Art as witness and agent: the impact of social change on the visual imagery of the 1920s and 1930s
A tour of some of the pictures and sculptures from the Banco de España Collection on display in 'Allegories of What is to Come', exploring the relationship between art, labour and nation-building and highlighting Art Deco’s important role as an embodiment of modernist values. Featured items include work by Joaquín Sorolla, Benjamín Palencia, José Gutiérrez Solana and José de Olivares.
Stained glass panels by Maumejean Hermanos, one of the most iconic sets of twentieth-century institutional Art Deco in Europe
A selection of the original drawings, sketches and cartoons of the panels is now on show in 'Allegories of What is to Come'. The exhibition focuses on the enlargement of the Banco de España's head offices on Plaza Cibeles in the 1930s (a key episode in the institution's history) and explore some of the contradictions of an age in which modernism was seen as a promised land over which different groups fought for ownership. Due to its popular success, the exhibition run has been extended until 30 May.
New additions to our 'Highlights' section: works by Isabel Oliver, Salomé Cuesta and Cristina García Rodero
The three pieces, produced between 1975 and 1995, reflect the strength and determination with which women artists burst onto the Spanish arts scene in the last three decades of the twentieth century.
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