The romantic brushstrokes and stark realities in Francisco Goya’s The Third of May (1814), a pivotal canvas depicting the public executions of Spanish freedom fighters by French troops, solidified its ...

In the 80 allegorical etchings of Los Caprichos, Goya explores creative freedoms that were not acceptable to the conventions of art in his time. The works included in the exhibition can be divided ...

Looking ahead to the bicentennial of the death of Francisco Goya (1746–1828), New York’s Hispanic Society Museum and Library is opening a new Goya Research Center dedicated to the Spanish artist in ...

Nearly 20 years ago, Robert Hughes reflected on the head-on car accident that almost killed him: “It was through the accident that I came to know extreme pain, fear, and despair,” he wrote in the ...

The Los Angeles County Museum is the West Coast’s largest, but until recently its shortcomings have given Los Angeles a reputation in the art world as the city of lost opportunities. Rich art ...

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828), known simply as Goya, was driven by a fierce, almost childlike curiosity about human nature and went through several artistic stages. He designed royal ...

As supreme mirages of dark delight and horror, Goya’s late paintings and etchings were probably inspired by the imagery of gothic novels, which he must have read either in English or French, for the ...