The MNAC in Barcelona is for the first time showing some of the key works of Gustave Courbet, with exhibition Realismo(s). La huella de Courbet, on between 8th April-10th July. The exhibition compiles around 80 works, including paintings, drawings, and photographs, and was commissioned by Cristina Mendoza, sub-director of collections at MNAC; Mercè Doñate, head [...]

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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes was one of the most important Spanish painters of all time and one of his drawings recently sold for $ 1,339,722, a price even higher than Sotheby’s had estimated for the painting. The work was called “El ladrón de nidos” (The nest thief) and it has not been on the [...]

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