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APRIL 19 – JULY 28, 2013
In the 18th century, the bullfight was both a sport and an entertainment in Spain, democratically beloved from royalty to the lower classes. A skilled matador often became a famed national hero, and his fighting in the corrida was considered a fully developed art form. As Ernest Hemingway has written: “Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and
in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter’s honor.” 
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