There are 5 exhibitions on in Madrid worth the trip. I checked the dates, the venues and the opening hours one by one, on the museums’ own pages.
Last checked: 28 July 2026
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dates and prices change, and this page may not reflect the latest updates: before you travel, always check the museum’s own page, linked under each exhibition, which is the most reliable source.