Navigator News (Coverage Ranks) People60299 People58198 Diego Velazquez 5 Diego Velazquez Profession Painting Artists 4 Nationality Spain 4 Related People Francis Bacon 1 Sacha Baron Cohen 1 Pablo Picasso 1

Spain's Renaissance armor, portraits on view in DC WASHINGTON - During the first three centuries of American history -- from the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the new world, through the years that revolutionaries struggled for independence for the fledgling United States -- Spain was already one of the word's great empires.   Nations:Spain   People:Diego Velazquez George Lucas   Source:(AP)   2009-06-27 Bacon exhibition to open at Madrid's Prado MADRID (AFP) - Spain's Crown Prince Felipe will on Monday open a retrospective of over 60 works by British artist Francis Bacon at the Prado museum in Madrid, the city where he died at the age of 82.   Nations:Spain   People:Diego Velazquez   Source:(AFP)   2009-01-30 Borat actor crashes Agatha's party at fashion show MILAN (Reuters) - Actor Sacha Baron Cohen, best known for his eccentric character Borat, burst onto the catwalk at Agatha Ruiz de la Prada's show in Milan on Friday, bringing the playful show to a halt as security guards stepped in.   People:Diego Velazquez Sacha Baron Cohen   Source:(Reuters)   2008-09-26 Bacon papal portrait sold for record $27.6 million A 50-year-old painting by Dublin-born artist Francis Bacon set an auction record for his work on Thursday when it was sold at Christie's for 14.02 million pounds ($27.56 million).   People:Francis Bacon Diego Velazquez   2007-02-08 London Velazquez exhibition attracts huge advance sales Some 11,000 tickets have already been sold for a new exhibition of work by Spanish painter Diego Velazquez which, on the eve of its opening, promises to be one of London's cultural events of the year.   Nations:U.K. Vatican   People:Diego Velazquez Pablo Picasso   2006-10-18 Headlines Spain's Renaissance armor, portraits on view in DC 2009-06-27 Bacon exhibition to open at Madrid's Prado 2009-01-30 Borat actor crashes Agatha's party at fashion show 2008-09-26 Bacon papal portrait sold for record $27.6 million 2007-02-08 London Velazquez exhibition attracts huge advance sales 2006-10-18 Most-viewed

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