Latest Events in Madrid(December Updated)

A selection of works by Antonio Muñoz de Gran (1840-1924) will be on display in Room 60 of the Villanueva Wing of the Prado National Museum until January 11, 2026. De Gran is one of the most original Spanish artists of the 19th century. The ten paintings on display, five of which have been recently restored, showcase the Valencian painter's rich subject matter, technical virtuosity, and unique aesthetic vision. Adjacent displays include his 1899 acceptance speech for his induction into the Academy of San Fernando, "On the Sincerity of Art," a painting donated to the museum, and a portrait of De Gran by the sculptor Miguel Blay.

When you come to Madrid, Tablao, which performs flamenco dance, is undoubtedly a place that tourists don’t want to miss at night. Tabalo refers to an art form in which flamenco and dance are performed in the unique atmosphere of a restaurant. Dancers once moved from the streets to theaters, but later moved to perform in restaurants due to high taxes and other economic reasons. Guests who visited the restaurant were able to enjoy wonderful performances while enjoying delicious food. The restaurant's business was extremely prosperous, and this "master among the people" performance form was finally stabilized and named Tablao.

The Art Gallery of Cornelis van der Geest, a work by the Flemish painter Willem van Haecht from the collection of the Rubenshuis in Antwerp, is now on temporary display in the Central Gallery of the Museo Nacional del Prado (Room 28) with the aim of celebrating the splendour of art in Flanders and its patronage by the Spanish royal family.

The Palacio de Cristal has traditionally been a space where artists are commissioned to work on a new piece conceived specifically for its unique architecture. Although the restoration and repair work currently being carried out on its structure means visitors cannot access its interior, the programme held within to support the public display of current art continues all the same. In fact, it is the radical imagination of artists that will enable the Museo Reina Sofía to continue to endow this emblematic space with cultural content. The first such artist to take part in this series is Miguel Ángel Tornero (Baeza, 1978), who contributes with a work devised for the canvases which will cover the building during its first year of restoration work.

Torres Bermejas is a very famous restaurant in Madrid, where famous Spanish flamenco artists often perform. The restaurant also offers very authentic Spanish cuisine and wine.

On September 10, Sala Alcalá 31 of the Community of Madrid will inaugurate Alfredo Alcain. A Retrospective, an exhibition bringing together more than 150 works created by the artist throughout his career.

Andy Warhol's fascination with Jackson Pollock is well known; his obsession with having one of his works in his extensive art collection, as well as the relationship between his famous car crash series and the notorious accident that ended Pollock's life one night in August 1956. The Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza is organising an exhibition which brings together the work of these two key names of 20th century art, shown alongside that of other artists who were reconsidering issues relating to the new spatial strategies at this same time. These are two extraordinarily complex figures, seemingly very different but in fact united, like an entire generation of artists, by their interest in change, spatial issues and a fascination with large formats. The present opportunity to see the works in the galleries of the exhibition reveals that Jackson Pollock was not always an “abstract master”, nor was Warhol an artist solely occupied with dispassionate depictions of banal themes from popular culture. While maintaining figuration, in their own way both proposed revisiting the concept of space and its use as a place of concealment; both overturned the notion of the background and the figure, and both focused on an artistic project involving pictorial strategies which served them as camouflage. This exhibition project, which can be seen as autobiographical to some extent, focuses on two artists who worked on repetition, seriality and the move towards abstraction as a means to finding a place in the world in which they lived.

The Museo Nacional del Prado houses the world's largest and most important collection of Rubens' works. Thanks to a generous gift from the Carlos de Ambreres Foundation, the Museo Nacional del Prado will exhibit Rubens's late masterpiece, The Martyrdom of St. Andrew, from now until 2026. The work, along with its original frame, is on display in Room 16B of the Villanueva Building. Rubens created this work during the same period as his decorative scheme for the "Plaza degli Torre."

From September 11, 2025, to December 13, 2025, the Gerhardt Braun Gallery in Madrid will present selected works by the German artist Leon Löwentraut under the title "LANDSCAPES." After three years, the Gerhardt Braun Gallery in Madrid is dedicating a solo exhibition to the young German artist Leon Löwentraut. Under the title "LANDSCAPES," the gallery, located in the chic Salamanca district, will present twelve selected acrylic works from the "Landscapes" series, as well as eight of his famous charcoal drawings. The exhibition opening on September 11, at 8 p.m., takes place as part of the Madrid Gallery Weekend (September 11-14, 2025).

Curated by the architect and professor José de Coca Leicher, the exhibition highlights the extraordinary heritage value of the modern pavilions built between 1950 and 1975 at the Casa de Campo fairgrounds in Madrid.