Exhibitions in Madrid
January 2027
January at a glance: 0 exhibitions opening, 15 closing, and 8 more on view across the city.
Closing in January
Fardo, by Andrea Canepa1 JanPalacio de Cristal · Free
A printed tarp wrapping the Palacio de Cristal's glass facade during restoration, inspired by pre-Columbian Paracas funerary textile bundles.
Women Artists: Pathways through Pre-Raphaelitism (1850-1914)10 JanFundación MAPFRE – Sala Recoletos
A survey of over forty women artists linked to the Pre-Raphaelite movement, tracing their careers and creative paths through the Victorian era.
The Other Face of the Avant-Garde10 JanFundación MAPFRE – Sala Recoletos
Traces how Hans Prinzhorn's collection of psychiatric-patient artwork influenced Expressionist, Dadaist and Surrealist artists, and its later revival as Art Brut by Jean Dubuffet.
Minor White10 JanFundación MAPFRE – Sala Recoletos
The first European retrospective of American photographer Minor White, marking 50 years since his death, covering nature, portraiture and his innovative photographic sequences.
Mauritshuis Thyssen-Bornemisza: Masterpieces from The Hague10 JanMuseo Thyssen-Bornemisza
The Mauritshuis and the Thyssen exchange 25 Dutch masterpieces, including Vermeers View of Delft, shown across the museums classical rooms.
The Aesthetic Transition: Spain, 1960-202010 JanFundación Juan March · Free
How Spanish audiences encountered modern and contemporary art from the 1960s to today, told through exhibitions, institutions and countercultural spaces.
Works in Passing: Cerralbo and the Women Who Protected Cultural Heritage10 JanMuseo Cerralbo
A portrait of writer Emilia Pardo Bazán, on loan from A Coruña, spotlighting women who championed heritage preservation alongside the Marquis of Cerralbo.
Kenny Scharf17 JanMuseo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Retrospective of the East Village artist and urban art pioneer, with paintings, sculptures, installations and murals blending pop culture and surrealism.
Seba Calfuqueo. Cautin17 JanMuseo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Mapuche artist Seba Calfuqueos first European solo show, exploring the Cautin River through ceramics, video and embroidered paintings.
Arte Plumario. Naturaleza, Identidad y Poder17 JanMuseo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
An interdisciplinary look at feathers as cultural and symbolic material across world cultures, from historic featherwork to contemporary art by Henar Iglesias.
- Miguel Ángel Blanco: Amber17 Jan
Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas · Free
Artist Miguel Ángel Blanco closes his trilogy on remarkable materials with amber in its natural state, powder drawings, book-boxes and artistic pieces from Spanish collections.
Bailad, bailad, malditos (Carlos Aires)24 JanMatadero Madrid · Free
Carlos Aires transforms Nave 0, the slaughterhouse's fire-scarred former cold room, into a haunted dance floor of shored-up metal supports and some twenty screens, part of the Abierto x Obras site-specific series.
The Freudian Universe of Dali24 JanMuseo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Explores Salvador Dalis fascination with Sigmund Freud and their 1938 meeting, and how psychoanalysis shaped Dalis surrealist visual language.
- Helena Rohner: Thirty Years31 Jan
Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas · Free
Retrospective of jewellery designer Helena Rohner, Gold Medal for Fine Arts, spanning three decades of porcelain, wood and ceramic pieces set in precious metals.
La moda a tus pies31 JanMuseo del Traje · Free
A dialogue between Spanish fashion history and contemporary footwear: 35 showcases of the permanent collection paired with new shoe designs.
Also on through January
Manolo Millaresto 16 FebMuseo Reina Sofía
A centenary retrospective built around the visceral mixed-media works of Spanish Informalist painter Manolo Millares (1926-1972), exploring repression and human suffering through torn hessian and abstraction.
We Are Nature: An Immersive Audiovisual Experienceto 7 MarCaixaForum Madrid
A 70-minute immersive audiovisual journey through biodiversity, produced with National Geographic and OASIS Immersive Studios, urging action to protect the natural world.
Rilke and Spanish Artto 7 MarMuseo del Prado
Marking the centenary of Rainer Maria Rilke's death, this show explores the poet's deep engagement with El Greco, Velázquez and Goya.
La Menesunda According to Marta Minujínto 8 MarMuseo Reina Sofía
A full-scale reconstruction of Marta Minujín and Rubén Santantonín 1965 immersive installation, alongside a survey of Minujín happenings and participatory actions from 1963-1985.
Fernando Sánchez Castillo: The Wayward Pearlto 8 MarPalacio de Velázquez · Free
A retrospective of over 200 works by Fernando Sánchez Castillo dismantling monuments and symbols of power, framed around the legend of a lost royal pearl.
Eli Cortiñas: The Machine Dreams of Smoketo 8 MarMuseo Reina Sofía
Eli Cortiñas revisits her 2016 work on cinema, museums and colonial imagery, adding new AI-generated installations that critique how algorithms and institutions perpetuate power imbalances.
Miguel Ángel Rojas: The Nightto 15 MarMuseo Reina Sofía
Five decades of work by Colombian artist Miguel Ángel Rojas, spanning early installations on rural migration to contemporary pieces addressing narco-trafficking and Amazon exploitation.
Interior Berlanga: Film, Life and Humourto 23 MayCaixaForum Madrid
An intimate, immersive look at filmmaker Luis Garcia-Berlanga (1921-2010), drawing on his newly catalogued personal archive of film, life and humour.
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