Special Programs
Tertulias de Arte Hispano

Tertulias de Arte Hispano are on a temporary hiatus as we prepare for the reopening and launch of new exhibitions.
The new Tertulia series will launch later this year.

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PAST PROGRAMS:


May 5, 2020

Dr. Marcus B. Burke, Senior Curator of Painting, Drawings, and Metalworks, discussed the painting, El Costeño, by Mexican artist José Agustín Arrieta

 


June 5, 2020

Dr. Patrick Lenaghan, Head of the Department of Prints and Photographs, discussed Photographs from Latin America

 


July 7, 2020

Hélène Fontoira, Head of Conservation, discussed The Treatment & Conservation of Luisa Roldán’s Heads of Saint John the Baptist and Saint Paul

 


August 4, 2020

Dr. Margaret Connors McQuade, Assistant Director & Curator of Decorative Arts, discussed Ceramic Traditions from Puebla de los Angeles (Mexico)

 


September 1, 2020

Vanessa Pintado, Assistant Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, discussed her recent work on La Celestina, [Comedia de Calisto y Melibea], published in Burgos in 1499

 


October 6, 2020

Dr. Margaret Connors McQuade, Acting Director & Curator of Decorative Arts, discussed “Noble Tastes for Búcaros de Indias: Mexican and Chilean Pottery from the 17th and 18th Centuries”

 


November 10, 2020

Dr. Patrick Lenaghan, Head Curator of Prints and Photographs, discussed the Hispanic Society Museum & Library’s collection of Don Quixote prints

 


December 8, 2020

Dr.  James Anno, Associate Curator of European Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, discussed the exhibition, Glory of Spain: Treasures from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library

 


January 12, 2021

Dr. Sebastián Zubieta, Music Director at Americas Society, discussed the Hispanic Society’s Olmeda Collection

 


February 2, 2021

Dr. Margaret Connors McQuade, Acting Director & Curator of Decorative Arts, discussed “Chocolateros & Mancerinas: The Craze for Chocolate in the Hispanic World”


March 2, 2021

Monica Katz, Objects Conservator and Collections Manager, discussed “Lustrous Luxury: Lacquer Objects from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library’s Collection”


April 6, 2021

Dr. Marcus Burke, Senior Curator of Painting, Drawings, and Metalworks, discussed Pancho Fierro’s Holy Week Procession on the Calle de San Agustín, Lima

 


May 4, 2021

Dr. Patrick Lenaghan, Head of the Department of Prints and Photographs, presented “Capturing the Beauty of Daily Life: Ruth Anderson’s Photographs of 1920s Spain”

 


June 1, 2021

Head of Conservation Hélène Fontoira Marzin presented “Unveiling Via Crucis: Conservation Treatment of Christ Carrying the Cross by Juan de Valdés Leal”


July 6, 2021

Dr. Jerrilynn Dodds, Harlequin Adair Dammann Chair in the History of Art at Sarah Lawrence College, dicussed “I am a vessel for Musk”: A Treasure from the Spanish Caliphate (An Ivory Pyxis by Khalaf from Madinat Al-Zahra)

 


September 7, 2021

Handsome, Clever, and Rich:  Doña María Catalina de Urrutia, First Lady of Puerto Rico, 1783-89; portrayed in San Juan by José Campeche, 1788.


October 5, 2021

Dr. Margaret Connors McQuade, “Papel Picado: Mexican Papercut work in the collection of the Hispanic Society.”

 


November 2, 2021

 Dr. Jerrilynn Dodds  | Big Little Lies: The Myth of El Cid, The Book of Memorials of San Pedro de Cardeña, and Hispanidad.

 


December 7, 2021

Dr. Patrick Lenaghan and Dr. Hélène Fontoira Marzin for this month’s conversation: “Gilded Figures: a Behind the Scenes Look with the Curators

 


January 4, 2021

Dr. Cathy Hall-van del Elsen: Luisa Roldán: Una Artista en la España Moderna

 


February 1, 2022

Dr. Marcus B. Burke, Senior Curator Emeritus, Paintings, Drawings, and Metalworks, and Dr. Orlando Hernández-Ying, Rockefeller Brothers Fund Curatorial Research Fellow for the Hubert & Mireille Goldschmidt Works on Paper Fellowship,  conversation: “Behind the Scenes: 400 Years of Master Drawings from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library”