Spirit & Splendor: El Greco, Velázquez, and the Hispanic Baroque Exhibition Opens at the Blanton

When

August 24, 2025 | 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

What

Opening Sunday, Aug. 24, the Blanton Museum of Art presents Spirit & Splendor: El Greco, Velázquez, and the Hispanic Baroque, the final stop of a traveling exhibition from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library, home to the most extensive collection of early modern Hispanic art and literature outside Spain.

Featuring nearly 60 works, the show traces 150 years of Spanish painting, culminating in the Baroque—a style defined by dramatic realism, rich detail, and deep religious expression. The exhibition includes masterpieces by El Greco and Diego Velázquez, alongside works by José de Páez and Melchor Pérez Holguín, whose interpretations brought the Baroque aesthetic to the Spanish Viceroyalties of New Spain (present-day Mexico) and Peru.

Tickets

$8 - $15 (Blanton Members, UT Austin ID holders, and K-12 teachers receive free admission)

Where

Blanton Museum of Art

200 E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd