Beatriz Cordero Mart铆n, Ph.D.
Department of Visual and Performing Arts
Art History
Education
Ph.D. in Art History, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
Dissertation: James Johnson Sweeney, Tastebreaker and Tastemaker. Contributions to modern art narrations:
1934-1975. Directors: Dr. Jim茅nez-Blanco (UCM) and Dr. Basilio (NYU).
Practice Areas
- Art of the Twentieth century
- Museum Studies and Art Collecting
- Transatlantic Links between Spain and the US
Publications and Media Placements
Books and Books chapters
With Laura Katzman: "Ben Shahn at MoMA in 1947: Reflections on Aesthetic Debates in
the Early Cold War Era", in Laura Katzman (ed), Ben Shahn. On Non-Conformity. Madrid: Museo Reina Sof铆a, pp. 50-59, 2024.
"The Irascibles and the Museum. A story of convergence and divergence"; "The Curators:
Robert Beverly Hale, Alfred Barr, Dorothy Miller, James Johnson Sweeney, and Hermon
More"; "Chronology", "Biographies" and "The New York of the Irascibles'", in Bradford
Collins, Manuel Font谩n, In茅s Vallejo and Beatriz Cordero (eds). The Irascibles: Artists Against the Museum. New York, 1950. Madrid: Fundaci贸n Juan March, 2020.
"Jos茅 Guerrero's Peregrination", in Francisco Baena, In茅s Vallejo and Beatriz Cordero.
Jos茅 Guerrero: Pelegrinaje (1966-1969). Exhibition Catalogue. Granada: Centro Guerrero, pp.40-63, 2010.
"Forma y abstracci贸n en la obra de Cort茅s" in Mar铆a Dolores Jim茅nez-Blanco and Beatriz
Cordero (eds). Cort茅s. Retrato y Estructura. Exhibition Catalogue. Madrid/C谩diz: Fundaci贸n Telef贸nica/Unicaja, pp. 18-25, 2018.
"El arte espa帽ol en EE. UU.: de la visi贸n rom谩ntica de Louise Havemeyer a la institucionalizaci贸n
de la vanguardia por James Johnson Sweeney", in Perspectivas actuales, horizontes ins贸litos: Din谩micas y aportaciones te贸ricas en
la Historia del Arte actual (2014-2017). Madrid: Aguja de Palacio Ediciones, pp. 417-437, 2018.
"The Fundamental Role of James Johnson Sweeney in Promoting Spanish Artists in the
United States (1934-1975)" in Julio Ca帽ero (ed.). North America and Spain: transversal Perspectives, New York: Escribana Books, pp. 164-177, 2017.
"La habitaci贸n de Maruja Mallo. Breve apunte sobre sus escritos" in Maruja Mallo. Orden y Creaci贸n. Exhibition Catalogue. Madrid: Galer铆a Guillermo de Osma, pp. 68-69, 2017.
Esteban Vicente and the Classicism of a Modern Painter. Exhibition Catalogue. Barcelona: Marc Dom猫nech Gallery, pp. 11-35, 2017.
"The Museum of Modern Art, New York", in Mark Rogl谩n (ed). Spanish Art in America. Madrid: El Viso, pp. 163-175, 2016.
Articles
"Subjectivity, Spirituality, and Modern Art. James Johnson Sweeney鈥檚 views on Abstraction"
in La 芦relation critique禄 en France 1944-1964. Rennes: Universit茅 de Rennes 2 and Archives de la critique d'art. (In press).
"James Johnson Sweeney: A fundamental liaison between Europe and the US in the institutional
framework of the Cold War", in Reframing the (Art) World- Commitment, Challenges and Crises of International Art
Criticism since 1945. Rennes: Universit茅 Rennes 2 and Archives de la critique d'art. (In press).
"Artistas contra el museo. Breve recorrido por la cr铆tica institucional estadounidense
entre las d茅cadas de los sesenta y noventa". Anales, Revista de la Universidad Complutense, Vol. 29, Madrid, pp. 245-264, 2020.
"(Des)vistiendo la arquitectura: La minimalizaci贸n de los espacios expositivos en
EE. UU. De Art of This Century al White Cube". Vestir la arquitectura. XXII Congreso Nacional de Historia del Arte. Burgos: Universidad de Burgos, Vol. 2, pp. 1689-1693, 2019.
