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Spirit & Splendor: El Greco, Velázquez, and the Hispanic Baroque

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The Hispanic Society Museum & Library is home to the most extensive collection of early modern Hispanic art and literature outside of Spain. Featuring selected highlights from this esteemed collection, Spirit & Splendor traces a 150-year history of Spanish painting that culminates with the Baroque, a style characterized by dramatic realism, opulence, and religious devotion.

Showcasing almost 60 works, the exhibition includes masterpieces by renowned artists like El Greco and Diego Velázquez, as well as works by José de Páez and Melchor Pérez Holguín, painters who reinterpreted the Baroque aesthetic in the Spanish Viceroyalties of New Spain (present-day Mexico) and Peru.

The Blanton’s presentation marks the final stop for these artworks, following exhibitions at the Boca Raton Museum of Art and the Milwaukee Art Museum.

""One of the must-see exhibitions around the world in 2025."" - The art newspaper


Spirit & Splendor: El Greco, Velázquez, and the Hispanic Baroque is organized by the Hispanic Society of America, with support from The Museum Box.

Major support for this exhibition at the Blanton is provided by The Moody Foundation. Support for this exhibition is provided in part by David and Ellen Berman.

The Hispanic Society Museum & Library is home to the most extensive collection of early modern Hispanic art and literature outside of Spain. Featuring selected highlights from this esteemed collection, Spirit & Splendor traces a 150-year history of Spanish painting that culminates with the Baroque, a style characterized by dramatic realism, opulence, and religious devotion.

Showcasing almost 60 works, the exhibition includes masterpieces by renowned artists like El Greco and Diego Velázquez, as well as works by José de Páez and Melchor Pérez Holguín, painters who reinterpreted the Baroque aesthetic in the Spanish Viceroyalties of New Spain (present-day Mexico) and Peru.

The Blanton’s presentation marks the final stop for these artworks, following exhibitions at the Boca Raton Museum of Art and the Milwaukee Art Museum.

""One of the must-see exhibitions around the world in 2025."" - The art newspaper


Spirit & Splendor: El Greco, Velázquez, and the Hispanic Baroque is organized by the Hispanic Society of America, with support from The Museum Box.

Major support for this exhibition at the Blanton is provided by The Moody Foundation. Support for this exhibition is provided in part by David and Ellen Berman.

More about Blanton Museum of Art
Founded in 1963, the Blanton Museum of Art holds the largest public collection in Central Texas with more than 21,000 objects. The home of Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin, its major collecting areas are modern and contemporary American and Latin American art, Italian Renaissance and Baroque paintings, and prints and drawings. The Blanton offers thought-provoking, visually arresting, and personally moving encounters with art.
When & Where
From Aug 20, 2025 to Feb 1, 2026
Tue: 10:00am - 5:00pm Timezone: CDT
Wed: 10:00am - 5:00pm Timezone: CDT
Thu: 10:00am - 5:00pm Timezone: CDT
Fri: 10:00am - 5:00pm Timezone: CDT
Sat: 10:00am - 8:00pm Timezone: CDT
Sun: 10:00am - 5:00pm Timezone: CDT
$15.00


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