In this once-in-a-lifetime experience, you'll be able to see the delights of the Prado Museum's collection when it's closed to the public. You'll visit the permanent collection with your local expert art guide. This gallery in Madrid has the most complete collection of Spanish paintings from the 11th and 18th centuries, and numerous masterpieces by great universal artists such as El Greco, Velázquez, Goya, Bosch, Tiziano, Van Dyck and Rembrandt.
The quality and variety of its collection make the Prado one of the best equipped museums in the world. It combines a first-class collection of Spanish paintings, the most important works of the Flemish and Italian schools, and several excellent examples from the German, French and English schools. It is home to numerous masterpieces of universal art, such as Las Meninas by Velázquez, the two Majas by Goya, Nobleman with his hand on his chest by El Greco, the Garden of Delights by Bosch and The Three Graces by Rubens, among other pieces.
10 AM Continuation to the Reina Sofía Museum. The Reina Sofía National Art Center opened its doors to the public in 1990 with an important collection of Spanish and international art that spans from the end of the 19th century to the present day. Two years later, Pablo Picasso's Guernica was installed, a key work that plays a fundamental role in the museum's discourse and activities.
Located in an old hospital building dating back to the 18th century by architect Francesco Sabatini, the growth of his collection created the need for an extension, and in 2005 a new building designed by Jean Nouvel opened. The 18,000 items in the museum's collection have been reorganized in recent years to create an itinerary that explores their most distinctive features, such as surrealism, the 1937 Republic Pavilion and the Spanish informalism of the 1950s in an international context.
It currently revolves around three main sections: '1900-1945: The Rupture of the Twentieth Century. Utopias and conflicts', '1945-1968: is the war over? Art in a Divided World' and '1962-1982: From Revolt to Postmodernity'.
The Reina Sofía is also a space for research, experimentation and reflection, and offers an extensive program of temporary exhibitions and public activities. In addition, the Center houses a series of works by Spanish artists who left their mark in the 20th century: Juan Gris, one of the most important representatives of Cubism, Joan Miró, represented by paintings and sculptures that form a true retrospective of his work, Julio González, Salvador Dalí, the Catalan movement Dau al Set, abstraction (Pablo Palazuelo), the members of the Crónica Team, the El Paso group (Saura, Canogar and others), Antoni Tàpies and Eduardo Chillida show the continuous vitality of Spanish art.
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