ExhibitionSeptember 27, 2024
Splendor and Passion: Baroque Spain and Its Empire. Boca Raton Museum
The Boca Raton Museum of Art announces the historic Spanish Baroque art exhibition, Splendor and Passion: Baroque Spain and Its Empire, set to open this November as the Museum celebrates its landmark 75th anniversary. This captivating exhibition – organized in partnership with the Hispanic Society Museum & Library in New York City - will feature a breathtaking collection of Baroque masterpieces, offering an unparalleled glimpse into the dynamic and emotive art of the 16th and 17th century. Visitors will experience Spain’s rich artistic heritage during a transformative era through this rare collection.
Splendor and Passion explores the prominent art and history ofSpain beginning with its Siglo de Oro (Golden Age), drawing from the extraordinary riches of The Hispanic Society Museum & Library’s collection of Renaissance and Baroque holdings. This period saw the rise of the globe-spanning Spanish Empire and its growing
influence on Europe and the Americas. Splendor and Passion offers an unparalleled opportunity for the public to see 57 masterpieces from this formative era of Spanish history by some of the period’s most renowned artists including El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos), Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and Diego Velázquez.
To coincide with the exhibition, the Museum will feature Las Meninas from an Artificial Light, a meticulous copy of Velázquez’s famous painting that hangs in the El Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid. This work by contemporary Spanish conceptual artist Félix De La Concha is painted in oil on 140 sheets of 9 by 12-inch paper. Together, these fragments reconstruct the real size of the Velázquez masterpiece, which measures 125 by 108 inches.
In honor of the Boca Raton Museum of Art’s 75th anniversary, the Museum will host a series of special events and programs including curator talks, a Spanish film festival series, wine tastings from the vineyards of Spain, and educational experiences. Additionally, an array of cultural events will be held, culminating in a grand gala on January 25, 2025.
Visit online at bocamuseum.org.
Splendor and Passion explores the prominent art and history ofSpain beginning with its Siglo de Oro (Golden Age), drawing from the extraordinary riches of The Hispanic Society Museum & Library’s collection of Renaissance and Baroque holdings. This period saw the rise of the globe-spanning Spanish Empire and its growing
influence on Europe and the Americas. Splendor and Passion offers an unparalleled opportunity for the public to see 57 masterpieces from this formative era of Spanish history by some of the period’s most renowned artists including El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos), Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and Diego Velázquez.
To coincide with the exhibition, the Museum will feature Las Meninas from an Artificial Light, a meticulous copy of Velázquez’s famous painting that hangs in the El Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid. This work by contemporary Spanish conceptual artist Félix De La Concha is painted in oil on 140 sheets of 9 by 12-inch paper. Together, these fragments reconstruct the real size of the Velázquez masterpiece, which measures 125 by 108 inches.
In honor of the Boca Raton Museum of Art’s 75th anniversary, the Museum will host a series of special events and programs including curator talks, a Spanish film festival series, wine tastings from the vineyards of Spain, and educational experiences. Additionally, an array of cultural events will be held, culminating in a grand gala on January 25, 2025.
Visit online at bocamuseum.org.
