On September 12, the collective exhibition "Infinita realidad" was inaugurated in the Pedro Torrecilla exhibition hall in Burgos, organized by the Círculo Burgos Foundation and Ibercaja Banco.

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This exhibition displays paintings, drawings and sculptures by several figurative artists who began working in the 1950s and 1960s in Spain. Among them are Antonio López and María Moreno, as well as Francisco López, Isabel Quintanilla, Amalia Avia, Carmen Laffón, Julio López, Esperanza Parada, José Hernández and Cristobal Toral.

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It can be visited until November 10. For more information, click here.

The España Creativa Association in collaboration with the Medina de Rioseco City Council, the Junta de Castilla y León, and the Ministry of Ecological Transition are organizing the Water Landscape Painting and Nature Painting Workshops within the framework of the "Water, Art and Life. Canal de Castilla" Program.

 

The workshops will take place in the Medina Seco dock between October 7 and 11, 2024. Nature Painting will be taught by Antonio López and Jorge Abbad, and Water Landscape by José María Mezquita. These three artists will select a maximum of 30 participants.

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The registration period ends next Monday, September 9. Those interested must complete the registration form available on the Creative Spain website, which can be accessed at the following link: https://www.espanacreativa.es/taller-pintura.html

In June 2024, Antonio López received two awards for his artistic work.

The first was the award given by ADN Forum at the National Archaeological Museum on the 4th, which recognized not only his career but also what his work has contributed to Madrid city. It coincides with the fact that the view he painted between 1961 and 1962 of the façade of the archaeological museum, View of Madrid (Archaeological Museum from Serrano Street), is being exhibited in the Archaeological Museum on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the restoration of its building. In addition to his recognition, the rest of the prizes were awarded for archaeological research work (Palarq Foundation), cultural restoration (Iberdrola Foundation), and conservation and rehabilitation of cultural heritage (the Puerta de Alcalá by the Institute of Cultural Heritage of Spain). More information here.

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On the other hand, on June 6, the XL Weekly 2024 Prize for Creation was presented to him at the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid, honouring his entire artistic career and dedication since he was 13. The rest of this year's winners are the doctor Valentín Fuster, the philosopher Adela Cortina and the producer Paco Arango. The jury recognized that the four winners' work enriches society through their contributions. For more information, read the news in the following link, clicking here.

On the occasion of the first solo exhibition of Antonio López in the Netherlands at the Drents Museum in Assen, "Antonio López. Master of Spanish Realism" (January 28-June 2, 2024), the Cervantes Institute of Utrecht has created a parallel program of activities. Through this program, visitors will be able to discover additional perspectives on the artist's work and expand their knowledge about his work.

 

From the Antonio López Studio, we want to thank the work carried out by the Director of the Cervantes Institute of Utrecht, Alberto Gascón Gonzalo, who has promoted this complete program that includes talks, documentaries and showings of the film El sol del membrillo.

 

Visit the website of the complete program of activities by clicking here for more information.

As part of the exhibition "Antonio López and the Masters of Spanish Realism", organized by the Cervantes Library in Shanghai, dependent on the Spanish Consulate in China, and coinciding with a visit to the country by the Director of the Cervantes Institute, Luis García Montero, the Primary students from the Beishuiwan Experimental School took part in the closing event of the exhibition on April 19.

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This event has been part of the activities created around the exhibition of reproductions of paintings and drawings by several Spanish figurative artists that opened in the Shanghai metro last November 2023 and that included the so-called realists of Madrid, among whom is Antonio López.

 

The exhibition will continue its journey through the country, travelling to other cities. The Cultural Office of the Spanish Consulate in Shanghai generated both the exhibition and the activities around it. From the Studio of Antonio López and María Moreno, we want to thank the work carried out by its Director, Inmaculada González Puy.

