For Spanish tapestries, a 21st-century makeover Nov 4, 2008
The year was 1996, and the Madrid workshop where Francisco de Goya got his start - producing 63 oil-painted cartoons of hunting jaunts and lively folk scenes, many of which now hang in the Prado Museum - had not paid its workers for seven months. Even the elegant brick plant itself was in disrepair, with leaking ceilings and broken windows. (International Herald Tribune)
Colombian police find stolen Goya Oct 15, 2008
A valuable engraving by the Spanish master Francisco de Goya has been found a month after it was stolen from an exhibition, Colombian police say. The work, entitled Sad Premonitions, was found in a Bogota hotel room after a tip-off, investigators said. (BBC News -- Americas)
Dallas's Meadows Museum Presents Exclusive U.S. Showing of 'From Manet to Miro: Modern Drawings From the Abello Collection,' Sept. 14-Dec. 2, 2008 Sep 16, 2008
(Photo: ) (Logo: ) The 64 master drawings featured in the exhibit provide a complete survey of modern art over 200 years, from a small but dazzling 1805 crayon drawing by Francisco de Goya of his wife, Josefa Bayeu, to a 1987 work by Miquel Barcelo. The exhibit is organized by defining artistic movements, including Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Expressionism, Surrealism, Pop and Contemporary Art. (PR Newswire)
Goya gone in 'priceless' theft Sep 13, 2008
THIEVES have stolen a priceless engraving by Spanish master Francisco de Goya from a temporary exhibition in Colombia. The Tristes Presentimientos or "Sad Feelings" engraving was one of 80 by the Spanish artist in a temporary exhibition on war in Bogota's Gilberto Alzate Avendano museum. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Where The Wheelchairs Roam Jul 20, 2008
A collection of more than 250 surrealist and pre-surrealist artworks that ranges from Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel to Francisco de Goya is on display in Berlin. Titled "Surreal Worlds," the collection of paintings, sculptures and sketches has been installed in the Stuelerbau - a building in Berlin's western Charlottenburg district that previously housed the capital's Egyptian Museum. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
'Lost' Goya drawings sold for 4m Jul 13, 2008
Three drawings by Spain's Francisco de Goya, presumed lost for 130 years, have fetched more than 4m at auction. The three sketches, drawn between 1812 and 1829, had not been seen since 1877. (BBC News -- Europe)
'Lost' artworks shown before sale Jul 5, 2008
Christie's London auction house meanwhile is displaying three rediscovered drawings by Spanish artist Francisco de Goya, before they are auctioned on Tuesday. Presumed lost. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Prado says 'Colossus' is not the work of Goya Jul 5, 2008
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes' Colossus has always been one of the Prado's major attractions and a highlight of his series on Spain's war against Napoleon, whose troops invaded in 1808. Doubts about its authenticity began to surface in the early 1990s, and grew in April when the museum unexpectedly excluded the painting from its blockbuster show "Goya in Times of War.". (New York Post)
'Missing' Goyas to be auctioned May 28, 2008
Three sketches by Spanish master Francisco de Goya, which were presumed lost, will be seen for the first time in 131 years when auctioned in London. The pieces were discovered in a private Swiss collection and are expected to fetch more than 3 million at a sale at Christie's in July. (BBC News -- Europe)
Madrid celebrates 200th anniversary May 21, 2008
Madrid celebrates Francisco de Goya. Francisco de Goya's depiction of the Second of May 1808 in Madrid, that kicked off two days of bloodshed and ignited the Spanish War of Independence. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
* Goya show a reflection on mans violence Apr 16, 2008
A new exhibition at Madrids Prado Museum features disturbing works created by Francisco de Goya, formerly the Spanish courts official painter, from the troubled decades covering the French Revolution and Napoleonic wars ... The exhibition, which opened last week, features 200 works by Spanish painter Francisco de Goya. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Valentine's Day Museum Exhibitions Feb 4, 2008
Represented in the exhibition are Raphael (1483-1520), Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553), Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675), Francisco de Goya (1746-1828), J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), William Holman Hunt (1827-1910), Marc Chagall (1887-1985), Yoko Ono (b. 1933), David Hockney (b. (Suite101.com)
ART REVIEW: Lessons from wars past Dec 11, 2007
"Miseries and Misfortunes of War" by printmaker Jacques Callot has been largely ignored by art history, although it inspired the well-known series "The Disasters of War" by 19th century Spanish artist Francisco de Goya. Birk first came across the Callot prints in 2005, during a residency at HuiPress in Maui, Hawaii. (Los Angeles Times)
Cranach Adam & Eve to Stay in U.S. Nov 4, 2007
van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669), Francisco de Goya (1746-1828 and Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). American artists of the 20th Century are also represented. (Suite101.com)
New Prado Marks Spanish Design Renaissance Nov 1, 2007
Built near the centrally located Parque del Buen Retiro in the Spanish capital of Madrid almost 200 years ago, the museum brings together under one roof the court painter Velzquez's lofty and dignified portraits of the royal family and works by Francisco de Goya, a social critic who portrayed the king and his kin the way they really were: in all their ugliness, the faces above their pompous robes vacuous and complacent. The Catholic Church persecuted Goya as a sinner against the divinely... (BusinessWeek)
New extension opening at El Prado museum in Madrid Oct 30, 2007
