The shoes symbolize the way Velázquez plays — balanced between power and agility, strength and grace. As a center, she ...

In the 1630s, Diego Velázquez unveiled his equestrian portrait of Isabel of Bourbon, depicting the queen atop a white steed in a resplendently detailed robe. It was a breathtaking painting but for one ...

Diego Velázquez’s Expulsion of the Moriscos (1627) did not have the same lucky escape as Las Meninas (1656) when a catastrophic four-day fire broke out in Madrid’s royal palace in 1734. Las Meninas ...

Reporting from San Diego — Think of Spain’s Golden Age, and the paintings produced in Seville and Madrid in the 17th century by Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez can crowd out everything else that ...

This month, on the 28th of April 2012, we commemorated the 20-year anniversary of Francis Bacon’s death, an artist whose work was intrinsic to the development of 20th century British art. Born in ...

For nearly 60 years the portrait of a baby-faced Philip IV by Velázquez hung in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s European paintings galleries, a stunning example of the only 110 or so known canvases ...

Rep. Nydia Velázquez was out with First Lady Jill Biden and members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, as part of a nationwide tour aimed at informing Latino ...

Rep. Nydia Velázquez announced Thursday evening that she will not seek re-election in 2026, marking the end of a historic 16-term career in Congress. “Serving the people of New York City for over ...

Velázquez was given a religious education and excelled in languages and philosophy. However, as a boy, he showed an early gift for art. When he was 11, he studied under Francisco Pacheco, Seville's ...

As Rep. Nydia Velázquez, the Puerto Rican progressive pioneer nicknamed “La Luchadora” for her willingness to fight for her community, exits her historic 16-term seat, her Thursday retirement ...

A new bill seeking to address the future of Puerto Rico has divided Puerto Rican members of Congress, reflecting a persistent debate over how to approach a vote on the island's status as a U.S.