Veláquez in USA

Building upon the success of the first two years of its partnership with the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, and in anticipation of this fall’s final originally planned exhibition, Diego Velázquez: The Early Court Portraits, the Meadows Museum (Dallas, USA) has announced that it will expand its agreement with the Prado for two additional years, continuing the institutions’ many initiatives and adding two collaboratively developed exhibitions.

Thanks to this partnership, the Meadow Museum will be exhibiting Diego Velázquez: The Early Court Portraits, from September 16, 2012 to January 13, 2013. The show has as its centerpiece the portrait of Philip IV from the Prado.

The Meadows and the Prado originally announced in 2009 the launch of a three-year partnership that included the loan of three major paintings from the Prado. The first painting, El Greco’s Pentecost (1596-1600), was exhibited at the Meadows in fall 2010. Jusepe de Ribera’s Mary Magdalene (1640-41), the second painting, was paired with three additional loans of Ribera works from other collections, in a larger exhibition that took place in fall 2011.

Date: through January 13.
Location Meadows Museum. Blvd. 5900 Bishop Blvd. Dallas, TX 75205. USA.
Opening hours: from Tuesday to Friday from 10am to 5pm. Saturdays from 10am to 5pm. Sundays from 1pm to 3pm. Thursdays from 10am to 9pm.