Exhibitions on now in Madrid

Richard Avedon. In the American West

6 June to 30 August 2026

The hundred and twenty five photographs Avedon took in the American West between 1979 and 1984: miners, ranchers and prisoners, against the white backdrop he used for film stars. It caused a scandal: that America looked nothing like the cowboy myth.

Opening hours

lun 14:00-20:00, mar-sab 11:00-20:00, dom e festivi 11:00-19:00 (chiusura sale 10 minuti prima)

Ticket

5 EUR ingresso generale, 3 EUR ridotto, gratuito il lunedi' dalle 14:00 alle 20:00

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Ewa Juszkiewicz

26 May to 6 September 2026

Over twenty canvases in which Ewa Juszkiewicz takes the nineteenth century female portrait and erases the face, covering it with cloth, hair or plants. It hangs beside a collection full of ordinary portraits, and the contrast does half the work.

Opening hours

estivo (1 lug-31 ago): mar-ven e dom 10:00-21:00, sab 10:00-23:00; invernale: lun 12:00-16:00, mar-ven e dom 10:00-19:00, sab 10:00-23:00 (orari generali del museo dalla pagina ufficiale)

Ticket

14 EUR ingresso generale del museo (10 EUR ridotto over 65/pensionati/studenti, gratuito under 18); prezzo specifico della mostra non indicato

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History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Does Rhyme. Dumile Feni: African Guernica

25 March to 22 September 2026

Guernica set against the African Guernica that South African artist Dumile Feni drew in 1967, under apartheid. Not a large show, but worth the detour if you have seen the Picasso and want to look at it differently.

Opening hours

lun 10:00-19:00/21:00, mar chiuso, mer-sab 10:00-19:00/21:00, dom 10:00-12:30/14:30 (orari generali del museo)

Ticket

12 EUR ingresso generale del museo (non specifico della mostra); vedi orari generali sopra

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Carmen Laffón. Variations

23 June to 27 September 2026

Seventy seven works by Carmen Laffón (1934-2021), who returned to the same subjects years apart: the Doñana wetlands, still lifes from her own house. A timed slot is required, and summer weekends without one mean queueing.

Opening hours

estivo (1 lug-31 ago): mar-ven e dom 10:00-21:00, sab 10:00-23:00; invernale: lun 12:00-16:00, mar-ven e dom 10:00-19:00, sab 10:00-23:00 (orari generali del museo)

Ticket

14 EUR ingresso generale del museo (10 EUR ridotto over 65/pensionati/studenti, gratuito under 18); prezzo specifico della mostra non indicato

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Valeriano D. Bécquer (1834-1870): Los cuadros de costumbres

13 July to 4 October 2026

Eight scenes of Spanish popular life painted by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer’s younger brother in 1866 and 1867, shown complete for the first time. Room 60 is small: twenty minutes, best folded into a longer Prado visit.

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I am Ashurbanipal, King of the World, King of Assyria

9 April to 4 October 2026

More than 150 objects on loan from the British Museum on the last great Assyrian king, who assembled one of history’s first libraries at Nineveh. A solid archaeological show, more text than spectacle: allow ninety minutes.

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Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Sweet Revenge

27 May to 12 October 2026

Over fifty works by Felix Gonzalez-Torres, who died of AIDS in 1996: carpets of sweets and stacks of paper made to be taken away and used up by visitors, not kept under glass. The museum has extended it into metro stations.

Opening hours

lun 10:00-19:00/21:00, mar chiuso, mer-sab 10:00-19:00/21:00, dom 10:00-12:30/14:30 (orari generali del museo dalla pagina ufficiale; non indicati sulla pagina della mostra)

Ticket

12 EUR ingresso generale (ingresso gratuito lun-sab dalle 19:00 alle 21:00 e dom dalle 12:30 alle 14:30); prezzo specifico della mostra non indicato sulla pagina ufficiale

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