Lecture-Artifice and Invention: Displaying Art of the Spanish Americas

Join us for a lecture with curator Rosario I. Granados, associate curator of art of the Spanish Americas at the Blanton Museum of Art.
This lecture is presented in conjunction with our latest special exhibition, "From the Andes to the Caribbean: American Art" from the Spanish Empire, on view through July 30, 2023.
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Speakers:
+ Rosario I. Granados, Marilynn Thoma Associate Curator, Art of the Spanish Americas, Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin.
+ Welcome and Introducations by Soyoung Lee, Landon and Lavinia Clay Chief Curator.
Take A Closer Look:
+ Explore the exhibition "From the Andes to the Caribbean: American Art from the Spanish Empire:" harvardartmuseums.org/exhibit...
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Loans and exhibition coordination for the From the Andes to the Caribbean: American Art from the Spanish Empire exhibition courtesy of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Henry Luce Foundation Fund for the American Art Department; the Bolton Fund for American Art, Gift of the Payne Fund; the Alexander S., Robert L., and Bruce A. Beal Exhibition Fund; and the Gurel Student Exhibition Fund. Related programming is supported by the M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series Endowment Fund.
The M. Victor Leventritt Fund was established through the generosity of the wife, children, and friends of the late M. Victor Leventritt, Harvard Class of 1935. The purpose of the fund is to present outstanding scholars of the history and theory of art to the Harvard and Greater Boston communities.
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Video Thumbnail Image: Detail of Unidentified artist, Spanish Colonial, "Francisca Bárbara Vázquez de Acuña, Menaco Sosa, Zorrilla de la Gándara, León y Mendoza, Román de Aulestia, y Cedreros, Gómez Boquete y Montealegre, Countess de la Vega del Ren," late 1770s or 1780s. Oil on canvas. Collection of Carl & Marilynn Thoma, TL42430.20. Courtesy of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation. Photo: Jamie Stukenberg.
Recorded April 13, 2023. Video: Casey Preston. © President and Fellows of Harvard College. For questions related to permission for commercial use of this video, please contact the Department of Digital Imaging and Visual Resources at [e-mail].