Laura Gascoigne

A crash course in all things Hispanic: RA’s Spain and the Hispanic World reviewed

The Latin-American galleries are the most fascinating

Exquisitely gruesome: ‘The Four Fates of Man: Death, Soul in Hell, Soul in Purgatory, Soul in Heaven’, c.1775, by the Ecuadorian sculptor Manuel Chili ‘Caspicara’. Credit: On loan from The Hispanic Society of America, New York, NY
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  • Spain and the Hispanic World: Treasures from the Hispanic Society Museum & Library

    Royal Academy, until 10 April

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