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Being a volunteer changes lives
What motivates Fundación MAPFRE’s volunteers? United by the same way of thinking and feeling, they are driven by a desire to improve the world around them and to transform the lives of the most disadvantaged in society. With our work, everyone wins.
Year 2020. Pure art.
Auguste Rodin, Alberto Giacometti, Leonora Carrington, Carlos Pérez Siquier, Lee Friedlander, Richard Learoyd, Paul Strand, Garry Winogrand and Bill Brandt are the main characters of our exhibition program.
This Christmas, come and enjoy art
At Fundación MAPFRE we want you to enjoy art this Christmas, to give yourself a special moment by visiting our exhibitions in Madrid or Barcelona. Surround yourself with photography and painting, share it with your family and loved ones, or dedicate it to yourself. Give yourself the time to discover.
We chat to Eamonn Doyle and Niall Sweeney
The photographer Eamonn Doyle will reveal his more personal side in a conversation wtih Niall Sweeney. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to delve into the world of this Irish artist.
Four reasons you can’t miss Eamonn Doyle
It’s not an exhibition, it’s an experience. Photography like you haven’t felt it before.
We bid farewell to Margarita Salas
Dedicated, pioneering, educational, passionate, courageous. There are of course so many more adjectives to describe this leading biologist in the field of science. Margarita Salas has died this morning at the age of 80.
Learn about the Novatores Virtual Library
The Novatores Virtual Library, which provides open access to the bibliography of 42 philosophers and scientists who made science and philosophy popular again in Spain was unveiled on 30 October.
Together we are stronger
Once again this year, on the 7th European Day of Foundations and Donors, we want to make ourselves visible. For the first time ever, all the foundations in Europe will be on Twitter to tell us about themselves and how they contribute to the development of society.
How does a writer tell a story to a photographer? How does a writer look at a work of art?
The writers Antonio J. Rodríguez (@antonio_jrodriguez) and Margaryta Yakovenko (@margarytayanovenko) invite us to take a tour of this exhibition dedicated to the British photographer from a very personal perspective. We look forward to seeing you on 3 September. #ExpoRichardLearoyd
Portraits of modernity
Slowly, looking inside the subject as well as herself, Berenice Abbott photographed the most avant-garde figures of the time.
Richard Learoyd’s portraiture
Richard Learoyd invites us to uncover the feelings of the people who inhabit his portraits, to extend our contemplation of his images to work out who they are and what thoughts they are hiding.
Love, liberty and pride
Vanesa Pérez-Sauquillo and Ignacio Vleming will be leading this event entitled The diverse loves of Berenice Abbott: photography, literature and New York which will delve into the world of Berenice Abbott, an indispensable commentator of a time in which diverse ways of loving emerged.
An unstoppable wave of solidarity
In an increasingly socially aware and engaged society, our Social Outreach Awards seek to reward people and initiatives who stand out for their social involvement and for their generosity and solidarity. The winners of this edition collected their awards in a ceremony presided over by Her Majesty Queen Sofia.
We open the doors to Richard Learoyd’s camera obscura
On the occasion of the opening of Richard Learoyd’s exhibition, we have organized a meeting with this artist, in conjunction with the ELISAVA school of design, where he will have the opportunity to talk to us about his understanding of photography and will reveal the secrets of his camera obscura.
International Museum Day
We have opened up the doors to our permanent exhibition dedicated to Miró, so that on International Museum Day you can feast your eyes on the light, the colors and the symbols of our Mallorcan maestro. Come and visit us, step into Miro’s world.
Culture storms social media during Museum Week
In its sixth year, from 13 to 19 May this cultural event is reclaiming the role of women in history, art, culture and science. Each day a different hashtag invites us to promote our most cross-cutting, entertaining and educational museum experiences and to talk about them on social media.
The exhibition “From Chagall to Malevich: art in revolution” is coming to an end
After almost three months in our Recoletos Exhibition Hall in Madrid, our From Chagall to Malevich: art in revolution exhibition closes its doors on 5 May. And we don’t want you to miss out.