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While the Museum’s iconic 1965 Edward Durell Stone building undergoes repairs following the 2020 earthquakes, its most treasured works are on the move, sharing Puerto Rico’s rich artistic heritage with new audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003ePresented in five thematic sections, highlights include religious subjects by El Greco and Peter Paul Rubens; portraits by Francisco de Goya and Élisabeth Louise Vigée LeBrun; and landscapes by Claude Lorrain and Frederic Church. Paintings by renowned Puerto Rican artists from the 1700s to today include historic masterworks by José Campeche and Francisco Oller y Cestero, as well as modern and contemporary paintings by Myrna Báez, Rafael Ferrer, and Waldemar Morales Lugo that reflect evolving visions of beauty across time and place. 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