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• Exhibition: After Álvarez Bravo. Mexican photography today. Madrid.

  From May 31, 2013 to Aug 30, 2013

  Fiestas and events | [Exhibition]

  … Madrid. The Museum of the Americas in Madrid traces the history of Mexican photography in the last 20 years through 18 photographers. Photography as an x-ray of the changes taken place in Mexico. The exhibition reveals how the way the world is viewed is constantly shifting as the world itself evolve…

• Exhibition: Parra. Public works. Madrid.

  From May 30, 2013 to Sep 1, 2013

  Fiestas and events | [Exhibition]

  … Madrid. The private world of Nicanor Parra comes to the Sala Recoletos room in the Spanish National Library to encourage visitors to explore the ideas of this Chilean poet, mathematician and physicist considered the creator of anti-poetry. Winner of the 2011 Cervantes Award, Parra is considered to b…

• Exhibition: Dalí. All of the poetic suggestions and all of the plastic possibilities. Madrid.

  From Apr 27, 2013 to Sep 2, 2013

  Fiestas and events | [Exhibition]

  … Madrid. Dalí the thinker, writer and creator comes to the Reina Sofía National Art Museum in Madrid with his own particular worldview. Around 200 works from major institutions and private collections from all over the world are on display in one of the most comprehensive exhibitions held so far on S…

• Cycling: Tour of Spain. Madrid.

  From Aug 24, 2013 to Sep 15, 2013

  Fiestas and events | [Sports]

  … Madrid. http://www.lavuelta.com. This year sees another edition of the Cycling Tour of Spain, one of the most important stage cycling races on the international calendar. Participants in the event cover more than 3,200 kilometres divided into 21 stages - flat, against the clock, and mid- and high-mo…

• Exhibition: Pissarro. Madrid.

  From Jun 4, 2013 to Sep 15, 2013

  Fiestas and events | [Exhibition]

  … Madrid. This summer the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid dedicates an exhibition to Camille Pissarro, one of the pioneers of Impressionism. The exhibition includes over 70 paintings, and places particular emphasis on the landscape genre which was such a predominant feature of his work. This selec…

• Exhibition: Concrete invention: Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection. Madrid.

  From Jan 22, 2013 to Sep 16, 2013

  Fiestas and events | [Exhibition]

  … Madrid. This is the first exhibition on the important Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection (CPPC) organised in Europe. This is a chance to see around 200 works, including painting, sculpture, collage, installation and graphic works, ranging from the 1930s to the 1970s, which shed light on a key pe…

• Exhibition: Surprising books: the MIMB collection at the SNL. Madrid.

  From Apr 23, 2013 to Sep 22, 2013

  Fiestas and events | [Exhibition]

  … Madrid. The MIMB I collection –Monumental Ideas in Miniature Books– consists of 140 artist's books in a very small format on display in the Spanish National Library in Madrid. This collection was the brainchild of Hui-Chu Ying, who conceived the idea of bringing together various artists to take part…

• Exhibition: Cildo Meireles. Madrid.

  From May 23, 2013 to Sep 29, 2013

  Fiestas and events | [Exhibition]

  … Madrid. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. http://www.museoreinasofia.es. The Reina Sofía National Art Museum displays the most important installations by this Brazilian artist in the Velázquez Palace in the Retiro Park in Madrid. Art as a sensory experience. This is the premise underlying t…

• Exhibition: Sorolla. The colour of the sea. Madrid.

  From May 21, 2013 to Oct 20, 2013

  Fiestas and events | [Exhibition]

  … Madrid. The Sorolla Museum in Madrid explores the favourite and most popular subject of this artist: the sea. This is a delightful way to take a closer look at his way of analysing "the natural" and his use of colour. It is also a chance for visitors to experience for themselves the numerous hours t…

• Exhibition: Hidden Beauty. Fra Angelico to Fortuny. Madrid.

  From May 21, 2013 to Nov 10, 2013

  Fiestas and events | [Exhibition]

  … Madrid. This exhibition in the Prado Museum in Madrid explores the intimate format of the cabinet painting and the preparatory sketch. Visitors can trace the historical and artistic evolution of this genre through more than 150 paintings from the museum's collections. The works from the 14th century…

• International Children’s and Youth Film Festival. Madrid.

  From Nov 18, 2013 to Nov 23, 2013

  Fiestas and events | [Children's activity, Festival]

  … Madrid. http://www.fici.info/. The International Children’s and Youth Film Festival is held in different cinemas around Madrid. This is the only event dedicated exclusively to films aimed at children and teenagers which have not been shown in mainstream Spanish cinemas. The festival is divided into …

• 18th Scherzo Foundation Great Performers Season. Madrid.

  From Jan 22, 2013 to Dec 17, 2013

  Fiestas and events

  … Madrid. Fundación Scherzo. Fax.: +34 917268624 | E-mail: fundacion@scherzo.es. www.fundacionscherzo.es. As in previous editions, the recitals in the Scherzo Foundation Great Performers Season feature some of the world's best pianists. Since its beginnings in 2001, the Scherzo Foundation has worked t…

• New Year’s Eve. Madrid.

