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Americans in Spain: Painting and Travel, 1820-1920
  • Visual arts
  • Richmond, VA

Americans in Spain: Painting and Travel, 1820-1920

The exhibition explores a pivotal moment, in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when American artists and their European counterparts flocked to Spain to capture its scenic charms and seemingly exotic customs.

Feb 12 – May 16, 2021

Not Your Regular Wall: Pan y Circo by Axel Void
  • Visual arts
  • Washington, D.C.

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

The Great Conspiracy
  • Visual arts
  • Online

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

Panorámica de España by Carla Berrocal
  • Visual arts
  • Washington, D.C.

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

Political Advertisement: Screening and Conversation with Antoni Muntadas and Marshall Reese
  • Visual arts
  • Online

Political Advertisement: Screening and Conversation with Antoni Muntadas and Marshall Reese

Spanish artist Antoni Muntadas along with Marshall Reese present the presidential campaign spots they have compiled for 36 years at the Museum of Arts and Design’s Online Learning Lab.

Oct 29, 2020

Luisa Pastor at Paper Routes – Women to Watch exhibition series 2020
  • Visual arts
  • Washington, D.C.

Luisa Pastor at Paper Routes – Women to Watch exhibition series 2020

Luisa Pastor participates at “Paper Routes,” the sixth installment in “NMWA’s Women to Watch” exhibition series that showcases contemporary artists working in paper.

Oct 8 – Jan 18, 2021

PHotoESPAÑA 2020: #PHEdesdemibalcón
  • Visual arts
  • Washington, D.C.

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

Alonso Berruguete: First Sculptor of Renaissance Spain
  • Visual arts
  • Dallas

Alonso Berruguete: First Sculptor of Renaissance Spain

The Meadows Museum, in collaboration with The National Gallery of Art, presents the first major U.S. exhibition dedicated to Spanish sculptor Alonso Berruguete.

Sep 20 – Jan 10, 2021

Within Reach
  • Visual arts
  • New York

Within Reach

Created by Spanish filmmaker Laia Cabrera and French visual artist Isabelle Duverger, “Within Reach” is an interactive art installation about transformation, reconnecting with the origin, nature and our relationship to it.

Sep 1 – Sep 30, 2020

Berruguete Through the Lens: Photographs from a Barcelona Archive
  • Visual arts
  • Dallas

Berruguete Through the Lens: Photographs from a Barcelona Archive

The Meadows Museum reopens with an exhibition of early twentieth-century photographs of works by Alonso Berruguete.

Jul 7 – Jan 10, 2021

Dalí’s Sacred Science – Religion and Mysticism
  • Visual arts
  • St. Petersburg

Dalí’s Sacred Science – Religion and Mysticism

In these rarely displayed works from the Museum’s vault, Dalí asserts the connection of science with the sacred, of word with image, male with female, the bodily with the divine.

Jul 1 – Nov 1, 2020

El Greco: Ambition and Defiance
  • Visual arts
  • Chicago

El Greco: Ambition and Defiance

The Art Institute of Chicago exhibits over 55 works by El Greco from across the world.

Mar 7 – Oct 19, 2020

Glory of Spain: Treasures from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library
  • Visual arts
  • Houston

Glory of Spain: Treasures from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library

The Museum of Fine Arts of Houston hosts the traveling exhibition that showcases some 200 objects spanning more than 4,000 years of Hispanic art and culture.

Mar 1 – Jan 3, 2021

Dora García: Love with Obstacles
  • Visual arts
  • Boston

Dora García: Love with Obstacles Canceled

For her first solo exhibition in the United States, Spanish artist Dora García focuses on her work of the recent years to open new platforms of analysis, reflection, and visibility.

Feb 14 – May 27, 2020

Welcome? by Amarist Studio
  • Visual arts
  • Washington, D.C.

Welcome? by Amarist Studio

Amarist Studio presents a visual installation raising awareness on borders and refugees.

Feb 7 – Mar 1, 2020

Salvador Dalí, guest of honor at the Detroit Institute of Arts
  • Visual arts
  • Detroit

Salvador Dalí, guest of honor at the Detroit Institute of Arts

The DIA welcomes two important works by Salvador Dalí presented alongside photographs from the DIA’s collection, documenting the artists’ imaginative, larger-than-life personae.

Feb 7 – Jan 3, 2021