Hispanic
Society of America
An Adventure in Connoisseurship
The Hispanic Society of America.
The
Hispanic Society of America celebrated An Adventure in Connoisseurship,
an exclusive invitation-only event on June 4, 2009. This event
brought together exciting individuals from all aspects of New York's
society, arts, culture, music, and fashion scenes in order to celebrate
the Hispanic Society's rich contribution to arts and culture in New
York City. The evening included an unusual game where guests
were asked to distinguish between correctly and incorrectly identified
pieces from deep within the Museum's extensive collection, including
rarely seen examples by Goya and El Greco.
Notable guests included Bianca Pratt, Kelly Choi, Sally Wu, Victoria
Febrer, Domenica Cameron-Scorsese, Paris Kain, Aslaug Magnusdottir, Cucu
Diamantes, Juan Paredes, Jose Ramon Villar, and Amb. Juan Antonio Yañez
Barnuevo.
The Hispanic Society of America was founded by Archer Milton Huntington
in New York City on May 18, 1904, as a “free public library, museum
and educational institution, containing objects of artistic, historic,
and literary interest,” for the purposes of the “advancement
of the study of the Spanish and Portuguese languages, literature, and
history, and advancement of the study of the countries wherein Spanish
and Portuguese are or have been spoken languages.”
The collections of the Hispanic Society are unparalleled in their scope
and quality outside the Iberian Peninsula, addressing nearly every aspect of
culture in Spain, as well as a large part of Portugal and Latin America, through
the twentieth century.
