A show at the Prado valorizes cross-cultural flows while muffling ruptures, and two contemporary art exhibitions critique Hispanic legacies to investigate how art history occludes power.
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Kidlat Tahimik’s Subversive Retelling of the Philippines’ Colonial History
To showcase this work exactly 500 years after Magellan’s conquest of the Philippines in a space that, 134 years ago, was a “human zoo” of Indigenous people from the Philippines, is certainly poignant.
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Contemporary Artists Pay Tribute to Bosch’s Powerful Imagination
These glowing, dynamic artworks reproduce something of Bosch’s chaotic energy, but on an immersive, multi-sensory scale.
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Ouka Leele’s Fantastical Fashion Photos
In 1988, one Spanish photographer transformed a commission to shoot French designer Philippe Model’s accessories line into a quirky exploration of her own artistry.
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Paying Homage to the Ancient Vessels That Transported Water
Asunción Molinos Gordo creates pitchers, jugs, and basins in centuries-old designs typical of the Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean.
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Prado Museum Hangs Replicas of Goya, Velázquez, and More Around Madrid
The initiative opens the Prado’s collection to the public and provokes unexpected encounters with art.
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Danny Lyon’s Visions of a New York That No Longer Exists
Shot in 1967, Lyon’s photographs offer a more nuanced and human perspective of the destruction of the old lower Manhattan, one that is often paved over by history books.
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Prado Museum Reopens With a Hard Look at Spanish Sexism
“Uninvited Guests” looks at sexism in Spain during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and at the museum’s own essential role in perpetuating it.
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Whimsical, Giant Nests Take Root in Reina Sofia’s Crystal Palace
Petrit Halilaj’s To a raven and hurricanes is at its most successful in liminal gestures that emphasize sensation over the display of identities.
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A Haunting Installation Reexamines the Ideals of Spanish Modernist Architecture
Rather than celebrating the Francoist Hexagon Pavilion, Alvaro Urbano asks whether the lingering ghosts of the dictatorship are simply decaying or actively festering.
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Cervantes’s Sisters: The Female Writers of Spain’s Golden Age
The exhibition Wise and Valiant: Women and Writing in the Spanish Golden Age rescues nearly 30 women from historical oblivion in a display of over 40 manuscripts and publications.
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A Mouthwatering Museum Tour for Vegans
Museumgoers of the vegan variety don’t heap ham, cheese, and eggs onto their plates — and some don’t want to see the stuff when they’re strolling through the Prado Museum, either.