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Reina Sofía National Art Museum

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Sabatini building © Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Partial view of Room 206 in the museum, with 'Woman with a vase' and 'Guernica' by Picasso. ©Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Nouvel building © Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Garden in the Sabatini building © Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Miró, «Hombre con pipa» © Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Garden in the Sabatini building © Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

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An original setting

The museum is located in the old General Hospital built by the architect Sabatini under the orders of Charles III of Spain, and was designated a Historic-Artistic Monument in 1977. It is home to one of the world’s most highly-prized permanent collections.

The museum’s collections come from two sources, the old MEAC (Spanish Museum of Contemporary Art) collections and acquisitions made by the museum itself, in addition to works bequeathed by the Catalan artists Salvador Dalí and Joan Miró. The permanent collection is located on the second floor, divided into rooms dedicated to Nonell, Anglada Camarasa, Iturrino, Zuloaga, Solana and María Blanchard, among other early 20th-century Spanish painters; the Cubist movement, Picasso, Dalí, Miró, and a room entitled "Ideas". Temporary exhibitions are held in the museum’s main venue, the Velázquez Palace and the Crystal Palace. The latest trends by the newest up-and-coming artists are on display in the area called "Espacio UNO", which occupies the ground floor of the main building. Picasso's "Guernica" is one of the most important works exhibited here.

The museum was enlarged in 2005 to create new exhibition areas. The area devoted to the permanent collection has been increased by over 50%, making the Reina Sofia one of the largest contemporary art museums in the world today. The extension comprises three buildings, mainly dedicated to temporary collections. There is also an auditorium seating 500 people and another smaller one with 200 seats, along with a large arts and humanities library.

Essential works

Spatial concept. The end of God

With pieces like this one, Lucio Fontana seeks a new definition of space by the dematerialisation of the work.
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Dialogue of the birds

The artist, Jean Dubuffet, is a key figure in the European avant-garde of the post-World War II period.
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Wind comb I

This sculpture by Chillida is the opening piece in his well-known series of works entitled “Wind comb”.
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Assault guards in the Calle Diputació, Barcelona

This photograph by Agustí Centelles was published in numerous foreign media, and became one of the most emblematic images of the Spanish Civil War.
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Guernica

This vast canvas by Picasso is an indictment of war, and has become a universal emblem.
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Superimposition of grey matter

Work by Tàpies for the 3rd Spanish-American Art Biennial in Barcelona. In this piece he uses the canvas as if it were a real wall, the protagonist of the end production.
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The Last Ten Minutes II

It is a video installation made for the "Documenta 6" international contemporary art exhibition in Kassel. It is one of Antoni Muntadas's most important works.
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Totalisateur

In 1922, Picabia distanced himself from the Dadaist movement in which he had been an active militant, and presented his new style of painting –of which this work is a prime example– in the Dalmau Gallery in Barcelona.
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Face of the Great Masturbator

This painting is the supreme symbol of Dalí's sexual obsessions and was mentioned even by the artist himself in his literary work 'The secret life of Salvador Dalí'.
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Sick child

This piece by Medardo Rosso belonged to Louis Vauxcelles, the critic who coined the term “Cubism”.
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Temporary exhibitions

Concrete invention: Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection

This is the first exhibition on the important Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection (CPPC) organised in Europe.
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Exhibition: Dalí. All of the poetic suggestions and all of the plastic possibilities

Dalí the thinker, writer and creator comes to the Reina Sofía National Art Museum in Madrid with his own particular worldview. Around 200 works from major institutions and private collections from all over the world are on display in one of the most comprehensive exhibitions held so far on Salvador Dalí.
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Come and visit

Timetables

Wednesday to Saturday and Monday

Does not close at midday

10:00 AM to 9:00 PM

Sunday

10:00 AM to 7:00 PM

Closed: Tuesdays, 1 and 6 January, 1 and 15 May, 9 November and 24, 25 and 31 December.

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General: €8

Reduced: €4

Free admission: Monday to Friday, 7-9 pm; Saturdays, 7-9 pm; Sundays, 3-7 pm; 18 April, 18 May, 12 October and 6 December; and for under 18s, students up to 25 years, Youth Card holders, over 65s, large families, disabled persons and ICOM members (International Council of Museums), with ID.

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