Museo Carmen Thyssen

Pintura liberada

Some thirty works by more than twenty artists make up this diverse and colourful mosaic of the figurative painting that became a symbol of the new modernity ushered in by Spain’s transition to democracy in the 1980s.

For the main players in this productive period for Spanish conte...

Man Ray. Selected Photographs

For this exhibition devoted to the American Emmanuel Radnitzky (1890-1976) –better known as Man Ray– the Museum’s Sala Noble (Grand Hall) has turned into a sort of avant-garde cabinet of curiosities. Offering a survey of his most iconic photographs, from a French private collect...

Masks. Metamorphosis of Modern Identity

This exhibition reflects on the mask as a means of transforming how the human figure is represented in modern art. Originally having a traditional festive use associated with the carnival and fancy dress, which continued to be predominant in commedia dell’arte characters, masks beg...