Candida Höfer: 'Banco de España Madrid IV', 2000 [detail]

Exhibitions

Triunfo del Amor y la Eternidad sobre el Tiempo [The Triumph of Love and Eternity over Time]
Jan Leyniers II
Triunfo del Amor y la Eternidad sobre el Tiempo [The Triumph of Love and Eternity over Time]
José Moñino y Redondo, I conde de Floridablanca [José Moñino y Redondo, I Count of Floridablanca]
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes
José Moñino y Redondo, I conde de Floridablanca [José Moñino y Redondo, I Count of Floridablanca]
Miguel de Torres y Ruiz de Rivera, III marqués de Matallana [Miguel de Torres y Ruiz de Rivera, 3rd Marquis of Matallana]
Pietro Melchiorre Ferrari
Miguel de Torres y Ruiz de Rivera, III marqués de Matallana [Miguel de Torres y Ruiz de Rivera, 3rd Marquis of Matallana]
Ramón de Santillán González
José Gutiérrez de la Vega y Bocanegra
Ramón de Santillán González
José Ramón Álvarez-Rendueles
Isabel Quintanilla
José Ramón Álvarez-Rendueles
Pablo Hernández de Cos
Annie Leibovitz
Pablo Hernández de Cos
Rey Felipe VI y Reina Letizia [King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia]
Annie Leibovitz
Rey Felipe VI y Reina Letizia [King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia]
Reloj de caja alta [Longcase Clock]
Diego Evans
Reloj de caja alta [Longcase Clock]
Reloj de sobremesa. El nacimiento de un príncipe francés [Mantel Clock. The Birth of a French Prince]
Anonymous
Reloj de sobremesa. El nacimiento de un príncipe francés [Mantel Clock. The Birth of a French Prince]
Reloj de sobremesa. Alegoría del Estudio y de las Artes [Table Clock. Allegory of Study and the Arts]
Anonymous
Reloj de sobremesa. Alegoría del Estudio y de las Artes [Table Clock. Allegory of Study and the Arts]
Reloj de sobremesa [Mantel clock]
José de Hoffmeyer y Jiménez
Reloj de sobremesa [Mantel clock]
Chinese Business
Mladen Stilinović
Chinese Business
The Ecliptic (La eclíptica)
Raqs Media Collective
The Ecliptic (La eclíptica)
Relojes [Clocks]
Isidoro Valcárcel Medina
Relojes [Clocks]
Eco #2
Inmaculada Salinas
Eco #2
Banco de España Madrid VI 2000
Candida Höfer
Banco de España Madrid VI 2000
Banco Internacional de Tiempo Laboral (Serie primera)
Juan Luis Moraza
Banco Internacional de Tiempo Laboral (Serie primera)
Dar a ver el tiempo [Making Time Visible]
Manolo Laguillo
Dar a ver el tiempo [Making Time Visible]
Each Number Equals One Inhalation and One Exhalation (Table 3)
Ibghy & Lemmens
Each Number Equals One Inhalation and One Exhalation (Table 3)
Semilla [Seed]
Antonio Pichillá
Semilla [Seed]
Lugar imaginado nº2 [Imagined Place nº2]
Ángel Poyón Calí
Lugar imaginado nº2 [Imagined Place nº2]
Sin título. De la serie “K’o q’iij ne t’i’lto’ ja juyu’ t’aq’aaj” [Untitled. From the series K’o q’iij ne t’i’lto’ ja juyu’ t’aq’aaj]
Manuel Chavajay
Sin título. De la serie “K’o q’iij ne t’i’lto’ ja juyu’ t’aq’aaj” [Untitled. From the series K’o q’iij ne t’i’lto’ ja juyu’ t’aq’aaj]
Mar Abierto 12-13 horas
Javier Núñez Gasco
Mar Abierto 12-13 horas
Dos de la tarde [Two in the Afternoon]
Victoria Civera
Dos de la tarde [Two in the Afternoon]
Painting #24
Pieter Vermeersch
Painting #24
Diario Vírico [Viral Diary]
Inmaculada Salinas
Diario Vírico [Viral Diary]
Sin título
Chema Madoz
Sin título

THE TYRANNY OF CHRONOS

WITH WORKS BY

YTO BARRADA / CHARLES CHAPLIN / MANUEL CHAVAJAY / VICTORIA CIVERA /  PIETRO MELCHIORRE FERRARI / FRANCISCO DE GOYA / JOSÉ GUTIÉRREZ DE LA VEGA / CANDIDA HÖFFER / IBGHY & LEMMENS / MANOLO LAGUILLO / ANNIE LEIBOVITZ / JAN LEYNIERS / CHEMA MADOZ / JUAN LUIS MORAZA / JAVIER NÚÑEZ GASCO / ANTONIO PICHILLÁ / ÁNGEL POYÓN / ISABEL QUINTANILLA / RAQS MEDIA COLLECTIVE / INMACULADA SALINAS / MLADEN STILINOVICH / ISIDORO VALCÁRCEL MEDINA / PIETER VERMEERSCH

The exhibition offers a new perspective on the notion of time and the various ways it has been conceived and represented throughout history. Structured around the Banco de España's own collection, it also includes works loaned by other institutions in Spain and abroad.

The exhibition will be the venue for the official unveiling of Annie Leibovitz's portraits of the King and Queen of Spain and the outgoing governor, Pablo Hernández de Cos. These two latest additions are the first photographs in the Bank's portrait gallery.

The exhibition also includes a selection of the bank's historical clocks and some groundbreaking artworks from its collection that challenge and transgress the hegemonic notion of time prevalent in modern society. 

Curated by Yolanda Romero, conservator at the Banco de España, The Tyranny of Chronos contains over fifty works by twenty-four artists and collectives, including tapestries, paintings, sculptures, photographs and timepieces. The oldest, dating back to 1684, is a tapestry made by Jan Leyniers to a design by David Teniers III, entitled Triumph of Love and Eternity over Time, while the most recent pieces are from the 2020s.

Paralleling the exhibition, which opens on 27 November, a catalogue has been published, which as well as providing detailed information on all the pieces on display, includes a series of essays exploring in greater depth the issues and problems addressed in the show.

Tickets will be available from Wednesday, 20 November.