The McNay Announces Leticia Ruiz Gomez as next Distinguished Lecture
- SAN ANTONIO, Texas
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- August 28, 2012
Leticia Ruiz Gómez, Curator, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain, and author of El Greco en el Museo Nacional del Prado catalogue, confirmed that the McNay's painting is largely by El Greco's hand and very beautifully painted. In this lecture, presented in Spanish with simultaneous English translation, Ruiz discusses her research and the McNay's current installation of El Greco's Head of Christ.
Head of the department of Spanish Renaissance painting at the Prado, Ruiz obtained a PhD in art history from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. In addition, she holds a degree in conservation from the Escuela Superior de Conservación y Restauración de Madrid, where she has also taught. In 1998, she joined the staff of the Prado as conservator of Spanish painting and has chaired the department since 2003. The Prado marked the publication of the catalogue El Greco in the Prado with an exhibition of 37signed paintings. Currently, Ruiz is preparing an exhibition focusing on El Greco and his workshop, opening in Toledo, Spain, in 2014 for the 500th anniversary of the artist's death.
This lecture is offered in Spanish with simultaneous English translation. Tickets are available for McNay members $10, nonmembers $15, educators and students with an I.D. $5. Reserve space at mcnayart.org, call 210.805.1768, or e-mail education@mcnayart.org.
Distinguished Lecture: Leticia Ruiz Gomez
El Rostro de Cristo en la Obra del Greco (Christ's Face in El Greco's Painting)
Thursday, September 20, 2012, 6:30 pm, Chiego Lecture Hall
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The McNay Built by artist and educator Marion Koogler McNay in the 1920s, the Spanish Colonial Revival residence opened as Texas's first museum of modern art in 1954. Today more than 100,000 visitors a year enjoy works by modern masters including Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, & Pierre-Auguste Renoir. In June 2008, the museum opened the 45,000-square-foot Jane and Arthur Stieren Center for Exhibitions designed by internationally renowned French architect Jean-Paul Viguier. Nearly doubling the McNay's exhibition space, the Stieren Center includes three separate outdoor sculpture galleries. Hours Tuesday-Friday, 10 am-4 pm; Thursday, 10 am-9 pm*; Saturday, 10 am-5 pm; Sunday, noon-5 pm. The McNay is closed on Mondays, New Year's Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. *Free general admission from 4 to 9 pm. Admission Admission to the McNay ranges from $8 to $15 (for adults) and $5 to $12 for (students, seniors and active military) depending on the exhibitions and galleries on view. Please visit www.mcnayart.org for current admission prices. Entrance to Main Collection Galleries is FREE on H-E-B Thursday Nights(4-9pm) and on AT&T First Sundays of the Month. During FREE times there Is an optional admission charge that applies only for entrance to special exhibitions.
