Beatriz Cordero Martín, 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. Jiménez-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 Sofía, 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 Fontán, Inés Vallejo and Beatriz Cordero (eds). The Irascibles: Artists Against the Museum. New York, 1950. Madrid: Fundación Juan March, 2020.
"José Guerrero's Peregrination", in Francisco Baena, Inés Vallejo and Beatriz Cordero.
José Guerrero: Pelegrinaje (1966-1969). Exhibition Catalogue. Granada: Centro Guerrero, pp.40-63, 2010.
"Forma y abstracción en la obra de Cortés" in María Dolores Jiménez-Blanco and Beatriz
Cordero (eds). Cortés. Retrato y Estructura. Exhibition Catalogue. Madrid/Cádiz: Fundación Telefónica/Unicaja, pp. 18-25, 2018.
"El arte español en EE. UU.: de la visión romántica de Louise Havemeyer a la institucionalización
de la vanguardia por James Johnson Sweeney", in Perspectivas actuales, horizontes insólitos: Dinámicas y aportaciones teóricas 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 Cañero (ed.). North America and Spain: transversal Perspectives, New York: Escribana Books, pp. 164-177, 2017.
"La habitación de Maruja Mallo. Breve apunte sobre sus escritos" in Maruja Mallo. Orden y Creación. Exhibition Catalogue. Madrid: Galería Guillermo de Osma, pp. 68-69, 2017.
Esteban Vicente and the Classicism of a Modern Painter. Exhibition Catalogue. Barcelona: Marc Domènech Gallery, pp. 11-35, 2017.
"The Museum of Modern Art, New York", in Mark Roglán (ed). Spanish Art in America. Madrid: El Viso, pp. 163-175, 2016.
Articles
"Subjectivity, Spirituality, and Modern Art. James Johnson Sweeney’s views on Abstraction"
in La «relation critique» en France 1944-1964. Rennes: Université 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: Université Rennes 2 and Archives de la critique d'art. (In press).
"Artistas contra el museo. Breve recorrido por la crítica institucional estadounidense
entre las décadas de los sesenta y noventa". Anales, Revista de la Universidad Complutense, Vol. 29, Madrid, pp. 245-264, 2020.
"(Des)vistiendo la arquitectura: La minimalización 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 enseñanza de las Bellas Artes en EE. UU. a mediados del
siglo XX. Aportaciones de artistas emigrados. José de Creeft, Esteban Vicente y Luis
Quintanilla". La formación artística: 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 española, May 18, 2024, New York University, Madrid.
"Figuración, poesía y compromiso político durante la Guerra Fría: Marc Chagall en
Estados Unidos". Seminario artistas testigos de su tiempo. April 9, 2024. Fundación
Mapfre, Madrid.
"Principales agentes culturales en la difusión del arte español en Estados Unidos",
Jornadas sobre los Intercambios artísticos entre España y Estados Unidos 1945-1990,
Fundación 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 José Guerrero,
Granada, Spain, 2019.
"Spanish Art in New York. José 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, Université 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 minimalización 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 quête de definitions, Paris-New York-Tokyo, 1944-1964, Universite Rennes Rennes, France, 2018.
"El papel del arquitecto José 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 Alcalá de Madrid, Spain, Henares,
2017.
"Sobre la enseñanza 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 español 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), Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Spain, 2020.
Cortés. Portraits and Structures, Fundación Telefónica & Unicaja, Madrid and Cádiz, 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.