Until May 5th, we accept proposals for the special issue of REG|AC journal (Winter 2017), about “Cold War networks and circulations: Cross-cultural Dialogues and Practices throughout the Global South (1957-1991)”. Spread the word!
The latest news
Presentation at La Central del Museo Reina Sofía
Next Wednesday, April 5th at 7 p.m, Paula Barreiro López will introduce her book Avant-garde Art and Criticism in Francoist Spain at La Central del Museo Reina Sofía, with the participation of Lola Jiménez-Blanco and Julián Díaz Sánchez.
Multimedia updates: Cold Atlantic and Canons in dispute
International Cold Atlantic Conference: the Museo Reina Sofia has just made available online a podcast with an interview with organizers and participants, and also a selection of recordings of the lectures!
Miguel Trillo-Double exposure, soon at CA2M
The exhibition on view from June to October 2017, curated by Juan Albarrán seeks to recontextualise Trillo’s early works within the framework of the history of recent photography and against its relationship with 1980 subcultures.
On March 22nd, book presentation by Paula Barreiro López in MACBA
The book Avant-garde Art and Criticism in Francoist Spain by Paula Barreiro López will be presented by the author, along with Miriam Basilio and Juanjo Lahuerta. On March 22nd, at 7 pm, in the Auditorium of MACBA’s Convent del Àngels.
New release: Avant-garde Art and Criticism in Francoist Spain by Paula Barreiro López
Paula Barreiro López’s book Avant-garde Art and Criticism in Francoist Spain (Liverpool University Press) is a contribution to the history of Spanish art in the twentieth century. It surveys the shifts in the aesthetic discourse and artistic practices that decisively influenced the shaping of the avant-garde during Franco’s dictatorship (1939-1975).
Call for Papers! Expanded histories: Ways of narrating in the cultural Cold War
This doctoral seminal proposes to reflect on the practices of narration developped through the arts during the Cold War period (1947-1991) or in relation to it. We are expecting proposals from PhD candidates to participate on April 19th, 2017 at the Faculty of Geography and History of the University of Barcelona.
Videos of the IV International Meeting on Digital Art History and Artistic Culture (Málaga, Dec. 2016)
The video recordings of the IV International Meeting on Digital Art History and Artistic Culture (December 15th to 17th, 2016, Málaga) are available online! MoDe(s) participated in the session “Digital Methodologies and Epistemological Transformations in Art-Historical Scholarship.”
Conference by Julia Ramírez Blanco in Barcelona on January 18th
Researcher Julia Ramírez Blanco will give the conference “Utopias of Revolt: Reading activist aesthetics through the lens of the social dream”, Wednesday 18 January, 1 p.m at the Facultad de Geografía e Historia de la Universitat de Barcelona.