Exhibitions in Madrid
June 2026
June 2026 at a glance: 24 exhibitions opened, 0 closed, and 18 more were on view across the city.
Opened in June
Goya y las escuelas flamenca e italiana. Un siglo de filantropía de Carlota de Santamarca y Antonia González2 JunMuseo de Historia de Madrid · Free
The complete six-panel Juegos de niños series by Goya, shown with Flemish and Italian masters from the Santamarca-González philanthropic collection.
- Laia Abril. Endometriosis. The Silenced Pain3 Jun
Museo del Romanticismo · Free
PhotoEspaña 2026 installation by Laia Abril using fragmented bodies to confront the historic medical dismissal of endometriosis and women's pain.
- We Are Nature: An Immersive Audiovisual Experience3 Jun
CaixaForum Madrid
A 70-minute immersive audiovisual journey through biodiversity, produced with National Geographic and OASIS Immersive Studios, urging action to protect the natural world.
Materia viva. A Journey through Botany, Art and Andalusi Memory5 JunMuseo Arqueológico Nacional
An exhibition and historic-garden itinerary tracing botany, art and Andalusi memory, running through the museum's al-Andalus galleries and garden.
- Prado. 21st Century9 Jun
Museo del Prado
A reflection on the Prado's contemporary identity through 98 works acquired for the collection since the year 2000.
Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha10 JunCasa de América · Free
Bego Antón's PHotoEspaña photographs of women and their dogs performing Musical Canine Freestyle across the US, part of Casa de América's US 250th-anniversary programme.
Weaving Courtly Life. Textiles and Embroideries from the Royal Collections11 JunGalería de las Colecciones Reales
Exceptional royal textiles and embroideries, many never before displayed, showing the palace workshops behind centuries of courtly furnishings.
- PHotoESPAÑA '26: Disfuncionarias12 Jun
Museo Cerralbo · Free
Tanit Plana's site-specific installation of large-format printed fabrics, a critical look at the museum professionals who research, collect and exhibit heritage, shown in the Ferraz Room.
The Council of State and the Museo del Prado15 JunMuseo del Prado
A collection itinerary of thirteen portraits, from Titian's Charles V to Goya's Jovellanos, marking the fifth centenary of Spain's Council of State.
Alterations. Stories, Tales and New Narratives16 JunGalería de las Colecciones Reales
Contemporary artists intervene in the Gallery's permanent display with photography-based works exploring memory, landscape and historical narrative.
Rubens. The Restoration of Venus and Cupid16 JunMuseo Thyssen-Bornemisza
A focused display on the technical study and restoration of Rubens Venus and Cupid, revealing his materials, methods and restored chromatic balance.
On the Geography of the River. Linarejos Moreno16 JunMuseo Arqueológico Nacional · Free
Contemporary photographer Linarejos Moreno's river-themed work fills the museum's entrance hall, part of the PHotoESPAÑA 2026 festival.
Los Moreno, Art Photographers17 JunReal Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
Twelve works by brothers Mariano and Vicente Moreno, pioneering Spanish art photographers whose Madrid studio left an archive of over 60,000 negatives.
Illustraciencia 1323 JunMuseo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Forty award-winning works from the 13th international Illustraciencia prize for scientific and nature illustration, with tactile and braille versions for visually impaired visitors.
Carmen Laffón. Variations23 JunMuseo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Major retrospective of 77 works by Sevillian painter Carmen Laffon, tracing still life, landscape and sculpture across her 60-year career.
- DiseñAR-T IV24 Jun
Museo del Traje · Free
Final projects by teenagers from the museum's DiseñAR-T fashion education programme, each design built around a material or an emotion.
The Artist in Italy24 JunMuseo del Romanticismo · Free
Drawings by Federico de Madrazo, Luis de Madrazo and Vicente Palmaroli trace the artistic study trips to Italy that shaped 19th-century Spanish Romantic painters.
Fernando Sánchez Castillo: The Wayward Pearl24 JunPalacio 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.
American Democracy25 JunCasa de América · Free
PSJM collective's two-part show using 'social geometry' to visualize US demographic data and 59 geometric paintings charting the history of presidential elections.
Tengo un coco contigo25 JunCasa de América · Free
Bernardo Medina's 'jíbaro pop' works, using Puerto Rican flag colours, plantains and reimagined soup cans to explore identity and cultural dependence with the US.
American Latinos 1935-194525 JunCasa de América · Free
Around 300 Library of Congress portraits of Hispanic communities in the 1930s-40s US, curated by Alberto Ferreras with photos by Dorothea Lange, Jack Delano and others.
- Genealogy of the Void: Venezuela Chapter26 Jun
Museo de América · Free
Artists Ángela Bonadies and Cristian Guardia install works from the museum's Venezuela collection to reflect on the country's political and geopolitical "void".
