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Hispanic Society & Inwood Film Works: Cine al Fresco “Sangre y Arena”

Film: Sangre y Arena (Classic Film; USA, 1941)

Brash young Spanish peasant Juan Gallardo (Tyrone Power) aspires to follow his dead father’s footsteps into the bullring, despite his mother’s fears. Bidding his childhood sweetheart Carmen (Linda Darnell) farewell, Juan and his friends travel to Madrid to learn the bullfighting craft. Years later, when Juan’s fame as a matador soars, he returns to Seville to marry Carmen. Soon, Juan’s head is turned by the elegant temptress Doña Sol De Muira (Rita Hayworth), and his career takes a turn

Pre-Show: Xianix Barrera Flamenco.  Xianix Barrera is an award-winning, Bessie Award–nominated flamenco dancer, choreographer, and educator based in New York City. A native New Yorker of Puerto Rican and Dominican heritage, she creates work that centers bold, tenacious women and unapologetically powerful femininity.

With a background in ballet, modern dance, jazz, percussion, and yoga, Xianix has devoted herself to the lifelong study of flamenco with masters in New York and Spain. Throughout her career, she has shared the stage with acclaimed artists. Her performances have taken her to major stages and cultural venues around the world. She also toured internationally with Noche Flamenca’s acclaimed production Antigona.

Presented in collaboration with Inwood Art Works, Cine al Fresco is the Hispanic Society’s annual free outdoor film series dedicated to Spanish and Latin American cinema.

The program begins at 6pm with a special pre-show live performance followed by the film at 7pm.

Hispanic Society & Inwood Film Works: Cine al Fresco “Rudo y Cursi”

Film: Rudo y Cursi (Comedy; Mexico, 2008)

Stuck working on a banana ranch, two super competitive soccer-playing brothers (Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna) dream of getting off the farm and finding stardom in their future.

Pre-Show: Samuel Torres’ “Trio Libre”

Originally from Bogotá, Colombia, based in Brooklyn, NY, Latin Grammy Award-winning percussionist and composer Samuel Torres thrives at the intersection of Afro-Latin rhythms, Latin jazz, and contemporary classical music. Torres has performed, arranged, produced and/or recorded with the “who’s who” of the jazz, Latin pop and the classical world.. He has been featured as a composer and soloist with classical orchestras.

“Trio Libre” features Samuel Torres on congas, Carmen Staaf on piano, and Felipe Fournier on vibraphone.

Presented in collaboration with Inwood Art Works, Cine al Fresco is the Hispanic Society’s annual free outdoor film series dedicated to Spanish and Latin American cinema.

The program begins at 6pm with a special pre-show live performance followed by the film at 7pm.

All films are shown in their original language with English subtitles.

Hispanic Society: Art and Atrocity in Goya’s Prints

Join us for the annual symposium of the Hispanic Society’s Goya Research Center. Following the museum’s recent exhibition Goya and the Age of Revolution, this year’s symposium centers on the depiction of war in Goya’s prints.

See here for the schedule of events:

Morning Session
9:30 am – 9:45 am: Registrations / Coffee
9:45 am – 10:00 am: Opening Remarks
10:00 am – 10:30 am: Reading the Fine Print: How Scholars Reconstructed the Cultural Context of Goya’s Prints
Patrick Lenaghan, Head of Prints and Photographs, The Hispanic Society Museum & Library.
10:30 am – 11:00 am: Goya, Beyond Rembrandt
Anthony Cascardi, Sidney and Margaret Ancker Distinguished Professor at University of California, Berkeley.
11:00 am – 11:30 am: Folly or Madness? Translating Goya’s Captions
Reva Wolf, Professor of Art History at the State University of New York at New Paltz.
11:30 am – 12:00 pm: Goyesque Drawings and Historical Forgery (Talk in Spanish)
José Manuel Matilla, Head of the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Museo Nacional del Prado.
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm: Discussion
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm: Lunch
Afternoon Session
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Goya’s Disasters: The Tragic Sublime of History
Felipe Pereda, Fernando Zóbel de Ayala Professor of Spanish Art at Harvard University.
3:00 pm – 3:20 pm: From Exemplum to Horror: The Origins of Violence in Goya’s Visual Imagination
Lorenzo Giammattei, Ph.D. in Art History, Sapienza Universitá di Roma
3:20 pm – 3:40 pm: Visualizing the Multitude: Political Subjecthood in Goya’s Qué valor!
Maria Minuesa, Ph.D. Student in Art History, University of California, Santa Barbara
3:40 pm – 4:00 pm: Punishment Through the Lens of Francisco Goya.
Juan Gabriel Ramírez Bolívar, Ph.D. Candidate in Art History, The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.
4:00 pm – 4:20 pm: Colonial Desastres: Goya, Morocco, and the photojournalism of war
Arnau Sala Sallent, Ph.D. in Latin American and Iberian Cultures, Columbia University.
4:20 pm – 5:00 pm: Discussion and Q&A
5:00 pm: Cocktail Reception

Hispanic Society: Artist Talk with Tom Sanford

Join the Hispanic Society for a conversation with NoMAA Exec Director, Niria Leyva-Gutiérrez and artistTom Sanford about Uptown Visions.

Uptown Visions is the 2026 selection for Art on Audubon Terrace presented by the Hispanic Society Museum & Library and the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA)

In Uptown Visions, Tom Sanford draws on his experience as a longtime Upper Manhattan resident to offer a vibrant expression of the joy, rhythm, and layered experience of Uptown summer life. The work also pays tribute to Joaquín Sorolla’s monumental mural series Vision of Spain, which documents the people and customs of the Iberian Peninsula, and which has long inspired Sanford’s work. Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the installation of the Vision of Spain, this project honors Sorolla’s legacy through a contemporary reflection that celebrates the Hispanic Society’s Uptown community.

Tom Sanford is a Harlem-based painter whose work captures the energy, humor, and contradictions of contemporary life. Drawing on the visual language of pop culture, politics, and art history, Sanford’s “Pop-Surreal-Expressionist” style combines bold color, expressive brushwork, and incisive storytelling to portray the beauty and absurdities of modern America. His elaborate tableaux of New York City feature cultural icons and everyday people alike, inviting reflection on celebrity, media, and justice. By transforming the fleeting spectacle of current events into complex human narratives, Sanford captures the evolving spirit of the urban landscape and its broader national context.

Hispanic Society: Hispanic Heritage Month Reception

Join us for a special evening honoring the work of Tom Sanford, whose project Uptown Visions is the 2026 selection for Art on Audubon Terrace presented in collaboration with Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, and Esperanza Cortés, whose exhibition Embroidered Allegories forms the 2026 edition of Arte en el Alto Manhattan.

Refreshments and light bites will be provided