The World · 11

Spain

Court painting, modernity, civil conflict, dream, light and matter: a tradition of dramatic reinvention from Velázquez to Barceló.

01Antoni TàpiesThe wall carries wounds, signs and material memory.02Diego VelazquezThe painter who made looking itself the subject.03Francisco GoyaThe bridge between the old world and the modern one.04Joan MiróSigns, creatures and colour make a new poetic cosmos.05Joaquín SorollaSunlight becomes social atmosphere.06Miquel BarcelóPainting digests matter, travel and deep time.07Pablo PicassoThe artist who kept breaking the rules.08Salvador DaliSurrealism becomes unforgettable imagery.