Milk, Snow, Tear, Hand: Blanca Sánchez's Art of Making and Being26 JunMuseo Reina Sofía · Free
An exploration of curator and artist Blanca Sánchez Berciano (1948-2007) through collage, Camp aesthetics and archive materials that trace Madrid's cultural movements.
- Los Reconocimientos26 Jun
Museo del Traje · Free
An evolving, playful exhibition built around the Museo del Traje's own collections, revealing how the museum catalogues and cares for its holdings.
Was on view in June
Lo que la ciudad esconde: Images of the Medieval Court of Toledoto 13 SeptMuseo Arqueológico Nacional · Free
Medieval-era artifacts and images from the royal court of Toledo, organised with Castilla-La Mancha's regional museums, in the free Sala de Novedades Arqueológicas.
The Famine Paintingto 13 SeptMuseo del Prado
Traces the rise and fall of José Aparicio's The Year of the Famine in Madrid (1818), once the Prado's most admired painting, now largely forgotten.
- In the Italian Manner. Spain and the Mediterranean Gothic, 1320–1420to 20 Sept
Museo del Prado
Over 100 works from 56 institutions reassess how Italian Trecento art reshaped Gothic painting, sculpture and textiles in the Spanish kingdoms.
- Helbig Archive: 96-26to 27 Sept
Museo del Traje · Free
A retrospective marking designer Teresa Helbig's 30-year career, tracing her craftsmanship through iconic dresses, fashion films and interviews.
The Precision of Timekeeping: 19th-Century Clocks in the Royal Collectionsto 27 SeptGalería de las Colecciones Reales
Fine clocks acquired by Ferdinand VII and Isabella II, tracing technical innovation and changing taste in 19th-century clockmaking.
- "Cama Adentro": An Exhibition by Eulogia Merleto 27 Sept
Museo de América · Free
Portraits by Argentine artist Eulogia Merle giving presence to Latin American migrant women working as live-in domestic carers in Spain and Argentina.
I Am Ashurbanipal, King of the World, King of Assyriato 4 OctCaixaForum Madrid
Assyrian antiquities from the British Museum trace the life and legacy of Ashurbanipal, the 7th-century BCE king of Assyria: warrior, scholar and empire-builder.
The Quantum Revolutionto 11 OctEspacio Fundación Telefónica · Free
Over 120 objects, installations and interactive displays trace quantum physics from early 20th-century discoveries to lasers, semiconductors and quantum computing.
Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Sweet Revengeto 12 OctMuseo Reina Sofía
A major exhibition of Cuban-American artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres (1957-1996), whose candy spills, paper stacks and light installations addressed loss, love and identity during the AIDS crisis.
Fernando Brambila, Painter of the Royal Sitesto 12 OctGalería de las Colecciones Reales
Ninety-five oil paintings of Spain's Royal Sites commissioned by Ferdinand VII, by topographical landscape painter Fernando Brambila (1763–1834).
- New Spain Lacquered Bateas: A Cultural Crossroadsto 18 Oct
Museo de América · Free
An exceptional collection of lacquered wooden bateas from colonial Mexico, tracing production centres from Uruapan to Yucatán and Indigenous-Asian-European artistic exchange.
Misterios de la materia. The Science of Heritage in the MAN Collectionsto 18 OctMuseo Arqueológico Nacional · Free
Scientific analysis techniques, from metallurgy to imaging, reveal how MAN conservators study and preserve archaeological materials, developed with CSIC's national metallurgical research centre.
Madrid entre épocas. Fotomontajes de Andrés Valentín Pérez Serénto 18 OctMuseo de Historia de Madrid · Free
Refotography exhibition pairing 40 historical and present-day photographs of the same Madrid street corners, on show in the Patio Dorado.
Un instante atrapado en bronce: patrimonio recuperadoto 25 OctMuseo Arqueológico Nacional
A Roman-era bronze sculptural group recovered by Spain's National Police, displayed intact with its original bases in the Hispania Romana galleries.
Robert Frank & The Americansto 1 NovEspacio Fundación Telefónica · Free
The complete 83-image photographic series from Robert Frank's landmark 1958 project documenting inequality, consumerism and racial division in 1950s America.
Fueron tejidos. Teresa Lancetato 15 NovMuseo Arqueológico Nacional
Contemporary weaver Teresa Lanceta's textile works enter dialogue with the museum's Iberian collection in the Patio Ibérico galleries.
- Trans Nation: A Project by Antonio Lópezto 22 Nov
Museo de América · Free
A photographic project on the colonial roots of discrimination against Indigenous trans women in the Americas, extended through 22 November after strong public interest.
Fardo, by Andrea Canepato 1 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.
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