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One Fine Show: “Zurbarán” at the National Gallery in London

One of the towering figures of the Spanish Golden Age, Francisco de Zurbarán has long been overshadowed by his contemporaries, but this show makes a compelling case that he belongs at the very top of the canon.

The last book by the late New Yorker art critic Peter Schjeldahl, The Art of Dying (2024), begins with a bang. Told that he is dying of cancer, Schjeldahl has a unique reaction: he organizes a trip to Madrid, for the sole purpose of spending a significant amount of time at the Prado. After you think about it for a while, it begins to make sense. There you will find the richest collection of paintings by Francisco de Zurbarán, Diego Velázquez, Francisco Goya and El Greco. It’s relatable to anyone whose greatest pleasure in life is looking at stuff, though personally, I wouldn’t have brought Steve Martin on the trip. He’s too funny; it would be a distraction.

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