Fernando Gallego and His Workshop: The Altarpiece from Ciudad Rodrigo, Opening Reception and Lecture

Thursday, September 4, 2008 -
Thursday, September 4, 2008
4 p.m. lecture, 5 p.m. reception - 6:30 p.m.

Join the Celebration!

Join us this Thursday,  Sept. 4, for an opening reception for the first exhibition of the UA Museum of Art's fall season, "Fernando Gallego and His Workshop: The Altarpiece from Ciudad Rodrigo." The reception starts at 5 p.m. and is open to the public.

Preceding the reception, at 4 p.m., Barbara Anderson of the Getty Research Institute will give a lecture titled "In the Shadow of a Famous Master: Maestro Bartolomé’s Innovations in the Altarpiece of Ciudad Rodrigo." The lecture will take place in Center for Creative Photography Auditorium.

Following two years of groundbreaking research and technical analysis, the
University of Arizona Museum of Art’s  magnificent altarpiece of
Ciudad Rodrigo has returned to Tucson. Since the fall of 2006, this exquisite
group of 26 Spanish medieval paintings has undergone ultraviolet light and X-ray
examination, as well as infrared reflectography at the Kimbell Art Museum’s Conservation Studio in Fort Worth, Texas. The resulting scientific and art historical research have unlocked 500-year-old secrets about the altarpiece’s creation and realization.

"Fernando Gallego and His Workshop: The Altarpiece from Ciudad Rodrigo" will be on view at the Museum from Sept. 4 through March 22, 2009.

Admission: Free admission
Audience: All, Large (101-500)