The Hispanic Society Museum & Library is home to the most extensive collection of early modern Hispanic art and literature outside of Spain. Featuring selected highlights from this esteemed collection, Spirit & Splendor traces a 150-year history of Spanish painting that culminates with the Baroque, a style characterized by dramatic realism, opulence, and religious devotion. 

Showcasing almost 60 works, the exhibition includes masterpieces by renowned artists like El Greco and Diego Velázquez, as well as works by José de Páez and Melchor Pérez Holguín, painters who reinterpreted the Baroque aesthetic in the Spanish Viceroyalties of New Spain (present-day Mexico) and Peru.

The Blanton’s presentation marks the final stop for these artworks, following exhibitions at the Boca Raton Museum of Art and the Milwaukee Art Museum.

One of the must-see exhibitions around the world in 2025.