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MADRID ORIGINAL IN THE MEDIA: Our Impressionist Dinner and guided visit to Monet
Color Symphony, by Gilles GrasteauOur combined Impressionist diner + guided visit to the exhibition "Monet and Abstraction" has deserved a lot of attention from newspapers, TV and radio. Read, listen and watch about us!
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EXHIBITION AT THE PRADO: "Turner and the Masters"
Turner's Jesssica (detail)The intense relation that J.M.W. Turner maintained with the classics is an aspect of his career that often surprises those who know and love the most innovative side of his art. This being important, the emulation of the greatest classics was a field Turner cultivated earnestly too. There is no way we can understand Turner without unraveling the reasons behind this effort. That is this exhibition's aim.

Prado Museum. From 22/Jun/10 to 19/Sep/10.
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EXHIBITION: "The Subversion of Images"
Man Ray's Veiled Erotica (detail)Can subconscious mind be revealed through such a realistic art as the photography? It is more than possible: it used to be one favorite media for surrealism. Let's discover it with "The subversion of images".

Fundación MAPFRE. From 17/Jun/10 to 12/sep/10.

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MUSEUMS: The Prado Museum (5). Spanish Medieval and Renaissance Painting
Sala 51c del Museo del Prado, reformada por Moneo para acoger las pinturas de San BaudelioWith the new Spanish Medieval and Renaissance sections, the Prado Museum, Spain's emblematic Art gallery, reaches an important milestone in its current transformation process. Wall-paintings reinstalled, old polyptychs shining bright again and recent acquisitions surprise the visitors equally in their new rooms.
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What's new in our website... and beyond
Thyssen Museum : Exhibition "Ghirlandaio and Renaissance in Florence" ----- Fundación MAPFRE (Recoletos 23) : Exhibition "The Subversion of Images"  ----- Fundación Juan March : Giorgio Morandi  ----- Círculo de Bellas Artes: Exhibition Laszlo Mohly-Nagy ----- ICO Museum: Exhibition "Helen Levitt"----- Reina Sofía Museum : New display of the Reina Sofía Museum permanent collection ----- Reina Sofía Museum : Exhibition Martín Ramírez ----- Reina Sofía Museum : Exhibition The Potosí Principle----- Reina Sofía Museum : Exhibition Drifts and Derivations----- Reina Sofía Museum : Exhibition New Realisms----- Prado Museum : Exhibition "Turner and the Masters" ----- Prado Museum : Exhibition "The Love of Hermes and Herse" ----- Prado Museum : Definitive displays for Spanish Medieval and Renaissance Painting, Primitive Flemish, Italian Peninsular Renaissance, Velázquez, 18th century and 19th century sections ----- Romantic Museum : Open again -----  Annual Programs of guided visits in Madrid .
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