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David Hockney and the Tapestry Cartoons
Manuela Mena Marqués, Head of the Department of Conservation of 18th Century Painting and Goya, 1978-2019David Hockney and the Tapestry Cartoons
Manuela Mena Marqués, Head of the Department of Conservation of 18th Century Painting and Goya, 1978-2019
David Hockney was absolutely thrilled with Goya’s tapestry cartoons, works that nobody cultivated, nobody interesting, nobody of that calibre really likes. They think they’re frivolous. But David Hockney said: “I’d love to set up a tent for a fortnight in this room.” I thought that was great. That’s how you should be; that’s how you should understand what you have before you. It’s just that: knowing what you have in front of you.
She came to the Museo del Prado with a grant from the Juan March Foundation. In 1981, she secured the position of Conservator of Drawings and Prints of the Museo del Prado. She was later appointed Deputy Director of Conservation and Research (1981-1996), Member of the Royal Board of Trustees (1991-1996), and Head of the Department of Conservation of 18th Century Painting and Goya (2001-2018).
Interview recorded on June 28, 2018
Interview index
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Initial Contact with the Museum -
Diego Angulo: Great human qualities and intellectual elegance -
Changing things from within -
1979. The energy of a whole country -
1981. My promotion to Assistant Director -
1981-1996. My responsibilities as Assistant Director -
Sánchez Cantón: a key figure -
1978. Xavier de Salas -
1978-1981. Don José Manuel Pita Andrade -
1983-1991. Alfonso Pérez Sánchez -
1996-2001. Fernando Checa Cremades -
2002-2017. Miguel Zugaza -
Great Artists and Privileged Minds -
1990. Francis Bacon -
David Hockney and the Tapestry Cartoons -
The responsibility of curators -
The future of public museums -
The Triumph of David by Nicolas Poussin -
What the Prado gives us -
Learning to distance oneself from the Museum
- Included in themes
- Exceptional visits
- RDF
- RDF
Collective
Management
Miguel Zugaza Miranda
Museum Director, 2002-2017
Gabriele Finaldi
Assistant Director of Conservation and Research, 2002-2015
Francisco Calvo Serraller
Museum Director, 1993-1994
Felipe Garín Llombart
Museum Director, 1991-1993
Fernando Checa Cremades
Museum Director, 1996-2001
José María Luzón Nogué
Museum Director, 1994-1996
Theme
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Voces del Prado