To celebrate its new lease of life, the museum is using its new wing to exhibit 100 19th century Spanish works, from Francisco de Goya through to Joaquin Sorolla, including works by Mariano Fortuny and Federico de Madrazo. Many of the works are well known, but have not been seen for at least 10 years because there was no room to show them. (International Herald Tribune)
Man charged in theft of $1M painting from unattended truck Oct 25, 2007
Steven Lee Olson, 49, was charged with stealing Children with a Cart, a 1778 painting by famed Spanish artist Francisco de Goya, federal prosecutors said. The painting was insured at a value of about $1-million. (Globe and Mail)
Iraq inspires surge of protest art Sep 9, 2007
But it is, perhaps, Botero's paintings, reminiscent in some respects of Francisco de Goya's Disasters of War, that is likely to be the most visible of the works emerging in opposition to the Iraq war ... The Disasters of War Francisco de Goya (1746-1828). (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Milos Forman's historical 'Goya's Ghosts' Jul 20, 2007
Set in the late 1700s, the story focuses on three characters: the painter Francisco de Goya (Stellen Skarsgard), who's somehow able to paint and draw anything he wants despite the looming threat of torture and imprisonment by the Inquisition; Brother Lorenzo (Javier Bardem), a Catholic priest whose idealistic desire for a more humane world conflicts with his status as Inquisitor; and Ines Bilbatua (Natalie Portman), a merchant's daughter who is Goya's teenage muse and later is tortured into... (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Slow And Steady Jul 15, 2007
As he remembers it, his infatuation with the great Spanish artist Francisco de Goya dates back to when Forman was a student in communist Czechoslovakia in the 1950s. "I remember reading a book about the Spanish Inquisition and I couldn't believe that all the same things I was reading about in Goya's 18th century Spain -- false arrests, confessions to crimes never committed, torture and even executions -- were happening in my country in the 20th century.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Emotional exhibit documents the disasters of war Mar 30, 2007
Media Credit: Courtesy PhotoScenes from an exhibition: "The Disasters of War" by Francisco de Goya ... On Jan. 20 the UNH art gallery opened the famous, Napoleonic era painter, Francisco de Goya's, etchings series, "The Disasters of War.". (The New Hampshire, NH)
Spain's Greatest Painter Comes to Miami... After Almost 400 Years Mar 18, 2007
Velasquez's ability to merge color, light and lines has greatly influenced many, from Francisco de Goya to James McNeil Whistler. His famous paintings include The Surrender of Breda, an equestrian portrait of Philip IV, The Spinners, The Maids of Honor, Pope Innocent X, Christ at Emmaus, and a portrait of the Infanta Maria Theresa. (PR Newswire)
All about Madrid Feb 24, 2007
The overnight train-hotel Francisco de Goya (see ) links Paris to Madrid from 100 return. La Posada de Huertas Hostel () has beds from 12 pn. (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
Spanish success at the Guggenheim Feb 22, 2007
Spanish painting, once defined as the period from El Greco to Francisco de Goya, has expanded to include the 20th century avant-garde movement and extends through Juan Gris, Joan Miro, Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso. Through Goya's work, it is easy to see continuity in the works across time, but cubism and surrealism introduce a very different aesthetic. (The Daily Princetonian, NJ)
Goya painting, stolen and recovered, goes on exhibit in NYC Feb 16, 2007
Friday 16 February, 2007. "All's well that ends well," said Don Bacigalupi, director of the Toledo Museum of Art, who traveled to New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum for the delayed installation of Goya's "Children with a Cart" there. (NEPA News, PA)
Stolen Goya painting belatedly joins exhibit Feb 16, 2007
NEW YORK (AP) - A painting of children at play by Francisco de Goya belatedly joined an exhibit of Spanish masterpieces on Thursday after it had been stolen en route from an Ohio museum and then recovered. "All's well that ends well," said Don Bacigalupi, director of the Toledo Museum of Art, who traveled to New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum for the delayed installation of Goya's "Children with a Cart.". (Buffalo News -- National)
Eyeballs Float, Spiders Laugh; Odilon Redon Exhibit at Frankfurt's Schirn Feb 3, 2007
It's also easy to see how Redon is an intermediary between Francisco de Goya and the surrealists. Disembodied Heads. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Two returns to Marrakech, please Jan 21, 2007
There's time for a vin rouge in Paris before joining the excellent Trenhotel Francisco de Goya overnight to Madrid. A bed in a tourist-class sleeper starts at 50 each way, but two people travelling together can get a Gran Classe two-bed room with private shower and toilet for 107pp. (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
Toledo museum redisplays painting after theft Jan 12, 2007
On its way to being exhibited in New York, "Children with a Cart" by the Spanish artist Francisco de Goya disappeared in November while the transporter's truck stopped overnight in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. The painting was recovered a few days later. (WKRC.com, OH)
Two exhibits at UNH Art Gallery Jan 5, 2007
Two new exhibitions, featuring prints by the renowned Spanish artist Francisco de Goya, as well as contemporary paintings, sculptures, watercolors, drawings, prints, and photographs by members of the New Hampshire Art Association, will open at The Art Gallery, Paul Creative Arts Center, UNH, on Saturday, Jan. 20 ... "The Disasters of War by Goya: Selections from the Georgia Museum of Art" features 40 etchings from a series created by Francisco de Goya (1704-1828), Spain's most important artist... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
