Van Dyck in Madrid

Posted on January 24, 2013January 24, 2013 by Madrid Guide

The capital of Spain, Madrid, the city on the grand Meseta is waiting for all visitors with several interesting sightseeing experiences. We can talk about the famous Puerta del Sol, the Plaza Mayor or the Retiro Park, but we have to say some world about Madrid’s famous museum, the Prado Museum.

The Prado Museum’s new temporary exhibition is of course the exhibition of the young Anton Van Dyck’s masterpieces. Anton Van Dyck is a Fleming painter who was born in 1599. His master was the famous Peter Paul Rubens. Van Dyck wasn’t just a pupil of Rubens, he was the right hand of the Master, and after that he was a portrait painter in the court of the British king, Charles the I.

The Prado Museum Madrid primarily shows the famous painter’s masterpieces from the early ages to the visitors. These paintings mostly illustrate historical events and we could see clearly the influence of Rubens on them. Together with the works from the Prado’s own collection we will also be able to see pieces from other collections, such as Saint Jerome in the Desert, from the Gemäldegalerie in Dresden, and Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem, from the Indianapolis Museum of Art. These masterpieces was made before Van Dyck’s journey to Italy, so we could see masterpieces before the inspirations of this trip. The trying of a starter painter give an amazing experience to the visitors.

The starting of the exhibition is 20 November 2012 and the end is 31 March 2013. Enjoy the Flemish artist’s masterpieces about history and mythology in the Prado Museum, Madrid.

More information about the exhibition:

Opening time: From Monday to Saturday, between 10 AM and 8 PM, on Sundays between 10 AM and 7 PM.
Transportation:
Bus: 9, 10, 14, 19, 27, 34, 37, 45
Metro: Atocha (L1)/ Banco de España (L2)
Tickets: General tickets: 12 Euro, Reduced tickets: 6 Euro

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Gauguin and the Voyage to the Exotic

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Madrid Guide

“Gauguin and the Voyage to the Exotic – A round-trip journey to the exotic in Modernism.” This is the title of a very interesting exhibition currently on display in the Thyssen-Bornemissza museum in Madrid. This exhibition displays the work of Gauguin and how a trip to Tahiti so much influenced him and this works. This is an amazing exhibition if you are a fan of Gauguin and his works and you should for sure not pity the 10 Euro entrance fee to this exhibition.

This was first put on display on October 9th and will be on display until January 13th in 2013. The curator is Paloma Alarcó and he has done a great job in setting all of this together. We can warmly recommend this!

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Ps: Do not forget that the museum is closed on Mondays, so if you want to visit the Gauguin and the Voyage to the Exotic in Thyssen-Bornemissza museum you need to visit the place between Tuesday and Sunday. In general the museum is open from 10.00 until 19.00. Enjoy!

Edward Hopper exhibition

Posted on June 2, 2012May 31, 2012 by Madrid Guide

Edward Hopper (1882-1967) is one of the greatest painters of the modern art. He graduated in the New York School of Art, and from the beginning he was eager to find his own ways and his personal style. The exhibition has two parts, the first one covers the early years, the training period (1920-1924) and the second part is showing his works after 1925. The exhibition takes place in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, between the 12th of June and the 16th of September this year!

Edward Hopper
12th June-16th Sept 2012
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

Late Raphael

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Madrid Guide

This year between the 12th of June and the 16th of September a great collection of Raphael’s latest paintings are going to be in the famous museum of Madrid, the Prado museum. Raphael is one of the greatest painters of the Italian Renaissance and this exhibition’s goal is to show his latest works.

Late Raphael
12th June-16th September
Prado Museum Madrid

Da Vinci: The Genius

Posted on March 28, 2012March 28, 2012 by Madrid Guide

Da Vinci in Madrid — Leonardo da Vinci exhibition in Madrid

If you are a fan of the works of Leonardo da Vinci, and would like to get to know the inventor, the painter, the teacher and the person Leonardo himself even better, then the exhibition Da Vinci: The Genius is the place to visit. This exhibition is available between February 12th and May 2nd in 2012, and the exhibition can be seen in the Canal Art Centre, which can easily be reached using public transportation. Take the metro line 1, 9 or 10 to the stop Plaza de Castilla, and you will find yourself there within minutes. The exact address of the Canal Art Centre is Paseo de la Castellana 214.

Da Vinci: The Genius
The official press release
The world of the Italian Renaissance man has been captured a comprehensive exhibition including a 3D film about his life. For the occasion, 19 rooms of Arte Canal have been filled with reconstructions of the places where he worked, pieces by his students and replicas of many of his machines.

The exhibition is divided into three parts: the first focuses on more personal side of Da Vinci, the second takes a look at the painting of his Italian and Spanish students and the third shows the machines that he created.

A number of Spanish and foreign museums have helped recreate spaces and objects to give the public a better understanding of Leonardo da Vinci; this is the case of the reconstruction of his library and study, which includes over 40 original codices and manuscripts and five original drawings by the artist.

The exhibition also finds room for the creations of Da Vinci’s students. Some of the pieces in this section, such as Giampietrino’s ‘The Last Supper’, are being shown for the first time in Spain. Seventy of his machines, many of them interactive, have also been reconstructed to give a full view of all the fields explored by this multifaceted artist.

`Da Vinci: The Genius’ includes a 3D film about his life and work. Coinciding with this exhibition, several workshops and a tasting session of five gourmet dishes created by the chef Sergi Arola have also been lined up.

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Sacred Stories in the Museo del Prado

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Madrid Guide

The exhibition Sacred Stories has a subtitle named: “Paintings by Spanish Artists in Rome (1852-1864)”. In this exhibition you can see paintings from Spanish painters and see how they felt about Rome in a period when Rome was loosing its status very much as a holy city. This exhibition can be seen in the Prado Museum in Madrid until January 27th, 2013.

Sacred Stories in the Museo del Prado
January 23, 2012 – January 27, 2013

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Antoni Muntadas. Entre/Between

Posted on January 29, 2012January 31, 2012 by Madrid Guide

Entre/Between, which is structured around nine blocks or “thematic constellations” – Microspaces, Media landscape, Spheres of power, Public territories, Spectacle Spaces, The construction of fear, Scopes of translation, The archive and Systems of art – attempts to offer a complex, exhaustive and non-linear reading of Muntadas’ artistic activity.

If you think this exhibition in Reina Sofia in Madrid sounds interesting, why not visit the museum? Antoni Muntadas was born ins 1942 in Barcelona.

Antoni Muntadas. Entre/Between
November 23, 2011 – February 26, 2012
Sabatini Building, 4th floor, Protocol room and Nouvel Building, mezzanine
Reina Sofia Museum

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Berthe Morisot: The woman impressionist

Posted on January 20, 2012January 31, 2012 by Madrid Guide

Though the exhibition will soon end, you still have a chance (until February 12th) to see this interesting exhibition in the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum. Berthe Morisot was the first female painter to join the ranks of the Impressionists, taking part in the legendary First Impressionist Exhibition of 1874 and in other subsequent ones of the group. More than thirty works from the Musée Marmottan Monet will be shown alongside others from the Thyssen collections.

Berthe Morisot: The woman impressionist
From 15 November 2011 to 12 February 2012
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum

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