SPAIN arts & culture | Spanish arts and culture in the US

Highlights /6 events you can't miss in the next 2 weeks

Film
Boston

Dalí: Disruption and Devotion

Explore Salvador Dalí’s surrealist art alongside European masterpieces at MFA Boston, showcasing his traditional influences.

July 6, 2024 – December 1, 2024

Culinary Arts
Washington, D.C.

Tapas Tour DC 2024

This summer, the inaugural “Tapas Tour” will provide a gastronomic experience to discover Spanish restaurants in the DMV area and the culinary diversity of Spain.

June 16, 2024 – September 15, 2024

Visual arts
Washington, D.C.

Pride Month 2024: Color me Proud

The Spanish Cultural Center celebrates Pride Month with a banner that embraces diversity, and Spain’s commitment to LGBTQI+ rights.

June 1, 2024 – June 30, 2024

Visual arts
Los Angeles

I Saw It: Francisco de Goya, Printmaker

Discover Francisco de Goya’s major print series showcasing his creative process and societal commentary at Norton Simon Museum.

April 19, 2024 – August 5, 2024

Film
Dallas

Spanish Cinema Now + 2024 in Dallas

“Spanish Cinema Now +” is touring the US for the first time, starting at the Meadows Museum in Dallas after its debut in DC, to bring the best of recent Spanish cinema to wider audiences.

March 21, 2024 – July 31, 2024

Science
New York

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.”

March 7, 2024 – December 31, 2024

All events / 25 current and upcoming events around the U.S. in the next 2 weeks

The support of Spain for the Independence of the U.S.

Heritage
Washington, D.C.

The support of Spain for the Independence of the U.S.

As a summary of the exhibition “Recovered Memories. Spain and the Support for the American Revolution,” this permanent showcase features documents, reproductions of uniforms, drawings, illustrations, maps and miniatures.

Jan 1 – Dec 30, 2024

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Journey without return

Illustration of Spanish shipwreck

Journey without return is an inventory of Spanish shipwrecks off the coasts of the United States and Bahamas.

Spanish art in the US

Map of Spanish art in US museums

Spanish Art in the US aims to map the most relevant Spanish art pieces across the country and highlight the work of museums and institutions in the United States with Spanish art in their collections.

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The Society for Iberian Global Art (SIGA) promotes the study of the arts, architecture, and visual cultures of the Iberian world in the United States. SIGA regularly publishes exhibitions, symposiums and lectures organized in the US or viewable online:

The Legacy of Vesuvius: Bourbon Discoveries on the Bay of Naples: 09/15 – 1/5/2025; This exhibition looks at the groundbreaking archaeological excavations sponsored by the Bourbon King Charles VII of Naples – the future king of Spain – and his wife, Maria Amalia, and continued by his son and successor Ferdinand IV.

Art and Imagination in Spanish America, 1500–1800: Highlights from LACMA’s Collection: 06/22 – 9/1/2024; The exhibition features over 100 works from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s notable collection of Spanish colonial art, showcasing the creative power of Spanish America as a global crossroads.

SPAIN arts & culture ON!

SPAIN arts & culture ON! features long-form digital projects and online exhibitions showcasing acclaimed and emerging authors, artists and performers from Spain:

SPAINfographics: Spainfographics features the work that the diaspora of Spanish infographic designers have developed during the past three decades in the United States. Twelve infographic artists, out of more than two dozen who have lived or worked in the U.S., are featured in this exhibition showcasing various skills with the goal to tell a visual story to the visitor on the topic Spain in the United States.

DC.es | A gaze at Washington, DC by five Spanish photographers: DC.es has been conceived as a project where five Spanish photographers, all of them fellows from the Spanish Academy in Rome, share their gazes of Washington through their lenses — gazes as personal, singular, and unique as the city itself.

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.

Around Pollinators: Around Pollinators raises a reflection on the fundamental role of native biotopes in generating resilience in the face of the serious threat of climate change. With this purpose in mind, environmental Spanish artist Lucía Loren proposes the creation of a garden of native plants that seeks to attract and feed local populations of fauna, improving their habitats, air quality and biodiversity.

50 fotografías con historia: 50 fotografías con historia takes a look at the last eighty years of this discipline in Spain through its key participants: 50 images. Each of the selected photographs reflects an era, a way of understanding photography and, of course, its corresponding social and human burden.

Transformando lo físico: How can you describe a building without ever having seen it, without having walked through its doors? Transforming the physical environment has asked 12 Spanish creators to define our building without visiting it first, at least not in the traditional sense. To do this, the artists will work on the intervention of a photograph of the façade of the building which will be placed in the garden.

Around Nature: On the occasion of the 5th Centenary of the first trip around the world, accomplished by Juan Sebastian Elcano and Fernando de Magallanes, Spanish artist Juanli Carrión designs a garden commissioned by the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain that explores the socio-botanical consequences of the Magellan-Elcano expedition.

Teatro para dar la vuelta al mundo: Theater to circumnavigate the world features three emerging Spanish playwrights who create new short plays on the occasion of the 5th Centenary of the first trip around the world.

Digital projects

Spotlight on Contemporary Spanish Theater 2021: Contemporary Spanish theater is a blend of voices and styles exploring the issues of our time. The second edition of this series presents excerpts of works in a virtual format by contemporary Spanish playwrights with U.S. directors.

Spanish artists in New York: Renowned and emerging Spanish artists living in New York share their views of the city during the pandemic.

European Holiday Cookbook: With the European Holiday Cookbook, the Embassy of Spain joins its E.U. partners in bringing some European flavor to your table for this winter holiday season.

Shelter – Artist-in-Residence: “Shelter” is a new virtual choreography residence designed to create new work and foster artistic dialog between Spanish and American dancers and choreographers.

#This Is Not A Music Break: “#ThisIsNotAMusicBreak” is a series of multidisciplinary music videos created from collaborations between Spanish artists and artists from Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Japan and the United States.

Un café con…: “Un café con…” is a series of virtual talks with the Ambassador of Spain, Santiago Cabanas, and Spanish influencers living in the U.S.

World Book Day: Contemporary Readings from Spain: In this online celebration of “World Book Day,” a selection of contemporary Spanish authors read samples of their own works from their homes.

Spanish culture from home: During the stay-home order, more than ever, we celebrate and share the best of Spanish culture with you.

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