Activities

What do we feel when we look at a work of art? Although the experience of art is deeply subjective, our reactions can be measured and analysed. Discover this research project that unites art, technology and health.

We are inviting young creators and creatives from all over the world to reinterpret works from the collection to compete for new prizes. If you are between 16 and 35 years old, participate on Instagram in this competition that has no limitations of artistic discipline or theme.

To coincide with the exhibition Proust and the Arts the museum is presenting a real-time conversation between the makers of the podcasts Recordis (Alicia Población) and La Elocuente (Pilar Asuero and Paula Camino)

Through our guided tours on weekends and public holidays you can learn in detail about the life and work of the artists, their influences and motivations, and why they became icons of art.

Young Friends will have the opportunity to participate in a guided tour led by violinist and composer Pablo Martos, a member of the panel of experts that helps shape the activities of the LabThyssen programme.

Friends can thus enjoy the chance to attend some of the concerts organised by the School, both at its headquarters and at the Auditorio Nacional.

On weekends from March to June the Museo Thyssen is offering guided tours of Proust and the Arts, an exhibition that focuses on the importance of art in the work of one of the most influential writers of the 20^th century, recognised in the fields of literature, philosophy and art theory.

The fourth edition of Vision and Presence features ten performative actions over the course of the year which have been expressly created to be seen in the museum.

Los Amigos tienen la oportunidad de recorrer la exposición antes de su apertura al público y con un acompañante, y de asistir a una de las visitas privadas organizadas en diversas fechas y horarios una vez inaugurada la exposición.

This new course, organised in collaboration with Visit Flanders, analyses the life and oeuvre of painters active from the 15^th to the 17^th centuries in Flanders, one of the most prosperous regions of the time, focusing on works expressly conceived for the places where they are still to be seen today.

The museum organizes a series of conversations to pay tribute to the collectors who ensure the continuing renewal of contemporary art and its system. 

Every three months and with the change of season the museum offers a guided tour focused on works in the collection that reflect the natural world and light of that time of year in order to discover how it has influenced painters. The activity continues in the Royal Botanical Garden in Madrid where an expert explains the characteristics of the season in question, showing examples of the plants and flowers that participants have already seen during their visit to the collection.

Coinciding with the exhibition Proust and the Arts, the museum is organising a lecture series that aims to delve into some of the most important aspects of the novel In Search of Lost Time (1913-1927) in terms of its relationship with the arts (painting, literature, music and theatre).

Electronic musician Clara Brea presents a sound intervention that draws on recordings from Tarek Atoui’s concerts—treated as if they were her own field recordings—as the raw material for a new composition closely tied to the themes and context of the exhibition.

In this new edition of Focus on the work Friends of the museum have the opportunity to engage in an intimate and insightful manner with the life and work of the 17^th century Flemish painter Michiel Sweerts.

TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary organiza visitas guiadas a la exposición Tarek Atoui. At-Tāriq dirigidas a grupos de instituciones públicas.

For the 18^th edition of Travelling with the painting Friends will be visiting the Italian capital in the footsteps of Saint Catherine of Alexandria (ca. 1598-99). The museum is lending this masterpiece by Caravaggio for inclusion in the exhibition Caravaggio 2025 organised by the Galleria Nazionale Barberini Corsini.

Art and wine go hand in hand in a unique experience that joins the Thyssen with the symbolic Mercado de San Miguel. An interesting way to explore gastronomic culture and art.

The museum is premiering in Spain a documentary that sheds light on the presence of Africans and Black people in Renaissance Europe, highlighting their representation in masterpieces by some of the most renowned artists of the time.

TBA21–Academy and Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza present Organismo | Art in Applied Critical Ecologies, an experimental independent study program connecting research, theory, and speculation through a series of focused case studies—regenerative interventions that explore different forms of alliance. 

Electronic musician Clara Brea presents a sound intervention that draws on recordings from Tarek Atoui’s concerts—treated as if they were her own field recordings—as the raw material for a new composition closely tied to the themes and context of the exhibition.

With this virtual guided tour you can travel through seven centuries of art history through fifteen masterpieces and delve deeper into our collection. Narrated by our curators, discover the little stories hidden in the paintings at any time and pause the guided tour whenever you want.

Take a closer look at the works in the collection from the point of view of the museum's restorers and you will learn about the treatments carried out on the paintings as well as some of the secrets and curiosities hidden in a selection of our Masterpieces.

Every year the Focus on the Collection programme offers Friends a guided tour of the Permanent Collection with the aim of offering detailed explanations of its contents. On this occasion the activity focuses on life at home as represented in paintings in the collection and invites participants to discover the way in which the spaces we call home have shaped our lives over the course of history.

Every three months and with the change of season the museum organises a tour based on works in its collection which reflect the nature and light of the different seasons, continuing with a visit to the Royal Botanical Garden in Madrid.

Friends will have the opportunity to visit the exhibition of works by Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock, two key 20th century artists.

Once again this season, we are offering tours of the museum and the Royal Botanical Garden which focus on the different seasons of the year. In this new edition the protagonists are autumn’s red and golden tones.

Con motivo de la primera exposición retrospectiva de Gabriele Münter en España, el Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza organiza un ciclo de conferencias en el que un variado grupo de especialistas analizan diversos aspectos de su larga y polifacética carrera. 

The latest edition of Focus on the Work will introduce Friends to Man with a Clarinet (1911-1912) by Pablo Picasso.

The museum and TBA21 organize a series of performative walkthroughs led by artists, academics, and cultural mediators, experts in music, musical pedagogy, oral performance, or dance.

The tenth edition of the Short Break programme has programmed a visit this June to Provence (France), a place where art, history and beauty come together.