SIGA briefs
Paula Fayos Pérez: Goya’s Caprichos in Nineteenth-Century France
Paula Fayos Pérez has published Goya’s Caprichos in Nineteenth-Century France. Politics of the Grotesque (Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica: CEEH).
Jesús Escobar appointed Member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
Jesús Escobar will be a member of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton for the 2024–25 academic year. There, he will be working on a book project currently titled “Americans Abroad in the Seventeenth Century: People, Buildings, and the Space of Empire.”
Anthony Meyer appointed Austen-Stokes Fellow and Assistant Professor at the IFA
Anthony Meyer was selected as the Austen-Stokes Ancient Americas Postdoctoral Fellow for 2024-2025 in the Department of the History of Art at Johns Hopkins University. Following this appointment, Meyer will join the faculty of the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University as an Assistant Professor beginning September 2025.
Olaya Sanfuentes: De Compostela a los Andes
Olaya Sanfuentes has published her book De Compostela a los Andes. Santiago vive (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 2024).
Nancy Heller to Present Papers on Flamenco Performance
Nancy G. Heller will present papers on the significance of recent changes in the performance of flamenco dance, and how those changes are reflected in visual art and film, first at the National Institute of Flamenco’s History and and Research Symposium (Albuquerque, New Mexico; October 2024) and then at the world meeting of the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance (Wellington, NZ; January 2025).
Therese Martin awarded prestigious Margarita Salas Medal
Therese Martin has been awarded a Margarita Salas Medal by the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. The medals and a prize of 5000 euros are given for exemplary direction of dissertations and mentoring of emerging scholars. SIGA is thrilled that Dr. Martin’s contributions to the future of Iberian Art History have been recognized as significant by the CSIC. The awards ceremony is available for viewing on the DPE’s YouTube channel.
Felipe Perda: Goya, Portraiture, and the (Impossible) Art of Deciphering Faces
Felipe Pereda has published “Goya, Portraiture, and the (Impossible) Art of Deciphering Faces” in the Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies 54.1(2024).
Spanish Art in the U.S.
SIGA members are invited to explore the new web resource Spanish Art in the U.S., a project presented by the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, D.C. that aims to map the most relevant Spanish art pieces across the country and highlight the institutions that host them.