This article/slideshow proposes an excellent tour of Madrid based on the life and art of Francisco Goya. Don’t forget to also visit the Prado Museum, home to many of Goya’s best known works.

The 33^rd edition of the festival that livens up Madrid’s summer season will take place between July 1 and August 24.

Patio del Centro Cultural Conde Duque, the Sabatini Gardens, Teatro Fernán Gómez, Teatro Español, Teatro Circo Price or Naves del Español at Matadero Madrid, as well as the capital’s streets and squares, will once again accommodate music, theatre, dance, circus, zarzuela, puppets or films.

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From June 4^th to July 27^th, Madrid will be hosting 69 photography exhibitions as part of PHotoEspaña PHotoEspaña is back in Madrid. With the theme “El lugar” (The Place), this Festival of Photography and Visual Arts will once again turn the city into a living celebration of photography. All participating photographers, both in the Official Section and the Off Section will face, one way or the other, their visual idea of a “place”.

Amongst the most awaited exhibitions is the one by Bill Brandt. The Home, at Sala de Exposiciones AZCA (Paseo de la Castellana, 81) at the BBVA building. For the first time in Spain, this mythical photographer is showing the series of portraits of the British working class that he took during the 1930’s and 40’s.

Fundación Banco Santander is hosting an exhibition at Teatro Fernán Gómez (Plaza de Colón, 4) with the photographic work by W. Eugene Smith, much of which has been published in Life magazine. The works by this American author show a sincere social commitment.

The ghetto in Lodz, during the Nazi invasion of Poland, is the place chosen time and again by Henryk Ross’s objective, as can be seen in the photographs in the exhibition held at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (Contemporary Art Museum, Conde Duque, 9 and 11) under the title Buried Memories.

Museo Reina Sofía (Santa Isabel, 52) also brings two classics: Leonardo Cantero, member of the school of Madrid, whose series Dehesa abulense is a beautiful testimony of the rural world in the 1960’s, and Robert Smithson, one of the most significant figures of Land Art, through which he transforms natural spaces.

Furthermore, PHotoEspaña 08 becomes a springboard for emerging photographers. Descubrimientos PHE will be showing, at Complejo El Águila (Ramírez de Prado, 3) 70 portfolios selected amongst the participants of this contest for young up-and-coming artists. On the other hand, on June 13^th La noche de la fotografía (Photography Night) will flood the streets with Canon’s PHotomarathon, Camper Photo-Tours, night screenings in the Literary Quarter and activities organized by Captura.org, a group which makes use of the Internet to spread their creations. This year PHotoespaña places special emphasis in the Programas para los Públicos (Programmes for the Public), a series of guided tours of exhibitions and children’s workshops

27th and 28th of June and 4th, 5th and 6th of July
www. Rock in Rio
One of the biggest music festivals in the world is coming to Spain next month. The event will take place in Arganda del Rey (Madrid) with a staging of more than 70 national and international artists in a 200.000 m2 esplanade.
Rock in Rio took place for the first time in Brazil in 1985 with more than 1 million people audience. Since then it has become a reference for everyone who likes music and is compromised “For a Better World” (the event’s slogan).
This new edition will take place in Lisbon and Madrid during the months of May, June and July (the last 5 editions took place in Brazil and Portugal) and is aimed to make people aware of the effects of the climate change. The Rock in Rio organization will donate from 2% to 5% of the tickets rate to educational projects about this problem.
You will be able to enjoy Rock in Rio in Madrid in two consecutive weekends, on the 27th and 28th of June and 4th, 5th and 6th of July. Among other artists you will be able to listen to Lenny Kravitz, The Police, Jamiroquai or Amy Winehouse.

Leire Fernandez

From 7th to 29th April, enjoy dance in different spaces in Madrid.

See full information on Madrid official site.

Download the complete program pdf.

06.02 – 05.05 2008
Picasso la coleccion del Museo Nacional de París
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Horarios:
De lunes a sábado y festivos: 10.00 – 21.00 horas
Domingos: 10.00 – 14.30 horas
Martes: cerrado

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