"Algunos aspectos sobre la ense帽anza de las Bellas Artes en EE. UU. a mediados del
siglo XX. Aportaciones de artistas emigrados. Jos茅 de Creeft, Esteban Vicente y Luis
Quintanilla". La formaci贸n art铆stica: Creadores-historiadores-espectadores. Santander: Universidad de Cantabria, Vol. 1, pp. 640-652, 2018.
Conferences and Lectures
"From Guernica to Vietnam. The Spanish Civil War and American Art." Jornadas sobre
Cultura Visual y Guerra Civil espa帽ola, May 18, 2024, New York University, Madrid.
"Figuraci贸n, poes铆a y compromiso pol铆tico durante la Guerra Fr铆a: Marc Chagall en
Estados Unidos". Seminario artistas testigos de su tiempo. April 9, 2024. Fundaci贸n
Mapfre, Madrid.
"Principales agentes culturales en la difusi贸n del arte espa帽ol en Estados Unidos",
Jornadas sobre los Intercambios art铆sticos entre Espa帽a y Estados Unidos 1945-1990,
Fundaci贸n Juan March, Oct. 21, 2022. Madrid.
"Abstract Expressionists and the Beat Generation", Beats Studies Present and Future
Virtual Conference. Nov. 4, 2021.
"Chillida and Other Basque Sculptors", XIV Complutense Symposium: "Spain, History,
Art and Territory", Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain, 2020.
"Ascendentes (1954)", Series "Forty Paintings in Search of a Voice", Centro Jos茅 Guerrero,
Granada, Spain, 2019.
"Spanish Art in New York. Jos茅 Guerrero y Esteban Vicente", Master's on Spanish Art,
Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain, 2019.
"James Johnson Sweeney: A fundamental liaison between Europe and the US in the institutional
framework of the Cold War", International Two-Day-Conference Reframing the (Art) World, Universit茅 Rennes 2, Rennes, France, 2018.
"Lightness and Rightness. Eduardo Chillida and James Johnson Sweeney in the Museum
of Fine Arts, Houston", Meadows Museum, South Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 2018.
"(Des)vistiendo la arquitectura: La minimalizaci贸n de los espacios expositivos en
EE.UU. De Art of This Century al White Cube." Four-Days Symposium of Spanish Art Historians,
Universidad de Burgos, 2018, Burgos, Spain.
"Abstract art and Plastic Redirections in Twentieth Century Art. A Reflection on James
Johnson Sweeney's work as a critic and curator." International Two-Day Conference
L'Art abstrait en qu锚te de definitions, Paris-New York-Tokyo, 1944-1964, Universite Rennes Rennes, France, 2018.
"El papel del arquitecto Jos茅 Luis Sert como promotor cultural en EE.UU." III International
Three Days Congress on Historical Links between Spain and North America: Hispanic
roots and Heritage Yesterday and Today, Universidad de Alcal谩 de Madrid, Spain, Henares,
2017.
"Sobre la ense帽anza de las Bellas Artes en EE. UU. a mediados del siglo XX. Aportaciones
de artistas emigrados: Creft, Vicente, Quintanilla" National Three-Days Symposium,
Palacio de la Magdalena, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain, 2016.
"The Fundamental Role of James Johnson Sweeney in Promoting Spanish Artists in The
U.S. (1934-1975)." II International Three Days Congress on Historical Links between
Spain and North America, City College of New York, New York, NY, 2016.
"El coleccionismo de arte espa帽ol en EE. UU.: James Johnson Sweeney." VIII Symposium
for Young Researchers, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain, 2016.
Exhibitions curated
The Irascibles. Painters Against the Museum (New York, 1950), Fundaci贸n Juan March, Madrid, Spain, 2020.
Cort茅s. Portraits and Structures, Fundaci贸n Telef贸nica & Unicaja, Madrid and C谩diz, 2018/2019.
Honors and Awards
Recipient of the Billiken Boost Research Program for Faculty Scholarly Achievement,
2023.
Research Grant awarded by the Universidad Nacional a Distancia (UNED) and Banco Santander.
2021/2022.
George Gurney Postdoctoral Fellowship, Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington
DC, Summer 2020. Research on the influence of the Spanish Civil War on American Artists.