Since 1998 the Hispanic Society’s collections have been featured in or served as the basis for temporary exhibitions at museums in the United States, Europe, and Mexico. In keeping with the Society’s rich tradition of scholarly publications, each exhibition was accompanied by an illustrated catalogue.
Works on Loan
Current Works on Loan
The Spanish Gallery
The Spanish Gallery, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, UK. October 12, 2021 - October 30, 2025
The Victim of the Fiesta
Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain. November 2019 - October 2029
Dining with the Sultan: The Fine Art of Feasting
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA. December 17 - August 4, 2024 | Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI. September 22, 2024 - January 5, 2025
Mexican Prints at the Vanguard
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. September 9, 2024 - January 5, 2025
Splendor and Passion: Baroque Spain and Its Empire
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL. November 6, 2024 - March 30, 2025
Sorolla, One Hundred Years of Modernity
Galería de las Colecciones Reales, Madrid, Spain. October 15, 2024 - February 15, 2025
Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA. September 7, 2024 - January 5, 2025 | McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College, Boston, MA. February 1 - June 1, 2025
Colonial Crossings: Art, Identity, and Belief in the Spanish Americas
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY. July 20 - December 15, 2024
Long Term Loan
Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Art, Bronx, NY. Fall 2024 - 2026
Marinated al-Zahra: The Radiant Capital of Islamic Spain
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, New York, NY. October 29, 2024 - March 2, 2025
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, Beaching the Boat (Afternoon Light)
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL. June 21, 2021 - March 15, 2025
Patti Cadby Birch Gallery, Spain, North Africa, and the Western Mediteranean, Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. 2011 - 2028
Upcoming Works on Loan
Sorolla and the Sea
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL. November 23, 2024 - April 13, 2025
The Brilliance of the Spanish World: El Greco, Velázquez, Zurbarán
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI. May 2 - July 27, 2025
Spirit & Splendor: El Greco, Velázquez, and the Hispanic Baroque
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX. August 29, 2025 - February 1, 2026
Rivera’s Paris
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, AK. February 7 - May 18, 2025
The Genius of Archer Milton Huntington
Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, SC. February 8 - April 20, 2025
Sargent and Paris
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. April 21 - August 3, 2025
José Agustín Arrieta, 1803-1874. La ciudad de Puebla en el siglo XIX
Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico. March 1 - July 14, 2025
Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 – AlMadar
King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. January 25 - May 25, 2025
Past Works on Loan
A Grand Menagerie: The Sculpture of Anna Hyatt Huntington
Christopher Newport University's Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA. April 20 - October 6, 2024
Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate: Consuming the World
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI. November 20, 2016 – March 5, 2017
Velázquez Portraits
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. November 4, 2016 – March 12, 2017
Sephardic Legacy: From Golden Age Spain to Contemporary New Mexico
New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, NM. May 22, 2016 – January 31, 2017
Sorolla íntimo. Bocetos de Visión de España
Centro Cultural Fundación Bancaja, Valencia. February 13 – October 15, 2015
Museo de Bellas Artes Gravina, Alicante. February 9-May 22, 2016
Museo de Bellas Artes, Castellón de la Plana. June 16-September 7, 2016
Museo de Belas Artes da Coruña. October 6, 2016 – January 8, 2017
Museo de Bellas Artes Gravina, Alicante. February 9-May 22, 2016
Museo de Bellas Artes, Castellón de la Plana. June 16-September 7, 2016
Museo de Belas Artes da Coruña. October 6, 2016 – January 8, 2017
Zuloaga: A European Adventure
Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid. September 28, 2017 - January 7, 2018
VALENTÍN CARDERERA (1796-1880). DIBUJANTE, COLECCIONISTA Y VIAJERO ROMÁNTICO
Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid, Spain. September 19, 2019 - January 12, 2020.
