The exhibitions not to be missed in Madrid in the coming months

The Madrid exhibition year begins loaded with novelties for all tastes, and also includes

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On the one hand, April 8, 2023 will mark the 50th anniversary of the death of

in Mougins (France), while in August it will be the centenary of the death of

in Madrid.

Two anniversaries that will bring different tributes in various museums in the city.

In the case of the universally recognized artist from Malaga, a multitude of museums, galleries and cultural spaces will host exhibitions and activities under the

backed by renowned institutions in Europe and the United States.

Some shows have already come to light (and with enormous success) before the end of 2022, such as

, which examines the relationship between the painter and the French designer and the influence of one on the other in their innovative creations.

For those who have not seen it, you still have the chance to do so until January 15 at the

The Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, the Prado Museum or the Reina Sofía Museum, among others, will host exhibitions of the painter from Malaga throughout the year.

The Picasso and Sorolla exhibitions will coexist with other essentials for all kinds of tastes.

We propose some of the most interesting that all art lovers cannot miss in these first six months of the year in Madrid.

Sorolla through the light

Walk by the sea, by Sorolla.

It is one of the most anticipated (and different) exhibitions of the Valencian painter, which can be seen in the Genoa Halls of

on the occasion of the centenary of his death.

This is an immersive exhibition that for the first time combines original works by Sorolla (some unpublished) with digital recreations and sensory experiences through light, color and movement.

The tour includes a virtual reality experience that takes the visitor back to the times of Sorolla (late 19th and early 20th centuries).

The exhibition is curated by Consuelo Luca de Tena, former director of the Sorolla Museum, and Blanca Pons-Sorolla, the painter's great-granddaughter and specialist in his work.

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Leonora Carrington

'Arts', Leonora Carrington.

First retrospective in Spain of this Mexican painter born in Great Britain and considered one of the most relevant artists of Surrealism.

The exhibition, at the

(Paseo de Recoletos, 23), follows the career of this artist (also a writer), a central figure in the development of 20th-century modern art and an eccentric personality, from her first drawings to her late work.

Lucian Freud.

New insights

'Girl with Roses' by Lucian Freud.

The

(Paseo del Prado, 8) is hosting a retrospective dedicated to the figure and work of Lucian Freud on the occasion of the centenary of his birth.

Coming from the National Gallery in London, the exhibition of one of the most significant European artists of the 20th century consists of fifty works that represent the seven decades of the career of the British painter and engraver.

Freud's painting, incisive, subversive and sometimes inappropriate, was always dedicated to representing the human body and portraying contemporary man.

Joana Biarnés Madrid: fashion at street level

Photo by Joana Biarnés: Lourdes Albert and other mannequins on Gran Vía, in an editorial for Herrero

The

(Sta. Engracia, 125) will show more than a hundred snapshots of the fashion reports made by the Spanish photographer Joana Biarnés (1935-2018) in Madrid, between 1962 and 1972. Reflection of the evolution of fashion and society in a time of transcendental changes, between the 60s and the early 70s, the exhibition will also present what the Spanish capital was like, with its streets, its neighborhoods and its inhabitants, something very common in the creations of the artist.

Expanded visions.

Photography and experimentation

'The Seeing Mouth', by Nathan Lerner.

In collaboration with the Musée National d'Art Moderne-Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou in Paris,

proposes a tour, from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day, through experimental photography that includes 172 works by 107 artists, including some well-known artists such as Man Ray, László Moholy-Nagy, Lisa Oppenheim, Florence Henri, William Klein, Brassaï, André Breton, Rudolf Steiner, Barbara Kruger, Nathan Lerner...

Picasso.

Masterpieces from the Nahmad Collection

The

(Alcalá, 13) will exhibit some thirty paintings from the private collection of the Nahmad family, from the time when the painter from Malaga lived in Madrid, from his blue period, up to the later ones, many of them unpublished in Spain.

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Anthony Alvarado.

baja seam

The exhibition at the Museo del Traje

is a journey through the trajectory of the designer from Alicante, one of the main exponents of Spanish fashion in recent decades, with some 500 pieces from more than 40 providers.

, Alvarado has developed a long career not only in Spanish fashion, but also in other artistic fields.

Throughout his career, he has made costumes for films by Pedro Almodóvar and Bigas Luna and for stage shows by Fabio McNamara, Carlos Saura, among others.

Until

brains

Espacio Fundación Telefónica (Fuencarral, 3) presents

, an exhibition with more than 200 pieces by various contemporary artists and close to 20 scientific projects that explores this fascinating organ from different fields (art, science and philosophy), and the one that generates the most unknowns, throughout history.

Picasso-El Greco

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of Pablo Picasso, the

(Ruiz de Alarcón, 23) will hold an exhibition in which, interspersing works by both painters, the influence and references that the Malaga master obtained from El Greco throughout his career, especially between his blue period and cubism.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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