Museo Goya Reopens in Zaragoza with Expanded Space, New Digital Installations and 'Solo Goya' Exhibition

Key facts

• The Museo Goya in Zaragoza reopened after an intervention by Sebastián Arquitectos, expanding the museum to 4,661 square metres.
• A new entrance from Calle Santiago near the Plaza del Pilar features a stone façade with fragments inspired by Goya's prints and a large lateral projection screen.
• The temporary exhibition hall now measures 315 square metres with double-height configuration and hosts 'Solo Goya. El arte de ver'.
• The exhibition is curated by Luis Fernández-Galiano with advice from Víctor Nieto and José Ignacio Calvo.
• Nearly fifty works are loaned from institutions including the Museo del Prado, Patrimonio Nacional, the National Gallery, the Uffizi, the Hispanic Society of America, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando and the Museu de Arte de São Paulo.
• The exhibition is divided into three sections: 'Las luces y las sombras', 'El poder del retrato' and 'Los lazos del afecto'.
• Digital installations include 'Goya, el gran observador', 'Goya en las alturas' virtual reality, 'Goya geolocalizado' and 'Guerra, desastre y ruina'.
• The Centro de Estudios Francisco de Goya holds more than 1,400 specialised volumes, and a lecture cycle runs until December.