Situated in the middle of the Buen Retiro Park, the 19th century Palacio de Velázques was originally built for a national exhibition to celebrate the mining, metallurgy, ceramics, glass-making and mineral water industries. When the exhibition was over, the government decided to maintain the pavilion, which it intended to use as a museum for overseas exhibits. Nowadays, it is owned by the Ministry of Culture, and is used for exhibitions organised by the Museo Reina Sofia. … Leon Golub was an american painter. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, …