Although in a capital city it sometimes seems difficult to find affordable plans free exhibitions in Madrid are an ideal cultural alternative when we want to continue to broaden our horizons, but not spend money on it.
In addition, this season you can enjoy the vision of contemporary artists, vindicate the signs of Madrid and reflect on the social importance of water.
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Wet Dreams
The exhibition, with free tickets, addresses water beyond its understanding as a resource and explores its role in social relations from a provocative and sexual point of view. The exhibition brings together the work of 30 creators and art collectives structured in seven different and interconnected themes.
Wet Dreams opens the Program of the third Biennial of Design and Architecture of Madrid, MAYRIT 2024.
🗓️ Until August 25.
📍 CentroCentro (Plaza de Cibeles, 1)
Jordi Socías. At the end of the escapade
The Sala Canal de Isabel II opens its doors to an exhibition that brings together the career of photographer Jordi Socías from its beginnings to the present day. More than five decades of iconic images that began in the late 1970s. One of the best known is the half close-up of Dalí’s face, although his lens has captured many other relevant characters such as Borges, Paloma Picasso, Francis Ford Coppola or Ai Weiwei.
🗓️ Until April 21.
📍 Sala Canal de Isabel II (Calle de Santa Engracia, 125)
The great fable of capital
The great fable of capital is a free group exhibition that will run until April at the Centro de Cultura Contemporánea Condeduque. The exhibition is curated by Valentín Roma and includes 22 works and objects, 16 short films by seven artists and collectives.
It is a reflection on forms of government, racism, sexism, access to housing and financial capitalism, among other topics, with historical pieces, pieces presented for the first time in a museum setting and works created specifically for this exhibition.
🗓️ Until April 14
📍 Condeduque Contemporary Culture Center (calle del Conde Duque, 11)
Expanded World; between the physical and the virtual
Expanded World; between the physical and the virtual is an exhibition that explores simulated worlds through 80 pieces, among which are historical objects from the 18th and 19th centuries, immersive installations, video games, augmented reality applications and
reflections on the metaverse by various national and international artists.
The exhibition explores the background of our drive to inhabit simulated worlds and the current relationship between physical and virtual reality, as well as some of its ethical and philosophical, legal, social and economic implications.
🗓️ Until May 5
📍 Espacio Fundación Telefónica (Calle Fuencarral, 3)
Widen the door. Newest gallery in Madrid
Widen the door. New gallery owners in Madrid gives voice to a selection of new gallery owners who have opened the doors of their spaces in recent years in the city. The galleries Arniches 26, Belmonte, El Chico, the office, Picnic and Pradiauto have been invited to present their projects and the work of their artists, in a group show that will be completed with a public Program of round tables.
🗓️ Until June 2.
CentroCentro (Plaza de Cibeles, 1)
The collection of the Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia. Between Bosch and Sorolla
The María Cristina Masaveu Peterson Foundation brings to Madrid an exhibition that brings together more than 100 works from the collections of the Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia. In addition, of course, to Sorolla, artists such as Juan de Juanes, Bosch, Marteen de Vos, José de Ribera, Rubens, Benlliure, Ignacio Pinazo or Muñoz Degrain are included. A chronological journey through the history of art.
🗓️ Until July 14.
maría Cristina Masaveu Peterson Foundation (calle Alcalá Galiano, 6)
The colors of Madrid
If over the decades it seems that color is disappearing from cities, cars and even houses, this exhibition focuses on recovering it. The colors of Madrid is the photographic exhibition of the Mexican artist and muralist Emmanuel Carvajal that has been installed in the Príncipe Pío shopping center. The Crystal Palace, the Schweppes building, Torre de Madrid or Torres Blancas are dyed in the color palette that Carvajal has designated for them, without being pastel or primary.
🗓️ Until July.
📍 Príncipe Pío shopping center (Paseo de la Florida, 2)