
Famous Paintings With Hidden Meanings
Some paintings stop you in your tracks. Not just because they’re beautiful, but because something about them feels … off or unsettling. A strange detail, an odd expression, or a
Some paintings stop you in your tracks. Not just because they’re beautiful, but because something about them feels … off or unsettling. A strange detail, an odd expression, or a
Sagrada Família is the undisputed jewel of Barcelona. It’s Antoni Gaudí’s vertigo-inspiring masterpiece and a wildly creative opus — a miracle of verticality and engineering. After 142 years of construction,
Looking to get off the beaten path in Madrid? Let me recommend a visit to the Liria Palace! The Neo-Classical palace is the Madrid residence of the Duke of Alba.
If you’re a history buff or ruin luster visiting Barcelona, be sure to put the city’s Museu d’Histoire de Barcelona (“MUHBA”) on your itinerary. Just off the Place del Rei
Picasso, Miro, Dali — giants of the art world — all once called Barcelona home. The city is still pumping out artists to the day. Its institutions continue to mount
Opened in 2021, the MOCO Museum is a pure delight. It’s situated in a 16th century Gothic Quarter palace once reserved for the city’s elite. The fresh-faced museum is the
Love him or hate him, Pablo Picasso was the most famous, and for me then greatest, artist of the 20th century. Though he made his career in Paris, the most
The Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (“MNAC”) is absolutely wonderful! It’s housed in a grandiose Neo-Baroque palace on Montjuic Hill designed by architects Eugenio Cendoya and Enric Catà. The museum
Modern art lovers will want to worship at the shrine to the Barcelona-born Joan Miro. He was Catalonia’s most famous Surrealist painter and sculptor. Miro’s titular museum is housed in
La Pedrera, also known as Casa Mila, is the fantastical creation of Antoni Gaudi, one of Spains’ greatest architects. Famous for its undulating stone facade and twisting wrought iron balconies,