Best Exhibitions to see today (and this month) in Madrid

Already enjoying the Christmas holidays, the month of December traditionally shows a wide offer of exhibitions which are an invitation to visit Madrid.

The exhibitions become one of the main cultural activities for Madrid residents and visitors to the capital during this festive season. 

Of course, although some of the major exhibitions of international interest to which we were accustomed in Madrid, but this does not prevent us from currently having a wide offer of Temporary exhibitions.

What exhibitions to see today (and this month) in Madrid

Next, we review the Temporary exhibitions that you can visit during this month of December across main museums and cultural institutions of the capital.

Sorolla Centennial Exhibitions in Madrid

In this year 2023, the celebration of the Sorolla Centennial, which has resulted in numerous exhibitions that have taken place and are taking place in various places in Spain.

In the case of MadridThree exhibitions They started marking this anniversary.

On one hand, Sorolla Origins in the Sorolla Museum, which was closed in March to move to Museum of Fine Arts of Valenciaa.

Meanwhile, in the Museo del Prado we were able to see the exhibition exposure Portraits of Sorolla, and in the Royal Palace, Sorolla through the light, which from October 5 can be visited in Valencia.

Exhibition “The Summers of Sorolla” at the Maphre Foundation

But the great Valencian artist continues to be present in the capital with the exhibition The summers of Sorolla that you can visit in the Maphre Foundation.

It is an exhibition with 40 works in which beach scenes take center stage.

In fact, this theme is one of the most seen in its national and international exhibitions.

Specifically, in The summers of Sorolla You can see the most famous beach scenes with a Mediterranean atmosphere, but also the Cantabrian coast, with the atmosphere of the upper-class vacationers who frequented the beaches of places like San Sebastián, Zarauz or Biarritz.

La exposure “The summers of Sorolla” You can visit it until January 7, 2024.

Immersive exhibition “The last days of Pompeii” in Matadero

In the section immersive exhibitions, without a doubt the great protagonist is the one dedicated to The last days of Pompeii what can you visit in Madrid slaughterhouse until the January 14 after a couple of extensions.

In this exhibition in which virtual reality plays a major role, you can relive the effects of the eruption of Vesuvius, especially in the large 1.200 square meter room where you will see great recreations with immersive music.

Monet exhibition at CentroCentro Cibeles

The exhibitions of the great impressionist painters have always been a great success in Madrid, so it cannot surprise us that the cultural center CenterCibeles Center present on this occasion a Monet exhibition.

You can visit it until the 25 of February of 2024, and in it you will see up to 50 masterpieces from the collection of the Marmottan Monet Museum of Paris, which houses the largest and most important collection of the great impressionist painter.

It should be noted that these are the works most appreciated by Many, which he kept in his Giverny house, a wonderful place that you can visit on a trip through Normandy, ideal to understand his work.

Upcoming temporary exhibitions in Madrid

Here you have access to more information about exhibitions in Madrid, with which you can update the situation of each one, as well as see what the future temporary exhibitions that will take place in the main cultural institutions of the capital.

Exhibitions at the Prado Museum

Exhibitions at the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum

Exhibitions in the Reina Sofía Art Center museum

Exhibitions at CaixaForum in Madrid

Exhibitions at the Círculo de Bellas Artes

Exhibitions at the House of America

Exhibitions at Casa Encendida

Exhibitions at Fundación Mapfre 

Exhibitions at Fundación Canal

Exhibitions in CentroCentro of the Cibeles Palace

Exhibition at Fundación Telefónica