Madrid

1914! LA VANGUARDIA Y LA GRAN GUERRA  |  Art, 09 7 2008 - 01 11 2009 This October the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza and Fundación Caja Madrid are presenting a new joint exhibition entitled 1914! The Avant-garde and the Great War. It comprises a new analysis of avant-garde art – Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Vorticism and early abstraction – through more than 200 works of art loaned from museums and private collections around the world, with World War I as its backdrop. Museo Thyssen - Bornemisza Palacio de Villahermosa Paseo del Prado, 8- Madrid, Spain Openig Hours: Tuesday to Sunday  10am - 7pm / Closed on Mondays. During July and August the temporary exhibitions remain opened from Tuesday to Saturday until 11:00 pm. Admission to the permanent collection: General 6.00 €  / Reduced 4.00 €  Temporary Exhibitions require an admission charge. http://www.museothyssen.org/

Evaristo Belloti  |  Installation, September 19 - December 8, 2008 At the Palacio de Cristal, sculptor, painter, draughtsman and writer Evaristo Bellotti presents an installation consisting of an expanse of white Macael marble and a mass of water that rises up from the building floor to branch out in multiple directions. Palacio de Cristal - Parque del Buen Retiro Parque del Retiro. Madrid. Spain

Nancy Spero Disidanzas  |   Contemporary Art, 10 15 2008 - 01 5 2009 MNCARS presents under the title Nancy Spero. Disidanzas  the first major retrospective on the artist to be staged in Europe. The exhibition is organised chronologically through 178 works ranging from Spero's beginnings as a student at the Art Institute of Chicago to her most recent installation (presented at the 2007 Venice Biennial). Image: The Bug, Helicopter, Victim, 1966 Gouache y tinta sobre papel 48,3 x 59,1 cm Cortesía de la artista y de la Galerie Lelong, Nueva York © Nancy Spero,2008 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía Plaza Santa Isabel,52 - Madrid, Spain Opening hours: Mondays to Saturdays: 10.00 - 21.00 Sundays: 10.00 - 14.30 /  Closed on Tuesday Admission: full € 6 ; reduced €3  Free entrance: under 18; over 65 Free for the general public: Saturdays: 14.30 - 21.00 / Sundays: 10.00 - 14.30 And on: 18 May, 12 October, and 6 December http://www.museoreinasofia.es/

REMBRANDT  |  Old Masters, 10 15 2008 - 01 6 2009 The exhibition features works from all the periods in Rembrandt's career. In his early paintings, the gestures of the human figures are extroverted and their gaze is often mocking and jocular. In his mature works, the emotions are more suppressed and the emphasis is on their mental energy. Image: Sansón cegado por los filisteos. Óleo sobre lienzo, 206 x 276 cm. 1636. Frankfurt, Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie Museo Nacional del Prado Paseo del Prado s/n. 28014 Madrid, Spain The Museum has 3 entrances: Puerta de Velázquez, Puerta de los Jerónimos and Puerta de Murillo Opening Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 9am- 9pm / Closed on Mondays Admission: Permanent Collection  6 € / Concessions 3 € Free Entrance: under 18; over 65 Free for the public on Saturdays 6 pm - 8 pm and Sundays 9 am - 7pm http://www.museoprado.es

SAENREDAM.The West Front of the Sint-Mariakerk in Utrecht  |  Art, 11 11 2008 - 02 5 2009 11 November marks the opening of the 22nd exhibition in the Contexts of the Permanent Collection series, which on this occasion is devoted to the Dutch painter Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597-1665). Through the exhibition, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza will be offering an overview of the work of this artist, one of the leading names of 17th-century Dutch painting in a survey that will include some of his finest compositions. . Museo Thyssen - Bornemisza Palacio de Villahermosa Paseo del Prado, 8- Madrid, Spain Openig Hours: Tuesday to Sunday  10am - 7pm / Closed on Mondays. During July and August the temporary exhibitions remain opened from Tuesday to Saturday until 11:00 pm. Admission to the permanent collection: General 6.00 €  / Reduced 4.00 €  Temporary Exhibitions require an admission charge. http://www.museothyssen.org/

La invención del siglo XX. Carl Einstein y las Vanguardias  |  Art, 11 12 2008 - 02 16 2009 The art critic and historian Carl Einstein was one of the most important and multifaceted personalities of the 20th-century artistic avant-garde. His books, articles and essays were fundamental pieces for the critical study of the avant-garde movements; in them he introduced the West to African art and ratified Cubism as a movement in its own right. His intellectual oeuvre, rediscovered in recent decades, is now paid tribute at the MNCARS Image; George Braque, Le Tapis Vert, 1929. Oil on canvas. Honolulu Academy of Arts. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía Plaza Santa Isabel,52 - Madrid, Spain Opening hours: Mondays to Saturdays: 10.00 - 21.00 Sundays: 10.00 - 14.30 /  Closed on Tuesday Admission: full € 6 ; reduced €3  Free entrance: under 18; over 65 Free for the general public: Saturdays: 14.30 - 21.00 / Sundays: 10.00 - 14.30 And on: 18 May, 12 October, and 6 December http://www.museoreinasofia.es/

Leandro Erlich. La Torre  |   Contemporary Art, 11 26 2008 - 02 23 2009 The installations of Argentinean visual artist Leandro Erlich question the perception of reality through simulations and optical effects. The artist manipulates everyday situations and spaces in order to establish a parallel reality that is linked to the sole, objective truth. In his first individual exhibition in Spain, Erlich presents one of his most ambitious projects – La Torre (The Tower). Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía Plaza Santa Isabel,52 - Madrid, Spain Opening hours: Mondays to Saturdays: 10.00 - 21.00 Sundays: 10.00 - 14.30 /  Closed on Tuesday Admission: full € 6 ; reduced €3  Free entrance: under 18; over 65 Free for the general public: Saturdays: 14.30 - 21.00 / Sundays: 10.00 - 14.30 And on: 18 May, 12 October, and 6 December http://www.museoreinasofia.es/

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