Reina Sofía's Director Manuel Segade Leads Museum Transformation, Spotlighting Overlooked Artists
Since 2023, Manuel Segade has been at the helm of Madrid's Museo Reina Sofía, spearheading a significant transformation expected to conclude by 2028. The museum's newly reopened fourth floor presents 'Contemporary Art: 1975-Present,' featuring 403 artworks from 224 artists, with 258 pieces (64%) previously unseen. Segade highlights the contributions of lesser-known artists such as Paz Muro and Isidoro Valcárcel Medina, as well as women artists like Paloma Navares and Salomé Cuesta. The exhibition is organized into three thematic paths: 'A History of Affect in Contemporary Art,' 'The Powers of Fiction,' and 'A New Framework.' Notably, women artists represent 35% of the exhibition, a record for the museum. The transformation also includes the renovation of the Sabatini and Nouvel buildings, with Picasso's 'Guernica' as a focal point.
Key facts
- Manuel Segade became director of Museo Reina Sofía in 2023
- The museum is undergoing a transformation scheduled to complete in 2028
- The fourth floor exhibition 'Contemporary Art: 1975-Present' features 403 works by 224 artists
- 258 works (64%) in the exhibition have never been publicly displayed before
- Women artists represent 69 of 173 featured creators (approximately 35%)
- The museum's broader collection of 26,000 works contains only 15% by women artists
- The exhibition presents three thematic routes instead of a linear timeline
- Pablo Picasso's 'Guernica' (1937) remains a central attraction at the museum
Entities
Artists
- Manuel Segade
- Pablo Picasso
- Paz Muro
- Isidoro Valcárcel Medina
- Paloma Navares
- Salomé Cuesta
- Juan Genovés
- Pepe Espaliú
- Judy Chicago
- Jesús Soto
- Francisco Franco
- Adolf Hitler
- Olivier Marboeuf
- Soledad Sevilla
- Marisa González
- Maruja Mallo
- Aurelia Muñoz
- Andrea Canepa
- Miguel Ángel Tornero
- Felix Gonzalez-Torres
- Alberto Greco
- Carmelo Bene
- Giuseppe Lenti
- Juan Uslé
- Ángel Calvo Ulloa
- Oliver Laxe
- Fernando Sánchez Castillo
- Dumile Feni
- Manolo Borja-Villel
- Antonio López
- Rafael Canogar
- Daniel Canogar
- C. Tangana
- Rosalía
- Arca
- María de Corral
- Vicente Todolí
- João Fernandes
- Amanda de la Garza
- Inés Katzenstein
- Chus Martínez
- Gloria Moure
- Juan Herrero
- Marina Otero Verzier
- Andrés Jaque
Institutions
- Museo Reina Sofía
- TheCollector
- Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo (CA2M)
- Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea (CGAC)
- Venice Biennale
- Le Journal des Arts
- Prado Museum
- Louvre
- Centre Pompidou
- Musée d'Orsay
- Palacio de Velázquez
- Palacio de Cristal
- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
- MACBA Barcelona
- Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana
- Las Tres Chimeneas
- Politecnico di Madrid
- Artribune
- Ca2M de Móstoles
- Tate Modern
- Hangar Bicocca
- Biennale di Venezia
- MoMA
- XIII Biennale di Shanghai
- Manifesta 13 Palermo
- estudioHerrero
- Munch Museum Oslo
- Malba Buenos Aires
Locations
- Madrid
- Spain
- Guernica
- Venice
- Italy
- France
- Barcelona
- Valencia
- Bilbao
- Lima
- Peru
- Cuba
- New York
- Buenos Aires
- Argentina
- Genoa
- Rome
- Paris
- Palacio de Cristal
- Parque del Retiro
- Palacio de Velázquez
- Sabatini building
- La Coruña
- Móstoles
- Edificio Sabbatini
- Oslo
- Shanghai
- Palermo
- Milano