First Major Exhibition to Explore Extravagant Domestic Collecting Practices of Spanish Colonial Elite
Brooklyn Museum of ArtThe first major exhibition in the United States to explore the private lives, power struggles, and collecting practices of Spain’s New World elite brings together approximately 160 exceptional works in a wide range of media that illuminate conspicuous consumption and domestic display in the colonial era. Behind Closed Doors: Art in the Spanish American Home, 1492–1898 will debut at the Brooklyn Museum, where it will be on view September 20, 2013, through January 12, 2014, before traveling to three other venues, to be announced.
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