Picasso, Zóbel and Parreno star in the Prado Museum's commitment to contemporary art

Two years ago, this week and also on a clear day in Madrid, the director of the Prado Museum, Miguel Falomir, presented the gallery's program for the entire cycle to come. A month later the Government decreed the state of alarm and the rest exploded. Now, in 2022, with all the precautions, Falomir has deployed the new program of exhibitions appealing to luck (not only with caution) and revealing the two strengths of this year: the Prado's relationship with contemporary art ( which is not a new adventure) and the revitalization of its permanent collection. "

and his works. Three of them will be present this year: Picasso, Philippe Parreno and Fernando Zóbel ", says the director.

And the permanent collection? "We will complete the deployment of the collection, which we have already started with significant changes in the last year and a half." Among the scheduled temporary exhibitions, the first is that of

(from March 8 to June 12). The exhibition, curated by Andrés Úbeda, will bring together the preserved wall paintings, after their recent restoration, and a selection of oil paintings, drawings, books and prints related to this project. Then will come the one by

(from May 24 to August 21, 2022). The first monograph that the Madrid art gallery dedicates to the Madrid painter of Rococo roots.

and a sensorial proposal in the form of an exhibition: The essence of a painting. An olfactory exhibition.

The strong show of the year, however, will be in November. And he has the pulse of the contemporary and his attention to the great masters of the museum:

(between November 2022 and February 2023). As part of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Picasso's death, in November the Prado will show a selection of works by the Malaga-born artist along with the Cretan's work in an exhibition curated by Carmen Giménez. In the work of Picasso, which

, the influence of authors such as Velázquez and Greco himself is evident, the latter capital to understand the first stage of the Malaga painter's career, between the blue period and the cubism.

Then will come Fernando Zóbel and the history of art (from November 15, 2022 to March 5, 2023), around the

in which, starting from the classic copy, he ends up building his own abstract imaginary.

And another contemporary artist, the Frenchman Philippe Parreno, will recreate in a virtual room the Quinta del Sordo, Goya's house on the banks of the Manzanares, on whose walls he developed the black paintings.

It will be in May of this year.

If time does not prevent it, the Prado will return to its strong pulse.

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