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
In & Out | Summer Open Doors 2022
The Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain in Washington, D.C. opens its doors to the audience to share the exhibitions on show at the beaux arts mansion, including limited guided tours of the garden installation “Around Pollinators.”
Jun 10 – Jun 26, 2022
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
Daniel Beltrá at COAL + ICE
Works by Spanish photographer Daniel Beltrá will be featured at “COAL+ICE,” a documentary photography exhibition featuring 40 photographers and video artists about the climate crisis in a large-scale immersive experience.
Mar 15 – Apr 22, 2022
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
Transformando lo físico
“Transformando lo Físico” invites 12 Spanish creators to come up with 12 different artistic proposals for the façade of our building that will be shown monthly in the garden, allowing a dialog between the building and its representation.
Apr 14 – Apr 14, 2022
- St Augustine, FL
- Visual arts
CEAM Artist Residency 2022: Pablo Vindel
The CEAM Artist Residency 2022 organized by the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain and the Crips-Eller Art Museum offers a unique experience for Spanish visual artists in the city of St Augustine.
Mar 1 – Mar 31, 2022
- St Augustine, FL
- Visual arts
Artist talk and workshops with Pablo Vindel
Spanish writer and visual artist Pablo Vindel will offer an artist talk, both online and at the Crisp-Eller Art Museum, as well as two workshops as part of his CEAM Artist Residency.
Mar 21 – Mar 26, 2022
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
50 fotografías con historia
“50 Fotografías con Historia,” an open air-exhibition at our Cultural Center’s exterior fence, reviews the history of photography in the last 80 years in Spain.
Mar 26 – Mar 14, 2022
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
Illustrating Spain in the US: the comic art of Anapurna
Spanish comic author Anapurna shares the insights of her creative process and discuss comic art in a conversation with Warren Bernard, executive director of Small Press Expo.
Feb 16, 2022
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
Amalgama Phillips by Daniel Canogar
The Phillips Collection celebrates its 100th anniversary with “Amalgama Phillips,” a project by Daniel Canogar that will be presented at the same time as “Amalgama El Prado.”
Sep 14 – Jan 30, 2022
- Online
- Visual arts
Further Afield: Mother, Daughter, Widow, and Wife
In this virtual talk, Charlene Villaseñor Black, professor of art history and Chicana/o studies, UCLA, asks: How did sacred artworks serve as visual exemplars of gendered behaviors?
Jan 11, 2022
- Baltimore
- Visual arts
Color and Illusion: The Still Lifes of Juan Gris
The first U.S. exhibition in over 35 years dedicated to Spanish artist Juan Gris highlights his pioneering and revolutionary contributions to the Cubist movement by focusing on his fascination with subjects drawn from everyday life.
Sep 12 – Jan 9, 2022
- Dallas
- Visual arts
Canvas & Silk: Historic Fashion from Madrid’s Museo del Traje
The Meadows Museum and Madrid’s Museo del Traje present an exhibition of Spanish dress and fashion that pairs approximately 40 paintings from the Meadows’ collection with historic dress and accessories.
Sep 19 – Jan 9, 2022
- Online
- Visual arts
The Great Conspiracy
“The Great Conspiracy” is an online exhibition of experimentation with distanced artworks, using internet communication and other distribution possibilities, but without flowing through a conventional exhibition space.
Dec 16 – Dec 31, 2021
- Online
- Visual arts
Further Afield: Dressing the Court of Philip IV
In this virtual talk, Amanda Wunder from CUNY-Lehman College goes behind the scenes in the Royal Palace to investigate the lives and works of the court artisans who dressed Philip IV and his family.
Dec 7, 2021
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
The Great Journey by Adolfo Serra
Spanish illustrator Adolfo Serra explores the concept of the First Circumnavigation of the World in this second intervention on the windows of the Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain in Washington, D.C.
Mar 12 – Nov 12, 2021
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
Around Nature
Spanish artist Juanli Carrión has designed a garden that includes botanical species representing the different stops during the first trip around the world.
Jun 10 – Nov 7, 2021
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
The Moon and Sixpence by Miki Leal
By way of variations around a set of pictorial references, with color, figure and, especially, density as basic elements, Miki Leal proposes an immersive experience, not only of painting, but also of looking.
Sep 29 – Nov 5, 2021
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
Amalgama El Prado by Daniel Canogar
The Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain joins the Phillips Collection to celebrate its 100th anniversary with “Amalgama El Prado,” a project by Spanish artist Daniel Canogar that will be presented at the same time as “Amalgama Phillips.”
Sep 15 – Nov 5, 2021
- Online
- Visual arts
Transatlantic Museum Directors Conversation
Dorothy Kosinski, Vradenburg Director and CEO of The Phillips Collection, meets Miguel Falomir, Museo del Prado director, in a transatlantic conversation on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Phillips Collection.
Nov 3, 2021
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
A Window to Europe: Through Literature and Art
The children’s book “La Ciudad,” by Spanish author and illustrator Roser Capdevila, will serve as the inspiration for local artist Alanna Reeves to create artwork that will be displayed in this street-view gallery.
Sep 27 – Oct 13, 2021
- Albuquerque
- Visual arts
PHotoESPAÑA 2020: #phedesdemibalcón in Albuquerque
The XXIII edition of “PHotoESPAÑA,” which started in 2020 with a call for photos of the Spanish lockdown and with open-air exhibitions in 50 Spanish cities, is now moving to Albuquerque.
Apr 8 – Sep 10, 2021
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- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
open [OUT]doors
The Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain in Washington, DC opens its (out)doors to let you enjoy the art installations in the exterior of the beaux arts mansion.
Jun 11 – Jun 27, 2021
- Online
- Visual arts
Café Transatlántico: Shared Visions on Museums and Art
Curators Corey Piper (Chrysler Museum of Art), Brandon Ruud (Milwaukee Art Museum), and Clara Marcellán (Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza) explore the intersections of Spanish and American art in both countries’ museums.
Apr 13, 2021
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
Panorámica de España by Carla Berrocal
Illustrator Carla Berrocal pays tribute to classic and contemporary Spanish culture in her intervention on the facade of the Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain in Washington, D.C.
Nov 12 – Mar 14, 2021
- Washington, D.C.
- Visual arts
PHotoESPAÑA 2020: #PHEdesdemibalcón
The XXIII edition of “PHotoEspaña,” which started this year with a call for photos of the Spanish lockdown and with open-air exhibitions in 50 Spanish cities, is now moving to Washington, D.C.
Sep 22 – Feb 28, 2021