Francisco Goya: Darkness, Doubt and the Birth of Modernity

Is Goya the last Old Master — or the first modern one? His career veers from glittering court portraitist to disillusioned witness of war, madness and human cruelty. Amid the horrors of the Peninsular War and a Spain ravaged by famine and disease, Goya tore through convention to ask radical new questions about humanity.

The results — terrifying, brilliant, and deeply moving — continue to speak to us with astonishing urgency. His art forces us to confront ourselves, and the world we’ve created.