  Dec 31, 2013

  Fiestas and events | [Fiestas]

  … Madrid. One of the most important celebrations of the Christmas period is New Year’s Eve – a special dinner where the last night of the year usually becomes one big party. As the clock strikes twelve, signalling the arrival of the New Year, families in Spain come together to eat 12 lucky grapes. Tra…

• Carrera: San Silvestre Vallecana - Running: San Silvestre Vallecana Event. Madrid.

  Dec 31, 2013

  Fiestas and events | [Sports]

  … Madrid. http://www.sansilvestrevallecana.com/. The last day of the year sees one of the most populous running events, held in the Spanish capital – the 10 km San Silvestre Vallecana race. The race is divided into two sections. On one side is San Silvestre Popular, which is open to all runners over 1…

• Festival of the Vaquilla. Colmenar Viejo.

  Feb 2, 2014

  Fiestas and events | [Fiestas]

  … Colmenar Viejo. Madrid. Every year, Colmenar Viejo, in the Madrid region, celebrates this colourful festival which commemorates the cattle migration tradition of old. The event recreates the driving of the cattle (“vaquillas”) through the streets of the town, but in a uniquely distinctive way. The a…

• The Passion in Chinchón. Chinchón.

  Apr 19, 2014

  Fiestas and events | [Fiestas]

  … Chinchón. Madrid. This living representation is held in the historic centre of the town on the night of Easter Saturday. During Easter Week Chinchón, in the Region of Madrid, commemorates the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ with a theatrical representation of the Passion. Some 250 ac…

• Easter week in Alcalá de Henares. Alcalá de Henares.

  From Apr 13, 2014 to Apr 20, 2014

  Fiestas and events | [Fiestas]

  … Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. http://www.turismoalcala.es. The World Heritage city of Alcalá de Henares in the region of Madrid celebrates this religious festival with as many as eight processions by associations of penitents throughout its historic quarter. This is one of the city's most traditional f…

• Miguel de Cervantes Prize. Alcalá de Henares.

  Apr 23, 2014

  Fiestas and events | [Special events]

  … Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. The Miguel de Cervantes Prize is the most important award in Spanish literature. It is awarded to a writer for his literary oeuvre,and is announced every 23 April, the date which commemorates the death of the author of Don Quixote. This prize was created in 1974, athough t…

• Exhibition: Railways in Art. Etchings and Paintings, 19th-21st centuries. Madrid.

  Fiestas and events | [Exhibition]

  … Madrid. The Railway Museum in Madrid presents an exploration of the works of contemporary artists interested in the aesthetics of trains. Here, 111 works focusing on railways allow visitors to take a close look at etchings and paintings from the 19th century through to the present day. Artists such …

• Alcalá de Henares Film Festival. Alcalá de Henares.

  Fiestas and events | [Festival]

  … Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. http://alcine.org/. The World Heritage City of Alcalá de Henares, in Madrid, is hosting a new edition of its short film festival. The festival has been held since 1983 and has served to launch the careers of some of Spain’s most important directors, such as Alejandro Amená…

• German Film Festival. Madrid.

  Fiestas and events | [Festival]

  … Cines Palafox. Calle Luchana 15. 28010. Madrid. http://www.cine-aleman.com/. The German Film Festival has been taking place in Madrid’s Palafox Cinema since 1999. This event is dedicated to German productions, and goes from new feature length films to shorts, documentaries and animation. This is the…

• Madrid International Animated Image Festival. Animadrid. Pozuelo de Alarcón.

  Fiestas and events | [Festival]

  … Pozuelo de Alarcón. Madrid. Fax.: +34 913529105 | http://www.animadrid.com/. Animadrid, the Madrid International Animated Image Festival, is held in Pozuelo de Alarcón, just outside the city. It is a week-long focus on the rapidly expanding world of animation, in which the impact of new technologies…

• Festival of Old Music in Aranjuez. Aranjuez.

  Fiestas and events | [Music, Festival]

  … Aranjuez. Madrid. E-mail: cimbalo@cimbalo.es . http://www.musicaantiguaaranjuez.net/ . The city of Aranjuez in Madrid, whose cultural landscape has been declared a World Heritage site by the UNESCO, has hosted this festival of old music since 1994. Over a period of almost two months, numerous concer…

• Classical Theatre Festival Classics in Alcalá. Alcalá de Henares.

  Fiestas and events | [Theatre and dance, Festival]

  … Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. http://www.clasicosenalcala.net. The Alcalá Classical-Classics Festival has been held in Alcalá de Henares, in the province of Madrid, since 2001. This is an event that lovers of good theatre cannot afford to miss. There are performances of works by Cervantes, Lope de Vega…

• Madrid en Danza International Dance Festival. Madrid.

  Fiestas and events | [Music, Theatre and dance, Festival]

  … Madrid. http://www.madrid.org/madridendanza. The Madrid en Danza International Dance Festival is held at various venues around the Autonomous Region of Madrid. It is an event that attracts numerous dance companies from all over the world, encompassing the full range of dance styles, from classical t…