Museo Carmen Thyssen

Artists’ Posters. From Toulouse-Lautrec to Jeff Koons.

Within the new concept of modern art that was formulated at the end of the 19th century, the difference and hierarchy between the various artistic genres began to become less distinct. Graphic art consequently became the subject of enormous interest and experimentation on the part of painters suc...

Street Life. Lisette Model and Helen Levitt in New York

In this exhibition, photographers Lisette Model (1901-1983) and Helen Levitt (1913-2009) exchange glances on the streets of 1940s New York. Observing the inhabitants of the city through the lenses of their 35 mm cameras, each in their own way, the two women practised a modern, original form of st...

Naked. Normative and Rebellious Nudes in Spanish Art (1870-1970)

The almost ninety works in this exhibition tell a story unbounded by norms, offering a subjective survey designed to stimulate both the mind and the senses of viewers as they explore more than a century of very diverse nudes in Spanish art. In a country with no historical tradition in a genre tha...