Events

Praying and Portraying: On Saints and Tricksters in 17th-Century Spain
Past event
This online lecture given by Adam Jasienski (Southern Methodist University) addresses the complexities of the overlap between portraiture and religious art.

Tiene viveza, ninguna prudencia: Queen Marie Louis d'Orléans Between Adaptation and Scandal
Past event
This virtual seminar given by Francisco José García Pérez (Universitat de les Illes Balears) is the second in AGENART’s new series on queenship, art, and material culture.

The Calé Romanies in Spain and Abroad: A History of Survival
Past event
In this in-person lecture at the Meadows Museum, Ian Hancock (University of Texas, Austin) will provide an overview of the history, language, and culture of the Romani people and their lives in Spain since their first arrival in the fifteenth century.

Becoming Actaeon: Titian and the Conceptual Gaze in Diego Velázquez’s Las Hilanderas
Past event
Isabelle Kent (PhD candidate, University of Cambridge) presents new research on Velázquez in this hybrid lecture.

The Prado at Princeton
Past event
This lunch talk features four scholars who will present their research in connection with the current exhibition The Lost Mirror: Jews and Conversos in Medieval Spain at the Prado Museum.

Goya: The Grotesque and Collecting
Past event
This international seminar examines Goya’s work, focusing on grotesque themes and collecting, shedding new light on his art and its reception.

Picasso and the Spanish Classics
Past event
This focused exhibition at the Hispanic Society Museum & Library explores Pablo Picasso’s interpretation of and response to Spanish literature.

The Scales of European Painting
Past event
This series of lectures is given by Alexander Nagel (Institute of Fine Arts, New York University), the 2023 holder of the Prado Museum Chair.