Awkward Guests. Episodes on Women, Ideology and the Visual Arts in Spain (1833-1931)

“Awkward Guests. Episodes on Women, Ideology and the Visual Arts in Spain (1833-1931)” takes the form of a survey in two main sections: first presenting the image of women that was legitimised by the State through prizes, exhibitions and museums, and the position that women occupied in society at this period; secondly, showing some of the most ...

German Expressionism from the Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection

Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza focused much of his collecting activities on 20th-century artistic movements, especially German Expressionism. A large part of his collection is on permanent show in the museum, and on this occasion is exhibited alongside other works belonging to the Thyssen-Bornemisza family.

Exhibition: Objects of desire. Surrealism and design. 1924 – 2020

Posters for the Way of Saint James. 100 years of Camino de Santiago illustrations

An overview of drawing and design in the form of posters, leaflets, programmes for fiestas, credentials and other souvenirs, photography and typography. The exhibition includes works by Castelao, Carlos Maside, Carlos Sobrino, Eduardo Santonja, Juan Luis, Hidalgo de Caviedes, José Morell, José Caballero, José García-Ochoa, Fransesc ...

Banksy. The Street is a Canvas

His works are visual texts which both inform us and inspire us to think again. The artist constantly challenges the rules of the game. Outside the traditional circuits, with the street as a canvas and anonymity as his identity, Banksy depicts such subjects as war, wealth, poverty, consumerism, and globalisation. ...

The Kind Cruelty. León Ferrari, 100 Years

León Ferrari defined his technique as “ecological art”. He meant that written visual art is made only with words, the easiest resource to renew, and which can also go through walls to spark the viewer’s imagination. ...

Mythological Passions: Titian, Veronese, Allori, Rubens, Ribera, Poussin, Van Dyck, Velázquez

Nearly 30 works of art depicting mythological scenes of love and desire, inspired by stories from such Classical Greek and Roman authors as Homer, Ovid, and Plato. For centuries, subjects like these were highly prized in Europe, and only the most important artists could specialise in them. ...

Marinus: Painter from Reymerswale

The Prado Museum has the largest collection of works attributed to this enigmatic painter, who worked in the first half of the 16th century, and who is mainly known for his paintings of money changers, tax collectors, and figures relating to the world of finance, which at that time was undergoing a revolution centred in the Flemish city of ...

Goldsmith's work, paintings and sculptures from the Collection of Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza

Georgia O’Keeffe

Through a selection of around 80 artworks, the exhibition offers a wide-ranging overview of Georgia O’Keeffe’s career and artistic universe. From pieces created in the 1910s, as a pioneer of abstract art, to her famous flower subjects and the views of New York which made her one of the leading figures in modern American painting. ...

Tennis: Madrid Open

Nearly 200 professional tennis players, many of them superstars, with one single goal: to be crowned king or queen of the clay courts. Both male and female players arrive to play at the event with this aim in mind. The Madrid Open, one of the most important sporting events in Spain, is guaranteed to thrill and delight tennis fans. ...

The Human Image

The exhibition explores the human image and its meanings, its importance in art, and the creative abilities of artists throughout history, without distinguishing between eras, subject matter, and cultures. ...