Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe Interview This video features an interview with Yanomami artist Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe (Sheroana, 1971), whose artistic training began with his family in the village of Sheroana, in Venezuela’s Amazon region. The Collection
Grada Kilomba Opera to a Black Venus. What would the bottom of the ocean tell us tomorrow, if emptied of water today? Devoted to the Portuguese artist Grada Kilomba, this exhibition is the most complete display of her work in Spain Exhibitions
“In the troubled air…” Curated by French thinker Georges Didi-Huberman, the exhibition “In the troubled air…” sets forth a political anthropology of emotion in a poetic tone. Exhibitions
On the Architect Martín Domínguez Esteban Interview In this interview, Martín Domínguez Ruz focuses attention on the figure and career of his father, the architect Martín Domínguez Esteban (Donostia-San Sebastián, 1897 – New York, 1970), whose documentary archive he donated to the Museo Reina Sofía in 2021 The Collection
La Ribot Interview María Ribot Manzano, La Ribot, is a dancer, choreographer and visual artist. In this interview she comments on a time frame spanning the start of her career in dance to the development of multidisciplinary projects. The Collection
Esperpento Popular Art and Aesthetic Revolution This exhibition explores the concept of “esperpento” (grotesque, deliberate distortion) as a nucleus of aesthetic thought capable of offering a new perspective to understand reality. Exhibitions
play pause stop Download Is There Really a Place on Radio for Experimentation? "Dead Letters" by Gregory Whitehead on Voice (B3 German Radio Opera) Gregory Whitehead is an artist, writer, radiomaker, text/sound poet, singer of tales, playwright and media philosopher. In his voice and text-sound works, he explores the tension between a continuous pulse and the eruption of sudden discontinuities.
Soledad Sevilla Rhythms, Grids, Variables This exhibition chronologically parses Soledad Sevilla’s trajectory by exploring more than a hundred works, stretching from the early part of her career in the University of Madrid’s Computing Centre to her current output. Exhibitions
Interview with Isabel de Naverán Estudio, 2019-2023 This video features an interview with Isabel de Naverán, the curator of ESTUDIO, an annual programme which, since its first edition in 2019, has brought together work in a range of formats and is the outcome of research. Activities Live Arts
FIGURY (przestrzenne). Ola Maciejewska ESTUDIO V. In the Recess, Occurrence This video features an interview with Ola Maciejewska in conjunction with FIGURY (przestrzenne) (FIGURE [Spatial]), a dance solo the choreographer performed inside the framework of ESTUDIO V. In the Recess, Occurrence. Activities Live Arts
Lo que baila (What Dances). Paz Rojo ESTUDIO V. In the Recess, Occurrence This video features an interview with Paz Rojo in conjunction with Lo que baila (What Dances), a performance carried out by the artist and choreographer inside the framework of ESTUDIO V. In the Recess, Occurrence. Activities Live Arts
ágidxen. Josu Bilbao ESTUDIO V. In the Recess, Occurrence This video features an interview with Josu Bilbao in conjunction with ágidxen, a work made conjointly with Estanis Comella and developed inside the framework of ESTUDIO V. In the Recess, Occurrence. Activities Live Arts
A Short Century A Lecture by Ibrahim Mahama The artist, curator and cultural manager Ibrahim Mahama, surveys his professional career, underscoring the connections between academic research, artistic creation and contemporary cultural strategies as entwined practices. Activities Seminars and conferences Centro de estudios
On the Architect José María García de Paredes Interview To mark the hundredth anniversary of the birth of architect José María García de Paredes (Seville, 1924 – Madrid, 1990), the Museo Reina Sofía, which has conserved his archive since 2021, honours this landmark through his daughter Ángela. The Collection
Interview with Álvaro Martínez-Novillo Madrid, 2023 Álvaro Martínez-Novillo (Madrid, 1948) was deputy director-general of Plastic Arts in Spain’s Ministry of Culture the year Guernica (1937) arrived in Spain. The Collection
Julie Doucet Interview The interview conducted with artist Julie Doucet (Montreal, 1965) in this video is part of the Museo’s Documents programme, which, in its 28th edition, focuses on a key figure in the development of comics in North America at the end of the XX century. Activities Seminars and conferences
Eva Lootz Making as if Wondering: So What Is This? With the phrase “Making as if Wondering: So What Is This?”, Eva Lootz (Vienna, 1940) alludes to a particular way of understanding the activity of art; namely, making, allowing a questioning of the world from scratch. Rooted in such an idea, this exhibition sets forth a panoramic journey through five decades of her career. Along with a selection of pieces Lootz recently donated to the Museo Reina Sofía, an ensemble of works is displayed for the first time, or reconstructed specifically for the occasion, with a strong focus on her drawings, which, straddling exploration and text, constitute a kind of parallel writing that has accompanied her research and work, at different points, as a bona fide diary. Exhibitions
play pause stop Download Sonic Genealogies crys cole on Annea Lockwood The aim of the Sonic Genealogies series is to listen to the work of some of the most eminent figures in experimental music and sound art in the 20th century.
James Lee Byars Perfect Is the Question Surveying the multiple allegorical and formal meanings of the matter explored by James Lee Byars (Detroit, Michigan, 1932 - El Cairo, 1997), the show focuses on the main themes crossing his work. Exhibitions
Abellón When Destiny Catches Up with Us. Desperate Actions Before the Sixth Extinction. Abellón is an audiovisual piece produced by Xoán-Xil and rooted in a concert performed with Ariel Ninas and Paula Ballesteros on 13 April 2023. Activities Live Arts
A Photographic Archive of the Museo El equipo que conforma el Archivo fotográfico del Museo Reina Sofía se enfrenta a una actividad diaria frenética, una labor que pese a pasar desapercibida juega un papel fundamental en la configuración de la historia de la propia institución. The Museum
Cards on the Table The memory of Nunca Máis and the stacked political cards Xosé Carlos Hidalgo, German Labrador Méndez and Daniel López Abel reflect in this video on card games as a complex device, with a popular matrix, in which leisure, protest, humor and design intersect. Exhibitions Library
Women Adult Comic Book Writers in Spain Montse Clavé, Isa Feu, Marta Guerrero, Laura Pérez-Vernetti and Marika Vila talk about their beginnings in the genre, influences, ways of doing things during the creative process and the way to address the existing gender gap in comics. Exhibitions Library
Some Imperatives The 2023 Expanded Theatricalities Chair This video features the durational piece Some Imperatives, which was performed in the Museo Reina Sofía from 29 September to 1 October 2023. The work was conceived by Tim Etchells, in collaboration with the Museo’s MA in Performing Arts and Visual Culture.The activity took place inside the framework of the Expanded Theatricalities Chair, which is curated by the research-creation group ARTEA and centred on analysing the thought that inhabits stage and performance practices. This third edition, under the title Forced Entertainment. Things That Go Through Your Mind When Falling, was articulated around Etchells’ artistic and discursive trajectory and his work with the Forced Entertainment collective. The programme welcomed improvised and durational performances, as well as lectures, performance talks and screenings of video creations. Activities Live Arts
Chris Ware Interview The Documents 27 programme, on the relationships between art and publishing, spotlighted the work of draughtsman and cartoonist Chris Ware (Omaha, 1967), one of the standout figures in independent comics. Activities Seminars and conferences
play pause stop Download What They Saw Interview with Russet Lederman Russet Lederman, alongside Olga Yatskevich, is the curator of the exhibition What They Saw. Historical Photobooks by Women 1843–1999 displayed in the Museo Reina Sofía in the Library’s Space D and Documentation Centre. Exhibitions Library
