FRANCISCO DE GOYA

He was one of the last great court artists and at the time a significant trailblazer for modern art: Francisco de Goya. The Fondati on Beyeler is preparing one of the most extensive exhibitions of his work outside of Spain.In his more than sixty-year-long career, Goya was an astute observer of the drama of reason and irrationality, of dreams and nightmares. His pictures show things that go bey ond social conventions: he depicts saints and criminals, witches and demons, breaking open the gates to realms where the boundaries between re...[Read more]