Word: contemporaneo
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fair sample was the show's opening last fortnight in Madrid's newly founded Museo de Arte Contemporaneo. On hand to do the honors was U.S. Ambassador John Davis Lodge, who tried his best to make polite noises as he was led from one sprawling canvas to the next, fled 45 minutes after he arrived. One distinguished Spaniard, steeped in the traditions of El Greco and Velasquez, asked: "If this is art, what was it that Goya painted? You certainly can't compare the two." The abrupt reply from a partisan of the show...
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