in Portraits Join us May 1 at the Meadows Museum in Dallas for a deep dive into queenship, legacy, and portraiture at the Spanish court. 🎤 Patricia Manzano Rodríguez, curator 🕕 6–7 PM CDT 🎟 Free–$10 (1/2)

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Wednesday, April 16, 2025