Madrid What's on
3 Oct-7 Jan. The Reina Sofía Museum highlights how the art world was affected by the turbulent events of the 1930s, a decade in which power and art both coexisted and clashed.
The exhibition...
Madrid What's on
Gaugain and the Voyage to the Exotic
9 Oct - 13 Jan. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum dedicates an exhibition to the role played by Tahiti in the work of French expressionist Paul Gauguin.
His primitive painting style was revived and ins...
Madrid What's on
Eduardo Chillida: La tinta pesa
20 September - 25 November. Exhibition displaying a selection of works created from paper by Eduardo Chillida (1924-2002), a Basque sculptor noted for his monumental abstract works....
Madrid What's on
Spectres of Artaud: Language and the Arts in the 1950s
19 September - 17 December. This exhibition examines the influence that French poet and playwright Antonin Artaud (1896-1948) had on the lives of international artists linked to the avant-garde moveme...
Madrid What's on
Sacred Stories: Religious Paintings by Spanish Artists in Rome (1852-1864)
17 May - 27 January 2013. The Prado Museum presents an exhibition of religious paintings produced by Spanish painters that were based in Rome between 1852 and 1866.
On display are five masterpiec...
Madrid What's on
12 June - 16 September. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid holds the biggest body of works by Edward Hopper (1882-1967) outside his native United States and, bolstered by loans of his work fro...
Madrid What's on
25 April - 27 August. A comprehensive retrospective from the last four decades of the career of James Coleman, an Irish artist concerned with perception, representation, memory and identity.
Usin...
Madrid What's on
24 April - 9 September. Caixaforum Madrid hosts a major exhibition dedicated to the work of Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778), one of the most important artists of the 18th century.
The show i...
Madrid What's on
24 April - 9 September. Caixaforum Madrid hosts a major exhibition dedicated to the work of Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778), one of the most important artists of the 18th century.
The show...
Madrid What's on
14 February - 20 May. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, in collaboration with the Caja Madrid Foundation, presents the first major retrospective in Spain devoted to Russian artist Marc Chagall.
Highl...
Madrid What's on
Paloma Polo: Posición aparente (Apparent position)
24 January - 23 April. Part of the research project 'Fissures', Madrid artist Paloma Polo explores the complex relationship between scientific development and European colonial expansion in the 19th c...
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René Daniëls. An exhibition is always part of a greater whole
20 Oct - 26 March. The Reina Sofia presents an exhibition dedicated to the work of Dutch artist Ren
Madrid What's on
22 November - 26 March. An exhibition charts the 40-year career of Spanish artist Antoni Muntadas, considered one of the country's pioneers of media art and conceptual art.
In his works Muntadas u...
Madrid What's on
Berthe Morisot: The Woman Impressionist
15 November - 12 February. For the first time Spain dedicates a major exhibition to the work of Berthe Morisot (1841-1895), the first woman to join the Impressionist movement.
On loan predominantl...
Madrid What's on
8 November - 26 March. This exhibition at the Prado Museum presents the varied collection of the St Petersburg State Hermitage Museum.
Part of an exchange programme between the Russian and Spanish...
Madrid What's on
19 October - 15 January. CaixaForum presents the most comprehensive exhibition dedicated to painter Eug
Madrid What's on
Locus Solus: Impressions of Raymond Roussel
25 October - 27 February. The Reina Sof
Madrid What's on
18 October-22 January 2012. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum presents an exhibition of architectural paintings dating from the 14th to the 18th centuries.
The common thread between the paintings is t...
