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Instituto Cervantes (Spanish: [instiˈtuto θerˈβantes], the Cervantes Institute) is a worldwide nonprofit organization created by the Spanish government in 1991. [2] It is named after Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), the author of Don Quixote and perhaps the most important figure in the history of Spanish literature .
Instituto Cervantes New York Midtown Manhattan Manhattan Culture website, culture center, conferences, largest Spanish library in New York, exhibition gallery Czech Centre New York: Upper East Side Manhattan Art website, exhibits of Czech artists, located in Bohemian National Hall: Swiss Institute: Lower Manhattan: Manhattan: Art: website ...
Entrance to the Caja de las Letras Some of the boxes. The Instituto Cervantes, taking advantage of the presence of the vault in the basement of its headquarters (Caryatid Building) in Madrid (Spain), uses safe deposit boxes for great figures of Hispanic culture to deposit a legacy that will not be opened until the date they decide.
He has been Academic Director of the "Instituto Cervantes" (2008-2013) and a visiting researcher at the universities of London, New York, (SUNY – Albany), Québec (Montreal), and Tokyo as well as visiting professor at Göteborg University , Universidade de Sao Paulo , University of Illinois at Chicago, Brigham Young University, and Pontificia ...
The Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), a branch of the government of New York City, is the largest public funder of the arts in the United States.DCLA's funding budget is larger than that of the National Endowment for the Arts, the federal government's national arts funding mechanism. [16]
2008 Arte en CCU, Primeros 15 Años, Edificio Corporativo CCU, Santiago, Chile. 2008 Altazor, Pintores Chilenos y Españoles ilustrando a Huidobro, Museo de América, Madrid, España. 2009 Feria ArteBA, presentado por Galería AMS Marlborough, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2009 Tres en la Carretera, Instituto Cervantes, Brasilia, Brasil.
Guillermo Cabrera Infante (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡiˈʝeɾmo kaˈβɾeɾa iɱˈfante]; Gibara, 22 April 1929 – 21 February 2005) was a Cuban novelist, essayist, translator, screenwriter, [1] and critic; in the 1950s he used the pseudonym G. Caín, and used Guillermo Cain for the screenplay of the cult classic film Vanishing Point (1971).
Miguel Mateo Maldonado y Cabrera (1695–1768) was a Mestizo [1] painter born in Oaxaca but moved to Mexico City, the capital of Viceroyalty of New Spain. [2] During his lifetime, he was recognized as the greatest painter in all of New Spain. He created religious and secular art for the Catholic Church and wealthy patrons.