An exhibition has been inaugurated at the Royal Palace of Madrid to commemorate 50 years of bilateral relations between China and Spain, which will remain open until May 26, 2024. It is an exhibition of figurative works by 99 contemporary Chinese and Spanish artists called "Beyond Realism. Figurative art of China and Spain".​

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These paintings offer a panorama of figurative art, not simply realism, practised in both countries over the last fifty years.​

 

The first of the exhibition rooms shows paintings and drawings by Antonio López, Isabel Quintanilla, Francisco López, María Moreno, Julio López, Amalia Avia, Isabel Baquedano and Carmen Laffón.​

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It is a fine opportunity to learn about contemporary art practised by artists from both countries and discover their parallels and differences.

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Click here for more information about this exhibition on the National Heritage website.

The painting by Antonio López, View of Madrid (Archaeological Museum from Serrano Street), from the BBVA Collection, is the invited work to celebrate ten years of renovation of the Madrid Archaeological Museum building. This view is displayed in the so-called ZERO Showcase, which explains the museum's history along with other objects and artworks. 

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This painting shows the building and its surroundings between 1961 and 1962. It has rarely been exhibited, so it is an excellent chance to see it until July 16th.

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​More information on the museum website by clicking here.

On March 15, 2024, the first museum devoted to Contemporary Spanish Realist art, the MUREC, was inaugurated. It is located in the city of Almería, occupying the Hospital de Santa María Magdalena, a 16th-century building restored for this project.

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It has a permanent collection from the Ibáñez Cosentino Museum in Olula del Río, with realistic works from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. The collections have been completed by loan works from various artists and collectors, showing a complete panorama of contemporary Spanish realist art.

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One of the museum's rooms is devoted to Antonio López and the realist masters of Madrid: Isabel Quintanilla, Francisco López, María Moreno, Julio López, Amalia Avia and Esperanza Parada.

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This museum has been created thanks to the impulse of the painter Andrés García Ibáñez, who together with the Ibáñez Cosentino Foundation, has founded other museums in Almería capital and province focused on figurative and realistic art, especially from the Almería region. Specifically, the Foundation manages the Ibáñez Museum, the Pérez Siquier center and the Almeriense Art Collection. The latter is divided between the cultural center of Olula del Río (Almería), the Doña Pakyta Art Museum and the Almería Art Museum – Espacio 2, in Almería. To see more information about these museums visit their website here.

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To find out more information about the MUREC and to plan your visit, go to the museum's website, here, and to see photos of some of its rooms on the opening day, click here.

From January 28 to June 2, 2024, a retrospective exhibition of Antonio López will take place at the Drents Museum in Assen, Netherlands."Antonio López. Master of Spanish Realism" will be his first solo exhibition in the country and in the North of Europe.

This exhibition is a travelling exhibition of the one offered at the La Pedrera Foundation in Barcelona, ending on January 14, 2024. It will show practically the same works, although it will display some new additions and a different layout. Both institutions have collaborated to prepare this retrospective exhibition with a good weight of Antonio's recent work.

​For more information, visit the following link by clicking here.

From November 29, 2023 to March 31, 2024, an exhibition of reproductions of significant works by Antonio López and several Spanish realist painters of his and subsequent generations is open in the hall of Shanghai Middle Longhua Subway Station at exits 1 and 2 of the station (lines 7 and 12).

These artists are: Miguel Ángel Argüello, Amalia Avia, Francisco López, José María Mezquita, María Moreno, Isabel Quintanilla and Julio Vaquero. The Chinese public will have the chance to learn about the evolution of contemporary figurative art in Spain through reproductions of their works.

 

The exhibition "Antonio López and the Masters of Spanish Realism", reproducing 46 works, is co-organized by the Cervantes Institute, the Spanish Embassy in the PR. China and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation, with the collaboration of Turespaña, the advice of the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum in Madrid and the Antonio López and María Moreno Studio and the support of the Shanghai Metro and the Friendship Association.  

 

For more information, visit the following link by clicking here.