Great Art Wednesday: Goya: Visions of Flesh and Blood

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Heir to Velázquez, a hero to Picasso. Discover Spain’s celebrated artist with this cinematic tour de force based on the National Gallery’s must-see exhibition Goya: The Portraits. Francisco Goya is Spain’s most celebrated artist and considered the father of modern art. Not only a brilliant observer of everyday life and Spain’s troubled past, he is a gifted portrait painter and social commentator par excellence.

Back by popular demand, Great Art Wednesday returns to Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater – featuring filmed tours of major art exhibitions around the world. The 2025-2026 six-film series launches on October 15 and continues through May.

“This series has been a really enjoyable part of our educational mission,” says THT Executive & Artistic Director Lisa Mitchell. “The films are absolutely gorgeous, and the camera moves in to give you close-up views of the art, the kind of thing you’d never get in a crowded museum.”