See Cai Guo-Qiang's New Explosive Exhibition at the Prado Museum

Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang's "The Spirit of Painting" is now taking place at Madrid's Prado Museum. The event is Guo-Qiang's first dedicated painting showing in 30 years. He has created large-scale paintings on site using gunpowder and the pieces reflects his growing interest in Spanish renaissance painter, sculptor and architect El Greco. Guo-Qiang is the second living artist to engage in a solo show at the Prado. The painting is one of the artist's largest canvases, measuring nearly 60 feet ...