Hyperreal: The Art of Trompe l’Oeil
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain. March 16 - May 22, 2022
Joaquín Sorolla: Pittore di Luce
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy. February 25 - June 26, 2022
FAITH AND FORTUNE: ART ACROSS THE GLOBAL SPANISH EMPIRE. From the collection of the Hispanic Society Museum & Library
Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada. June 8 - October 10, 2022
Murillo: From Heaven to Earth
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX. September 18, 2022 - January 29, 2023
Painted Cloth: Fashion and Ritual in Colonial Latin America
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX. August 14, 2022 - January 8, 2023
Spain and the Hispanic World: Treasures from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library
Royal Academy of Arts, London, U.K. January 21 - April 10, 2023
Juan de Pareja, Afro-Hispanic Painter
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. April 3 - July 16, 2023
THE VICTIM OF THE FIESTA
La Lonja de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain. October 6, 2022 - January 8, 2023
Masterpiece in the Making: Sorolla’s Gouaches for the Vision of Spain at the Hispanic Society Museum & Library
The National Arts Club, New York, NY. February 10 - April 25, 2023
Making Her Mark
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD. October 1, 2023 - January 7, 2024
Spain and the Hispanic World: Treasures from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library
Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Provo, UT. January 26 - June 15, 2024
Zuloaga and the Myth of Spain
Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany. September 15, 2023 - February 4, 2024 | Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg, Germany. February 17 - May 26, 2024
Sorolla a través de la luz
Fundación Bancaja, Valencia, Spain. October 5, 2023 - February 18, 2024
Sargent and Spain
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. October 2, 2022 - January 2 2023 | Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. February 11 - May 14, 2023
Murillo: Picturing the Prodigal Son
Meadows Museum, Dallas, TX. February 20 - June 12, 2022
Sorolla y La Hispanic Society
Museo Thyssen-Boremisza, Madrid,1998
Museo de Bellas Artes San Pío V, Valencia, 1999
Museo de Bellas Artes San Pío V, Valencia, 1999
Velázquez in New York Museums
The Frick Collection, New York , 1999-2000
Ruth Matilda Anderson: Fotografías de Galicia, 1924-1926
Centro Galego de Artes da Imaxe, A Coruña, 1998
Talavera Poblana: Four Centuries of a Mexican Ceramic Tradition
Americas Society, New York, 1999
De Goya a Zuloaga
BBVA, Madrid and Bilbao, 2000
Fundación Focus-Abengoa, Seville, 2001
Fundación Focus-Abengoa, Seville, 2001
Images in Procession: Testimonies to Spanish Faith
American Bible Society, New York, 2000
[St. Martin sculpture, 16th c.]
[St. Martin sculpture, 16th c.]
Manet/Velázquez: The French Taste for Spanish Painting
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2003
El retrato español: Del Greco a Picasso
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2004-2005
Caliphs and Kings: The Art and Influence of Islamic Spain
The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington DC, 2004
Childe Hassam, American Impressionist
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2004
Cinco séculos de exploración: Fondos cartográficos da Hispanic Society of America
Fundación CaixaGalicia, A Coruña, 2005
Alcora en Nueva York: La colección de cerámica de Alcora, The Hispanic Society of America
Museo de Bellas Artes, Castellón, 2005
From Goya to Sorolla: Queen Sofía Spanish Institute Salutes The Hispanic Society of America on Its 100th Anniversary
Queen Sofía Spanish Institute, New York, 2005
The Arts in Latin America: 1492-1820
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 2006-2007
Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City, 2007
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 2007
Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City, 2007
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 2007
Reproducing Nations: Types and Costumes in Asia and Latin America, ca. 1800-1860
Americas Society, New York, 2006
Sargent/Sorolla
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 2006-2007
Petit Palais, Paris, 2007
Petit Palais, Paris, 2007
Spanish Painting from El Greco to Picasso: Time, Truth, and History
Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2006-2007
Sorolla, Visión de España
Centro Cultural Bancaja, Valencia, 2007-2008
Museo de Bellas Artes, Seville, 2008
Museo Municipal, Málaga, 2008
Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao, 2008-2009
Museo Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, 2009
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2009
Centro Cultural Bancaja, Valencia, 2009-2010
Museo de Bellas Artes, Seville, 2008
Museo Municipal, Málaga, 2008
Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao, 2008-2009
Museo Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, 2009
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2009
Centro Cultural Bancaja, Valencia, 2009-2010
Luz de España, Colección de la Hispanic Society of America
Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City, 2007
Yo, El Rey
Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City. 1 July - 18 October 2015
Goya Portraits
The National Gallery, London. October 7, 2015 - January 10, 2016
Francisco de Zurbarán
Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf,Germany. October 10, 2015 – January 10, 2016
Le Roi est mort!
