Join us for a conversation with Dr. Marcus Burke focusing on the history of
the Sorolla Gallery at the Hispanic Society. Come and learn more about the scenes
depicted in each painting and Sorolla’s artmaking process.

Dr. Marcus B. Burke is Senior Curator, emeritus, at the Hispanic Society and a leading
scholar of the works of Joaquín Sorolla. Prior to joining the Hispanic Society, he
taught at Yale University, Saint Peter’s College in New Jersey, SUNY Purchase, and
Southern Methodist University, where he was Chief Curator and Assistant Director
of the Meadows Museum of Spanish Art, 1985-89. He has also worked at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, and lectured there as well as at the Guggenheim
Museum, the Frick Collection, the Prado, the National Galleries of London and
Dublin, and numerous other museums. He has served as an adjunct professor at
the NYU Institute of Fine Arts, Columbia University, and the Bard Graduate Center,
among others.

Be sure to save the date for the remaining programs in this series:

Saturday, September 5th, 2026 3pm-4pm: A Living Vision: The Sorolla Gallery at
100 Curator Talk Series: Session 2
Saturday, September 12th, 2026 3pm-5pm: Screening and Director Q&A for The
Man Who Painted Spain
December 2026: A Living Vision: The Sorolla Gallery at 100 Curator Talk Series: Session 3
March 2027: A Living Vision: The Sorolla Gallery at 100 Curator Talk Series: Session 4