Until September 4 you will have the opportunity to visit in madrid a extraordinary exhibition dedicated to Picasso and his great work, the Guernica, which you can in the Reina Sofia, museum where you can see the Guernica.
This exhibition, inaugurated on April 4, takes place to celebrate 80 years since the brilliant artist from Malaga painted his most famous work.
And it also coincides with the 25th anniversary of the definitive installation of the Guernica in the Reina Sofia Museum after his arrival in Spain during the beginning of the Transition and his brief stay in Buen Retiro House.
What to see in the exhibition Picasso and Guernica
Under the title "Pity and terror in Picasso, the road to Guernica“, the exhibition of Reina Sofia without a doubt it is going to be one of the great cultural events of the spring and summer in the capital, and a good excuse to travel to madrid.
It presents the personal and historical circumstances that led to the composition of the famous mural through almost 180 works from more than 30 institutions and private collections around the world.
So, in the exhibition of Picasso and Guernica at the Reina Sofía You can see works from such outstanding institutions as the Picasso Museum and Georges Pompidou Center, from Paris; the Tate Modern, From london; or the MoMA and one found at the Metropolitan Museum, from New York.
The Picasso's most notable works who have come to Madrid for this exhibition are The three dancers (1925), Tate Modern of London, or the sculpture Woman in the garden (1930) of the Picasso Museum from Paris.
It is also worth noting Woman combing her hair (1940) of the MoMA, Nude standing by the sea (1929) of the aforementioned Metropolitan: Mandolin and guitar (1924) of the Guggenheim, the three most important museums in New York.
The exhibition shows the evolution of Picasso's work during the turbulent decade of the 30s, with the Civil War in Spain and by the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of Spain with the Second World War budding.
The exhibition is divided into ten rooms in which the works on display lead you to understand why the Guernica It has become one of the iconic works in art history.
Picasso and Guernica exhibition hours
The visiting hours of the exhibition the road to Guernica They are from Monday to Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 21 p.m., and on Sundays, from 10 a.m. to 19 p.m., with Tuesday as the closing day.
El ticket price is 8 euros, and allows you to visit both the Picasso and Guernica exhibition as the permanent collection.
You may be interested to know that the museum can be visited for free every day from 19:21 p.m. to 13,30:19 p.m. (except Tuesday, when it is closed), and on Sundays, from XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. to XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.
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