Reina Sofía

》Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

An important landmark on Madrid’s famous Art Walk, the Reina Sofía Museum is home to a large collection of modern and contemporary Spanish art renowned throughout the world. Inside find works by Dalí, Miró and Juan Gris, alongside the museum’s masterpiece, Guernica. One of Malaga-born sculptor and painter Pablo Picasso’s most significant works of art, it was painted in memory of the suffering experienced during the bombing of Guernica on 27 April 1937 in the Spanish Civil War.

Founded in 1992, the Reina Sofía covers the periods that are not examined in the Prado Museum. The earliest work of art is from 1881, the same year Pablo Picasso was born.

The building where the museum is currently housed was previously used as a hospital, Hospital de San Carlos, constructed at the end of the 18th century.

^The Weeping Woman with Handkerchief - Pablo Picasso, 1937
^Cabeza de caballo. Boceto para Guernica (Horse Head. Sketch for "Guernica") - Pablo Picasso, 1937
^Le gitan The Gypsy - Robert Delaunay, 1915
^The Great Masturbator - Salvador Dalí, 1929
^Les oiseaux morts (Dead Birds) - Pablo Picasso, 1912
^Woman dressed in blue - Pablo Picasso, 1901
^Back of Girl - Salvador Dali, 1926Read more