The exhibition Turner y los Maestros arrives in Madrid after being in London and Paris. The exhibition puts into context the great English painter with other classic artists of the time including Rembrandt, Rubens, Canaletto and Constable, who was his great rival in the Royal Academy.Read less -

For the first time, the Prado Museum devotes an exhibition to tapestry, once considered an art superior to painting. To prove this, the Museum has gathered an extraordinary series by Willem de Pannemaker.
Inspired by the ovidian text, designed by a follower of Raphael and woven by the most famous tapestry maker of the 16th century, the series “The story of Mercury and Herse” is one summit of Flemish tapestry. Showing the complete series was something of a challenge, since only 2 of 8 tapestries belonged to the Prado, the other being dispersed since 1909 and currently in the hands of the Metropolitan Museum in New York and heirs to the dukes of Lerma.Read less -

The exhibition « Restoring » at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando presents the new aspect of nearly one hundred art objects of the collection, restored to their original splendor during the last 10 years.
More than one opportunity to see once again the absolute masterpieces of the collection (such as « The gentleman’s dream » by Pereda) or paying new attention to almost secret treasures such as George Washington’s portrait by Perovani, this exhibition is an extraordinary lesson on the illnesses of art objects, their treatments, techniques and restoration criteria, dealing with all possible materials and periods. It becomes an interesting walk behind the scenes of an art museum.Read less -

Highlights of the fashion of the bullfights and the art it inspires.
Art and the world of the bullfights come together in this exhibitiom on the bullfighter's clothing and its creative inspiration. In the exhibition you can see suits from the time of Goya or designed by Picasso for the bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín.

The bullfighter's suits have drawn attention and served as inspiration for the most prestigious fashion houses. As a result, 'Arte de Luces' also has a section dedicated to the interpretation that the fashion designers have made of the bullfighter's suits,designers like Francis Montesinos, Lorenzo Caprile, o Giorgio Armani.

An exhibition to see during the feria of San Isidro.Read less -

Proving once again how much the artistic heritage of Spain owes its kings, this exhibition explores the archeological passion of the Spanish Bourbons.

The 18th century was a revolutionary period for archeology; not only did it become more systematic: it spread its scope to other civilizations than Ancient Greece and Rome. The Spanish Crown was not an exception to that general trend: beyond the increase of acquisitions of traditional antiquities (Roman sculptures and Greek vases), Charles III was promoter of the greatest archeological discovery of that century: Pompey and Herculaneum, and was equally involved with the study of Paestum. But the Spanish Bourbons were also interested in the discovery of other past civilizations in their territories: Celts, Visigoths and Arabs in the Peninsula; Mayas, Aztecs and Incas in America. Several archeological collections in Madrid (Prado Museum, National Archeological Museum, Museum of America) were born in the Royal Palace of Madrid.Read less -