Visual Arts from Spain
In this broad discipline our work combines artistic residencies, with exhibitions produced specifically for our Cultural Center, and close collaborations with leading art institutions in the US and Spanish art scholars.
The program is based on 4 lines of action:
- Supporting and promoting the internationalization of Spanish visual artists in the U.S. with tailor-made programs with art institutions and universities in the US.
- Producing projects for our Cultural Center that prioritize collective exhibitions and focus on showing the diversity and richness of Spanish art and current global issues.
- Fostering the promotion of Spanish art and supporting major Spanish art exhibitions in leading art institutions in the US.
- Developing and supporting new online platforms to make the Spanish artistic works preserved in the different museum institutions in the US more accessible to the general public. Spanish art in the US and The Society for Iberian Global Art (SIGA) are two examples.
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
La mujer del alféizar by Carmen Segovia
Spanish illustrator Carmen Segovia explores the idea of returning to the outside world in this third intervention on the windows of the Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain in Washington, D.C.
Dec 1 – Dec 31, 2025
- New York
- Science
Ellas son Ciencia by MECUSA and Quan Zhou
This exhibition at the New York University King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center focuses on Spanish artist Quan Zhou’s works on the project “Ellas son Ciencia: Highlighting women scientists through comics.”
Mar 7 – Dec 31, 2024
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
Not Your Regular Wall: Ramón y Cajal by Brais Rodríguez
The Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, DC presents the sixth edition of “Not Your Regular Wall,” featuring “Ramón y Cajal” by Spanish artist Brais Rodríguez.
Mar 14 – Dec 31, 2024
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
SPAINfographics
Explore the intricate relationship between Spain and the U.S. through this collective exhibition featuring the work of twelve Spanish infographists.
Apr 17 – Sep 13, 2024
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
Not Your Regular Wall: Pan y Circo by Axel Void
The third edition of “Not Your Regular Wall” hosts Spanish muralist Axel Void as a guest of honor this year.
Jan 15 – Jun 7, 2024
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
Not Only What, But Also How
“Not Only What, But Also How” offers a review of each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals conducted by Spanish artists and organizations that will provide the opportunity to take a closer look at the 2030 Agenda.
Sep 22 – Mar 31, 2024
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
Not Your Regular Wall: Ode to Dune Plants by Lula Goce
The Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain hosts the fifth edition of “Not Your Regular Wall” with Spanish muralist Lula Goce as a guest of honor for the hall intervention.
Dec 1 – Dec 1, 2023
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
American Democracy
Created by the Spanish collective PSJM, “American Democracy” is an installation made up of 59 historical paintings –a painterly portrait of Americas’s political history rendered geometrically.
Oct 27 – Apr 14, 2023
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
DC.es: Florida Ave by Juan Baraja
Juan Baraja is the first guest of DC.es, a project where six Spanish photographers from the Spanish Academy in Rome share their gazes of Washington through their lenses – gazes as personal, singular, and unique as the city itself.
Dec 1 – Mar 1, 2023
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
Visions of Asturias in Washington, DC
“Visions of Asturias” is an exhibition that illustrates the distinctive and personal vision of four different Spanish National Photography Prize winners of this particular region in northern Spain, displayed at the Cultural’s Center fence.
Mar 18 – Feb 26, 2023
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
Sargent and Spain
“Sargent and Spain” presents 120 oils, watercolors, and drawings rarely exhibited, paintings of the artist’s fascination with Spain. The exhibition also features 28 never-before published photographs from the artist’s travels.
Oct 2 – Jan 2, 2023
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
Photography and Travel in Sargent’s Spain
“Photography and Travel in Sargent’s Spain” draws upon photographs and printed matter from Sargent’s contemporary, illustrating another view of Spain at his time.
Oct 3 – Dec 30, 2022
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
Around Pollinators by Lucía Loren
In “Around Pollinators,” environmental Spanish artist Lucía Loren raises a reflection on the fundamental role of native biotopes in generating resilience in the face of the serious threat of climate change.
Apr 22 – Dec 23, 2022
- Online
- Visual arts
Sargent and Spain: A Webinar with Simon Edmondson and Eva Salmerón
Artists Simon Edmondson and Eva Salmerón discuss the current art scene, their commonalities with Sargent, and inspiration by Spanish culture.
Dec 8, 2022
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
ViTA: Cristina Lucas
The new Video in The Atrium (ViTA) space in the Parren J. Mitchell Art-Sociology Building will showcase video art from the UMD Art Gallery and new work from artists all around the world, starting with Spanish artist Cristina Luca’s work.
Sep 8 – Dec 3, 2022
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
Winter soiree: a celebration of Spanish arts
After last year’s winter party, this year’s event at the Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain will focus on the the new hall intervention and the launch of the photography project “DC.es.”
Dec 1, 2022
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
Not Your Regular Wall: Celebration by Adolfo Serra
The fourth edition of “Not Your Regular Wall” hosts Spanish Illustrator Adolfo Serra as a guest of honor this year, on the 10th Anniversary of SPAIN arts & culture.
Jan 15 – Dec 1, 2022
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
Sargent and Spain: A review by Lola Jiménez Blanco
Spanish art historian Lola Jiménez-Blanco will go over Sargent’s fascination with Spain, placing him in the so called “Spanish crazed” in the U.S. in the late 1800.
Nov 2, 2022
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
Transformando lo Físico: Indoors
The artistic proposals of “Transformando lo físico” displayed monthly in the garden of the Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain over the past year are now gathered in an indoors exhibition showcasing the 12 interventions.
May 6 – Oct 31, 2022
- St. Petersburg
- Visual arts
The Visit by Yamandú Canosa
The Uruguayan-Spanish artist Yamandú Canosa presents his exhibition “The Visit”, a meditative installation that explores Salvador Dalí’s environment in Port Lligat, relating the viewer to the horizon while alluding to the Bay of Port Lligat
Jun 18 – Oct 30, 2022
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
Sargent’s El Jaleo: What’s Goya got to do with it?
Janis Tomlinson shares her expertise about Spanish painter Goya and his relationship to the Spain lover and American painter Sargent.
Oct 18, 2022
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
In & Out | Fall Open Doors 2022
The Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain in Washington, D.C. opens its doors to share the exhibitions on show at the Beaux-Arts mansion, including limited guided tours of the garden installation “Around Pollinators.”
Sep 23 – Sep 25, 2022
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
Salvador Dalí: Technology, Reinvention, and The Power of Art
The Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain welcomes Dr. Hank Hine, Dalí Museum director, for a talk about Salvador Dalí and his work.
Jul 19, 2022
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
Pride Month 2022
With a crochet mural quoting Spanish writer García Lorca and walking alongside the EU Delegation at the Parade, the Embassy honors Pride Month and Spain’s commitment to LGBTQI+ rights and the community’s contributions to Spanish society.
Jun 1 – Jun 30, 2022