Château de Versailles, France. October 26, 2015 – February 21, 2016
Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH. October 11, 2015 – January 3, 2016
Royal Academy of Arts, London. January 23 – April 10, 2016
Royal Academy of Arts, London. January 23 – April 10, 2016
Impressionism and the Caribbean: Francisco Oller and His Transatlantic
Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. 14 June – 6 September 2015
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY. 2 October 2015 – 3 January 2016
Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR. 29 January – 24 April 2016
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY. 2 October 2015 – 3 January 2016
Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR. 29 January – 24 April 2016
Picasso’s Le Tricorne
New-York Historical Society, New York, NY. May 29, 2015 – July 31, 2016
America to Zanzibar: Muslim Cultures Near and Far
Children’s Museum of Manhattan, New York, NY, November 8, 2016 – December 19, 2017
El Divino Morales
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. October 6, 2015 – January 10, 2016
Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao. February 9 – May 16, 2016
Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya. June 6 – September 25, 2016
Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao. February 9 – May 16, 2016
Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya. June 6 – September 25, 2016
Spain: Art and Empire in the Golden Age
The San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California. May 18, 2019 - September 2, 2019; Museo de Historia Mexicana, Monterrey, Mexico. October 30, 2019 - February 23, 2020.
Sorolla and Paris
Musée des Impressionismes, Giverny, July 4 – November 6, 2016
Museo Sorolla, Madrid, November 24, 2016 – March 19, 2017
Museo Sorolla, Madrid, November 24, 2016 – March 19, 2017
Sorolla and Fashion
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza and Museo Sorolla, Madrid. February 14 - May 27, 2018
Scenes from the Collection
The Jewish Museum, New York. January 21, 2018 - April 2, 2019
Pinxit Mexici: Painted in Mexico, 1700 – 1790
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. April 23 - July 22, 2018
Mariano Fortuny (1838-1874)
Museo del Prado, Madrid. November 21, 2017- March 18, 2018
Made in the Americas, the New World Discovers Asia
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. August 18, 2015 – February 15, 2016
Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE. March 15, 2016 – January 3, 2017
Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE. March 15, 2016 – January 3, 2017
JOAQUÍN SOROLLA
JOAQUÍN SOROLLA
Ismael Smith, The Beauty and the Monsters
Museu Nacional D'Art de Catalunya (MNAC), Barcelona. June 22 - September 17, 2017
Islam e/a Firenze. Collezionismo dai Medici al Novecento
Gallerie Degli Uffizi and Museo Nazionale Del Bargello, Florence, Italy. June 19, 2018 - September 23, 2018
IGNACIO ZULOAGA (1870-1945)
Ignacio Zuloaga (1870-1945), Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao. May 27, 2019 - October 20, 2019.
Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico, 1915 – 1985
LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), Los Angeles, CA. September 17, 2017 - April 1, 2018
FEDERICO DE MADRAZO
Federico de Madrazo, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. September 26, 2017 - January 21, 2018
ENDLESS ENIGMA: EIGHT CENTURIES OF FANTASTIC ART
David Zwirner Gallery LLC, New York. September 12, 2018 - October 27, 2018
El Greco
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois. March 5 - October 19, 2020
Jeu d’esprit: Cubist Still Life and the Trompe L’Oeil Tradition
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. October 17, 2022 - January 22, 2023
Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval Saharan Africa
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. January 26 - July 21, 2019 | Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Canada. September 21, 2019 - February 23, 2020 | Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC. July 16, 2021 – February 27, 2022