El esplendor de los sesenta

Luis Cruz Azaceta: No Exit is the first substantial overview of the work of the Cuban-American artist Luis Cruz Azaceta (born 1942). Azaceta's childhood memories in Cuba (where he remained until he was 18 years old) mix with his first professional experiences in New York City (where he studied at the School of Visual Arts and where he lived for three decades) and those of his period of professional maturity in New Orleans. Azaceta's brightly polychromatic painting explores "an aesthetics of constant escapes," as Iván de la Nuez put it. His imaginary, revealed in works that range between...

Known as the "Queen City of the Ozarks," Springfield was founded in 1829 and became the seat of Greene County in 1835. Beginning in 1870, Springfield served as a railroad hub that connected the Ozarks culturally and financially to Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, and points along the East Coast. In 1938, Route 66 became part of the city's history when the legendary highway came through the public square on College Street. Built on land donated by Springfield founder John Polk Campbell, the square continues to be a vital part of the city's culture and economy. Postcard History Series:...

Marzo de 1526. Hernando, un niño de 9 años perteneciente a una de las familias moriscas más ricas de Granada, conoce casi por casualidad, a Ruy, otro niño portugués, que acompañaba como paje a la Emperatriz Isabel, esposa de Carlos V, en la visita que con motivo de su viaje de bodas hicieron los reyes cristianos a la ciudad de la Alhambra. Lo que no sabía Hernando es que esa inocente y noble amistad que nació entre ellos aquella primavera de su infancia, marcaría para siempre su vida y su destino. En los años siguientes Hernando el Ferí llegaría a ser el mercader de sedas más...

Catalog of an exhibition held at The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, December 8, 1990-March 3, 1991.