Current Fundación Mapfre Exhibitions

Exhibitions in Madrid:

Richard Avedon
Roger Tims, Jim Duncan, Leonard Markley and Don Belak, coal miners, Reliance, Wyoming, August 29, 1979
© The Richard Avedon Foundation
JUNE.06.2026 AUG.30.2026
Richard Avedon
In the American West, 1979-1984
Madrid

Alejandro Cartagena
Suburban Bus #73, from the series Suburban Bus, 2016
Courtesy of the artist
© Alejandro Cartagena
JUNE.06.2026 AUG.30.2026
Alejandro Cartagena
Ground Rules
Madrid
Exhibitions in Barcelona:

Minor White
Cape Ann, Massachusetts, from Sequence 1968, December 24, 1966
The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum, the legacy of Minor White
© Trustees of Princeton University. Photo: Allen Chen
JUNE.18.2026 SEP.06.2026
Minor White
Barcelona

Joaquín Tusquets de Cabirol
Trip to France, May 1955
Joaquín Tusquets de Cabirol Photographic Archive / Fundación Photographic Social Vision
© Archivo Fotográfico Joaquín Tusquets de Cabirol
JUNE.18.2026 SEP.06.2026
Joaquín Tusquets de Cabirol
Eloquent Form
Barcelona
Upcoming exhibitions in Madrid

Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale
The pale complexion of true love, 1899
© Musée d’Orsay, dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Sophie Crépy
SEP.24.2026 JAN.10.2026
Women Artists. Pathways through Pre-Raphaelitism (1850-1914)
Recoletos Exhibition Hall (Madrid)
Women Artists: Pathways through Pre-Raphaelitism (1850-1914) revisits this movement, born in Great Britain in opposition to official academic art in the mid-nineteenth century. The exhibition presents a broad anthology of the ways in which women artists responded to this new style, which emerged in 1848 and remained influential until the early years of the twentieth century. To this end, it examines how artists in Victorian society engaged with, adopted, and adapted the potential of Pre-Raphaelitism from the disadvantaged position imposed on them by the society of the time, as well as the different factors that shaped their connection to the movement: their relationships with certain male artists; their enthusiasm for John Ruskin, a prominent defender of Pre-Raphaelitism; and their independence of judgment and taste, among others. This variety of paths taken toward the new style also resulted in a diversity of works: oils, watercolors, drawings and prints, photographs, textiles, embroidery, enamels, and stained glass, by artists such as Elizabeth Siddal, Julia Margaret Cameron, Evelyn De Morgan, May Morris, and Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, among others represented in the exhibition.
Curator: Pamela Gerrish Nunn
![Else Blankenhorn Untitled [Red Rider], c. 1917](/media/arte-cultura/exposiciones/proximas/else-768.jpg)
Else Blankenhorn
Untitled [Red Rider], c. 1917
Prinzhorn Collection, Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany
SEP.24.2026 JAN.10.2026
The other shore of the Avant-Garde
Recoletos Exhibition Hall (Madrid)
The Other Shore of the Avant-Garde explores the relationship between avant-garde art and works created by psychiatric patients, considered here as a threshold that avant-garde artists looked toward in their renewal of modern art.
The exhibition takes as its starting point the book Expressions of Madness (1922) by the German psychiatrist and art historian Hans Prinzhorn (1886–1933), based on his study of a collection of works by patients with mental illness that he assembled at the Heidelberg hospital. This publication gave visibility and artistic dignity to these patients’ creations and challenged traditional boundaries of art. The exhibition also examines the cultural and artistic context in which the book was conceived, as well as its subsequent influence on various avant-garde movements and its decisive role in the emergence of Art Brut.
Curator: Pilar Soler

Minor White
Barn and Clouds (Vicinity of Naples and Dansville, New York), from Sequence 10 / Rural Cathedrals, October 1955
The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum, legado de Minor White
© Trustees of Princeton University
Photo: Allen Chen
SEP.24.2026 JAN.10.2026
Minor White
Recoletos Exhibition Hall (Madrid)
Minor White (Minneapolis, 1908–1976) was a key figure in twentieth-century American photography, both for his innovative photographic production and for his significant role as a teacher at prestigious institutions such as the California School of Fine Arts, the George Eastman House, and MIT. Through his editorial work as co-founder, editor, and director of the magazine Aperture, he was also positioned at the center of the American photographic debate in the second half of the century.
This exhibition —the first retrospective of his work to be organized in Europe— offers a comprehensive overview of his oeuvre, featuring his most representative subjects (nature photography, portraiture, and street photography) and paying special attention to his work with sequences, which he typically presented in portfolio format. Some of these are shown in Europe for the first time. A selection of documents —contact sheets, books, and magazines— ultimately provides a complete view of Minor White’s role as an artist, editor, and curator.
Curator: Carlos Gollonet (Chief Curator of Photography at Fundación Mapfre)
Curatorial Assistant: Lucía de Lucas (Fundación Mapfre)
Past exhibitions

If you were unable to visit one of our exhibitions, or you would like to revisit the feelings you experienced when viewing a particular work, you can do so here in our past exhibitions section.
Fundación Mapfre Exhibition Halls
Fundación Mapfre has exhibition halls in two prominent locations in Spain: Madrid and Barcelona. Each stands out for its unique features that offer its visitors an enriching cultural experience.
Both Fundación Mapfre exhibition halls provide an immersive experience in the world of art and photography, offering visitors the opportunity to explore a wide range of artistic expressions in a modern and accessible environment.

