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Sorolla’s Vision of Spain Opus Returns in Glory to the Hispanic Society

A dazzling, 225-foot series explores costumes, people, and traditions through Spain’s distinct regions.

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Joaquín Sorolla, Cataluña, oil on canvas, 1915.

Courtesy of the Hispanic Society of America Museum & Library

I’ve written on and off about the Hispanic Society in New York. It has the best collection of Spanish art, manuscripts, and rare books outside Spain, with marquee paintings by superstars such as Goya, Velázquez, and El Greco, displayed in a Beaux Arts pile in galleries built to evoke an old Spanish palace court.

The Hispanic Society is grand, stirring, romantic, magical, and all-around fantastic.

Brian T. Allen

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Brian T. Allen

Brian T. Allen is National Review’s art critic.

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