Focus on the temporary exhibition: Colonial Memory in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collections
- For:
- Friends
- Time:
Preview: Sunday 23 June from 15.30 to 19.00 (last access at 18.30).
Guided tour on-site: Sundays 30 June and 7 July from 19.30 to 21.00. Monday 1 July 16.30 to 18.00.
Guided tour online: Tuesday 1 October at 18.00.
- Place:
- Exhibition rooms
- Price:
Guided tour: €6
Preview: free activity. No prior booking request.
Buy your tickets for on-site guided visits from 17 June and for online guided tours from 17 September July (online and on tel. +34 917 911 370 (from 10.00 to 20.00).
The exhibition Colonial Memory in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collections will aim to decipher the influence of colonial power on the iconography of various works in the Thyssen-Bornemisza collections. A selection of paintings will reveal “invisibilised” stories of racial domination, marronage and the civil rights struggle, as well as the introduction of the modern mercantile system based on European military control, the use of enslaved African workers and the appropriation of firstly Latin American and later Asian and African land and raw materials.
Before the exhibition opens to the public Friends can enjoy a non-guided visit with a guest on 23 June. Following the inauguration there will be in-gallery guided tours scheduled for different dates and times, as well as an online guided tour on 17 September.