Splendeurs du baroque. De Greco à Velázquez
The article reports on the exhibition "Splendeurs du baroque. De Greco à Velázquez" currently on view at the Musée Jacquemart-André in Paris. It features around forty paintings on loan from the Hispanic Society of America in New York, an institution founded in 1904 by philanthropist Archer M. Huntington. The museum, which also houses a vast library including about 250 incunabula, has been led since 2018 by French curator Guillaume Kientz, formerly a curator of Spanish paintings at the Louvre and curator of the Velázquez retrospective. The exhibition offers a partial but compelling selection of works from the Hispanic Society's collection, aiming to introduce French audiences to this relatively little-known New York institution.
This exhibition matters because it highlights the Hispanic Society of America's rich but underappreciated collection of Spanish and Latin American art, spanning painting, drawing, and sculpture. By bringing these works to Paris, the show fosters cross-cultural dialogue and raises the profile of a museum that has been actively revitalized under Guillaume Kientz's directorship. It also underscores the enduring importance of private collectors like Archer M. Huntington in building world-class art holdings that continue to shape public understanding of Hispanic heritage.