Events taking place on December 1, 2021

Events 1–16 of 21

La mujer del alféizar by Carmen Segovia
  • Visual arts
  • Washington, D.C.

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, 2023

Mujeres de Cine Film Series 2021
  • Film
  • Online

Mujeres de Cine Film Series 2021

The Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, D.C. presents its second online edition of the film series “Mujeres de Cine,” bringing the best of Spanish women cinema directors to the D.C. screens.

Nov 29 – Dec 6, 2021

SPAIN Dances: Choreographic Residency 2021 with Elías Aguirre
  • Performing arts
  • Los Angeles

SPAIN Dances: Choreographic Residency 2021 with Elías Aguirre

The Choreographic Residency organized by the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain and L.A. Contemporary Dance Company offers a unique experience for Spanish choreographers to work with U.S. dance companies.

Nov 28 – Feb 2, 2022

La Vida es Sueño (Life is a Dream)
  • Performing arts
  • New York

La Vida es Sueño (Life is a Dream)

One of the essential works of Spanish Golden Age theater, this timeless play by Spanish dramatist Pedro Calderón de la Barca exploring free will, fate, and tyranny opens the new season at Teatro Círculo.

Nov 26 – Dec 12, 2021

Illustrating Spain in the US: the exhibition in Washington, D.C.
  • Heritage
  • Washington, D.C.

Illustrating Spain in the US: the exhibition in Washington, D.C.

“Illustrating Spain in the US” takes on a new shape, transcending the comic pages into an exhibition now available at the Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain.

Nov 19 – Mar 6, 2022

Andrea González Caballero at the 2021 Iberoamerican Online Guitar Festival
  • Music
  • Online

Andrea González Caballero at the 2021 Iberoamerican Online Guitar Festival

Andrea González Caballero, described by “Operaworld Magazine” as “the female voice of the Spanish guitar,” will take part in the relaunched edition of the “Iberoamerican Online Guitar Festival” with pieces by Tarrega and Sainz de la Maza.

Nov 12 – Dec 12, 2021

Calder-Picasso at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
  • Visual arts
  • Houston

Calder-Picasso at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Alexander Calder and Pablo Picasso –two of the foremost figures in 20th-century art– come together in this exhibition featuring paintings, sculptures, mobiles, and works on paper spanning the artists’ careers.

Oct 31 – Jan 30, 2022

Nest by Jaume Plensa
  • Visual arts
  • New York

Nest by Jaume Plensa

This solo exhibition by Jaume Plensa, featuring new sculptures by the artist, coincides with the opening of two monumental public-facing commissions in Jersey City and Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Oct 29 – Dec 23, 2021

Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya
  • Visual arts
  • Washington, D.C.

Aquatint: From Its Origins to Goya

The National Gallery of Art highlights some original works by Goya at its new exhibition about the history of the aquatint technique.

Oct 24 – Feb 21, 2022

Gilded Figures: Wood and Clay Made Flesh
  • Visual arts
  • New York

Gilded Figures: Wood and Clay Made Flesh

This exhibition at the Hispanic Society Museum & Library offers a rare glimpse of a major art form from the Hispanic World 1500–1800: polychrome sculpture.

Oct 15 – Jan 9, 2022

CANARIAS DC SOUNDWALK
  • Music
  • Washington, D.C.

CANARIAS DC SOUNDWALK

“CANARIAS DC SOUNDWALK” explores the sonic ecologies of the Canary Islands, a volcanic archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Northwest Africa, within the geographic region known as Macaronesia.

Sep 22 – Mar 22, 2022

Canvas & Silk: Historic Fashion from Madrid’s Museo del Traje
  • Visual arts
  • Dallas

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

Amalgama Phillips by Daniel Canogar
  • Visual arts
  • Washington, D.C.

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

Color and Illusion: The Still Lifes of Juan Gris
  • Visual arts
  • Baltimore

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

Unseen Picasso
  • Visual arts
  • Los Angeles

Unseen Picasso

This exhibition features 16 exceptional prints made between the 1930s and 1960s that illustrate the artist’s bold experiments, technically and stylistically, in the graphic arts.

Sep 3 – Jan 10, 2022

Spain 1000-1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith
  • Heritage
  • New York

Spain 1000-1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith

For the first time the Fuentidueña Chapel gallery, which typically focuses on the Christian tradition, presents a group of works that testify to the diversity of Spanish medieval art.

Aug 30 – Jan 30, 2022