Museo Reina Sofía Hosts Congress on Art History and Museums in the Audiovisual Age
The Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid will host a congress on art history and museums from September 18 to 19, 2026. Organized by the ATLAS AV project, the event draws inspiration from John Berger's 1972 series, "Ways of Seeing." It will feature four thematic panels covering historiography, documentary, cinema in museums, and online museums, with over 30 speakers from international institutions, including UNESCO and ICOM. Highlights include an inaugural lecture by Irene Baldriga and a closing lecture by Antonio Somaini on AI in the arts. Entry is free until capacity is reached.
Key facts
- Congress dates: September 18–19, 2026
- Location: Museo Reina Sofía, Edificio Sabatini, Cine, Madrid
- Organized by research project ATLAS AV: La audiovisualización de la historia del arte y del museo
- Starting point: John Berger's 1972 TV series Ways of Seeing
- Four thematic panels: historiography, documentary, cinema in the museum, online museum
- Over 30 speakers from international universities and institutions
- Inaugural lecture by Irene Baldriga on UNESCO and ICOM policies
- Closing lecture by Antonio Somaini on AI, art, and the archive
- Free entry until full capacity
Entities
Artists
- John Berger
- Francisco de Goya
- Teri Wehn-Damisch
- Robert Morris
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Muntadas
- Antonio Somaini
- Irene Baldriga
- Sonia de Laforcade
- Sabine Guermouche
- Simona Maria Pagano
- Antonio Gómez Heras
- Santos Rojas Ogáyar
- Nicolás Marín Bayona
- Lisa Andreani
- Iván de la Torre Amerighi
- Rafael de Besa Gutiérrez
- Ambra Cascone
- Marc Montijone
- Joan Miquel Gual Bergas
- Eloísa Suárez López-Zuriaga
- Jan Matthews
- Miriam Rejas Del Pino
- Ander López
- Carmen Caballé Tutosaus
- Ruth Barranco
- Paola Nicita
- David Ruiz Torres
- Ángel Lumbreras
- Leticia Crespillo
- Sofía Portillo
- Ana Pérez Milán
- Irene Pérez
- Manuela Martínez Romero
- Julio González Liendo
- Anelyn Torres
- Sonia Ríos
- Carina-Nathalia Madonna Visconti di Modrone-Paff
- Clarissa Diniz
- Ismael Monticelli
Institutions
- Museo Reina Sofía
- ATLAS AV: La audiovisualización de la historia del arte y del museo
- UNESCO
- ICOM
- Sapienza Università di Roma
- Radboud Universiteit
- CEHTA-CRAL de la EHESS
- Università di Bologna
- Universidad de Málaga
- Universidad de Granada
- UCLouvain (Université catholique de Louvain)
- Università Iuav di Venezia
- Université Paris 8
- Universidad de Sevilla
- Universidad de Padua
- Universidad de Córdoba
- Universitat de Barcelona
- Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- Universidad IUAV de Venecia
- Museo Vasco (Euskal Museoa)
- Universidad del País Vasco
- Academia de Bellas Artes de Palermo (ABAPA)
- Universitat Politècnica de València
- UNIE Universidad
- Universidad Federal de Río de Janeiro
- Universidad del Estado de Río de Janeiro
- Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – París 3
- Institut Universitaire de France
- masdearte.com
Locations
- Madrid
- Spain
- Rome
- Italy
- Nijmegen
- Netherlands
- Paris
- France
- Bologna
- Málaga
- Granada
- Louvain-la-Neuve
- Belgium
- Venice
- Seville
- Padua
- Córdoba
- Barcelona
- Bilbao
- Palermo
- Valencia
- Río de Janeiro
- Brazil