GOLDEN TRIANGLE OF ARTS. LECTURES OF TATIANA PIGAREVA

Lectures are devoted to the main museums of Madrid, the history of the formation of their collections, the unique nature of the "art triangle" - the main center of attraction of the Spanish capital and, of course, the masterpieces of world painting.

5th of December. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum.

The lecture will discuss how the grandfather of the “steel king”, Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, made friends with Rodin, how the world’s largest private collection moved from Switzerland to Spain, and how the collections of Thyssen and Prado have something in common.

12 December. Reina Sofia Museum.

The theme of the final lecture of the cycle is the struggle between painting and dictatorship. How did one of the best abstract art museums in the world arise in medieval Cuenca? How in 20 years the gloomy hospital building of the Queen Sofia Museum, colloquially named Sofida, turned into an art center, which last year took the twelfth place in the list of the most visited museums in the world, overtaking the Prado and Pompidou? Why did the museum open three times? How did his main hit, “Guernica” by Picasso, appear in the museum?