Francisco Goya

Madrid’s Palacio de Liria to Become a Museum

As reported by El País and other Spanish newspapers, the Liria Palace, residence of the Dukes of Alba and home to Spain’s most important private collection, is being transformed into a museum and will soon open to the public every day of the week. Touring from Madrid to Dallas, the recent exhibition Treasures from theContinue reading “Madrid’s Palacio de Liria to Become a Museum”

Featured Exhibition: Prints of Darkness: Goya and Hogarth in a Time of European Turmoil, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, until August 2019

Francesco José de Goya Lucientes (1746-1828) and William Hogarth (1647-1764) were the most remarkable artists of their times. Both were famous painters, but their most compelling works are the prints that they made and published themselves. Often produced in serial format, like graphic novels, the prints were aimed at a more popular market than theirContinue reading “Featured Exhibition: Prints of Darkness: Goya and Hogarth in a Time of European Turmoil, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, until August 2019”

Exhibition: Goya portraits: National Gallery, London

Forthcoming exhibition: Goya Portraits National Gallery, London Wed 7 October 2015 – Sun 10 January 2016 The first exhibition in the UK to focus solely on Goya’s portraits. It will look at a wide range of works across his career, from official commissions depicting monarchs and generals through to informal images capturing close friends andContinue reading “Exhibition: Goya portraits: National Gallery, London”

Goya in Madrid: The Tapestry Cartoons, Museo del Prado

Goya in Madrid. The Tapestry Cartoons 1775-1794 Prado Museum, Madrid 28 November 2014 – 3 May 2015 Curators: Manuela Mena, Head Curator of the Goya and 18th Century Art Department, and Gudrun Maurer, Curator of the Goya and 18th Century Painting Department at the Museo del Prado The exhibition of over 140 works proposes a newContinue reading “Goya in Madrid: The Tapestry Cartoons, Museo del Prado”

Goya’s War: Los desastres de la guerra: Colorado State Art Museum, Fort Collins

Goya’s War: Los desastres de la guerra Colorado State Art Museum, Fort Collins. A collaboration of the Pomona College Museum of Art and the University Museums of the University of Delaware. Curated by Janis Tomlinson, Director, University Museums, and circulated by the Pomona College Museum of Art. Exhibition closes 4 APril 2015

Goya: Order and Disorder, Boston: Exhibition closes 19 January 2015

Goya: Order and Disorder, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Exhibition closes 19 January 2015. exhibition dedicated to Spanish master Francisco Goya (1746–1828). The largest retrospective of the artist to take place in America in 25 years, this exhibition features 170 paintings, prints and drawings. It includes many loans from Europe and the US, including 21 works fromContinue reading “Goya: Order and Disorder, Boston: Exhibition closes 19 January 2015”

Exhibition: Dibujos españoles en la Hamburger Kunsthalle, Prado, Madrid

Spanish Drawings from the Hamburger Kunsthalle: Cano, Murillo and Goya, Museo del Prado, 30 October 2014 – 8 February 2015. Previously on display as The Grand Gesture: Drawings from Murillo to Goya from the Hamburger Kunsthalle, at the Meadows Museum, Dallas, this exhibition has moved to the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. A significant percentage of the collection,Continue reading “Exhibition: Dibujos españoles en la Hamburger Kunsthalle, Prado, Madrid”