lost in the 18th and 19th centuries, Spain experienced social and economic unrest culminating in a civil war (1936-1939) and the rise of Francisco Franco. After Franco's death in 1975, a constitutional monarchy was established under King Juan Carlos. Madrid is the capital and the largest ...
Institute of Contemporary Arts, Paris Museum of Modern Art, National Auditorium of Music, Reina Sofia Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Sónar, Darwin Fringe festival, Kitakyūshū city art museum. He...
Appointment of Juan Manuel Bonet as head of Madrid's Reina Sofia National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art; Kpsme de Baranano, director of the Valencia Institute for Modern Art; Eduardo Serra, president of the board of Prado; Appointment of Pilar de Castillo as minister of education, ...
Even if it had nothing in it, the building would warrant a visit. The concrete and granite gallery is a model of imagination and restraint. Echoing their work in the historical city of Cáceres (including the Helga de Alvear Museum of Contemporary Art), architects Emilio Tuñón and Luis Mo...
Portrait of Joseph Roulin, Vincent van Gogh private collection, Museum of Modern Art New York, Thomas Ammann, Fine Art Zurich, Dora Maar au Chat, Gidwitz family, Boris Ivanishvili, Irises Vincent van Gogh, son of Joan Whitney PaysonAlan Bond, Eight Elvises Andy Warhol Annibale Berlingieri, Pr...
“New Art of Writing Plays in This Time” (Show more) Show More Lope de Vega(born Nov. 25, 1562, Madrid, Spain—died Aug. 27, 1635, Madrid) was an outstanding dramatist of the SpanishGolden Age, author of as many as 1,800 plays and several hundred shorter dramatic pieces, of which...
Two major series (Apostolados) survive representing Christ and the Twelve Apostles in 13 canvases: one in the sacristy of Toledo Cathedral (1605–10) and another, unfinished set (1612–14) in the El Greco House and Museum at Toledo. The frontal pose of the Christ blessing in this series...
“There is much we can learn from Shenzhen and apply in Spain,” Lobato said, emphasizing Shenzhen’s role as a paragon of reform and opening up. Members ofthe Spanish delegation reactduring avisit tothe Shenzhen Museum of Co...
The Paseo de la Castellana is home to the Museum of Outdoor Sculpture, where abstract works in the style of the 18th-century monumental fountains adorn the Paseo del Prado. But it’s not just any ol’ fountains here! Madrid is the proud host of some of the world’s most iconic ones,...
Charles V and Philip IIEmperor Charles V and his son Philip II, sardonyx cameo by Leone Leoni, 1550; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. Philip was the son of theHoly RomanemperorCharles Vand Isabella of Portugal. From time to time, the emperor wrote Philip secret memoranda...