Besides the larger, better-known museums that everybody should visit, Madrid is also the capital of Contemporary art for many other reasons. Discover these unique spaces that are too often forgotten.
Matadero Madrid
Integrated in Madrid Río, it opened in 2006 after having been the Municipal Slaughter house and Market of cattle. Its activities are visual arts, theatre, literature and reading, music and musical art, cinema, design, fashion, and architecture. The place itself is a surprising walk of modernist art.
To find more information, visit mataderomadrid.org – Paseo de la Chopera, 14
La Tabacalera de Lavapiés
This building was the old Tobacco Factory of Madrid, also a historic patrimony. Since 2007 it has been a cultural space holding temporary exhibitions and activities around photography, visual and contemporary art. Keeping the old taste of the tobacco factory, its different shows are specially integrated at this amazing place.
To find more information, visit latabacalera.net – Calle Embajadores, 51
La Casa Encendida
This neomudéjar building is a sacred national and international reference point where some of the most avant-garde artistic experiences take place. There are often educational activities, debates, and various events having to do with modern creation
To find more information, visit lacasaencendida.es – Ronda de Valencia, 2
Once you are done with these fantastic options to view Contemporary art, if you are still art-hungry 🙂 you can join a local Spanish artist, Maria, and discover some of Madrid’s coolest Hidden Art Galleries in an art neighborhood of Madrid. Maria will even show you her personal studio!
