1924. Other Surrealisms
FEB.06.2025 ──────── MAY.11.2025
Marcel Jean
Surrealist Wardrobe, 1941
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
© Marcel Jean
Photo: © París, Les Arts Décoratifs/Jean Tholance
Exhibition
FEB.06.2025 ── MAY.11.2025
Where
Recoletos Exhibition Hall
Paseo Recoletos 23, 28004 Madrid
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Opening hours:
Mondays (except holidays): 2 pm – 8 pm
Tuesday to Saturday: 11 am – 8 pm
Sunday and holidays: 11 am – 7 pm
*The evacuation of the hall starts 10 minutes before closing time. Last access (7:30 pm or 6:30 pm) only allows a 20 minutes tour to the exhibitions.
Closed:
December 25th, January 1st and 6th
Limited opening hours:
December 24th and 31th, January 5th: 11 am – 3 pm
General Ticket:
5 €
Free Admission time:
Mondays, 2 pm to 8 pm (except holidays)
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Audioguides
Available online in Spanish and English. Online format, accessible via mobile without downloads or installations.
Included with the individual ticket. More information in the “Tickets” section.
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Marking the centenary (1924) of André Breton’s publication of the ‘First Manifesto of Surrealism’, this exhibition proposes a threefold exploration: the critical reception of the Manifesto in Spain, the impact of the movement as a whole in our country, and the actual role that women (with the figure of Gala Dalí at the center) played in the group.
From this approach, the exhibition extends beyond the Spanish artists who were international protagonists of the movement, such as Dalí, Buñuel or Miró, to explore the numerous followers in Spain, who were generally lesser-known for various reasons and who, in many cases, did not strictly adhere to the Surrealist canon set by Breton in Paris but instead developed their own interpretations. Recovering these alternative discourses and the forgotten names of Surrealist artists from Spain and Latin America is one of the exhibition’s central themes, with particular emphasis on the overlooked contributions of women in the movement: both Spanish and international artists (Maruja Mallo, Remedios Varo and Grete Stern…) who were presented collectively without names in Breton’s Manifesto.
One hundred years later,1924. Other Surrealisms prompts us to reflect on what remains, in a world as plural and complex as today’s, of a movement that unveiled and incorporated into our intellectual and emotional baggage aspects of reality that were previously unknown or ignored, such as dreams, androgyny, and lost paradises…
Curator: Estrella de Diego
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1924. Other Surrealisms
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Tickets
Online sale of tickets will be available since January 21st
Individual Ticket (includes audioguide)
- Allows to visit 1924. Other Surrealisms and Sakiko Nomura. Tender is the night.
- GENERAL ADMISSION: €5 / REDUCED ADMISSION: €3 (Beneficiaries of reduced admission).
- FREE ADMISSION:
- General Free Admission (€0): Mondays (except holidays) from 2 pm to 8 pm.
- Free admission for eligible groups: Click here to see the groups entitled to free entry and how to obtain these tickets.
- AUDIOGUIDE: All individual ticket types include an audioguide.
- The audioguide is accessible online via a QR code available at various points in the exhibition hall. To access it, you will need a mobile device with internet access. If you do not have an active mobile internet connection, you can use the free Wi-Fi available in the exhibition hall.
- The use of headphones is required to avoid disturbing other visitors. Headphones are not included with the ticket. For sustainability reasons, we encourage visitors to bring their own headphones. If you need to purchase headphones (€1, standard jack type), you can do so during the online ticket purchase process. Alternatively, they can be purchased at the ticket office, but this may require waiting in line.
Guided Tour (in Spanish)
- In a tour lasting approximately one hour, our cultural mediators comment on the main pieces in the exhibition, sharing with the participants the aesthetic and historical keys to deepen the understanding of the Surrealist movement as a whole and the specific aspects highlighted by this exhibition.
- Price: €7. The ticket also allows to visit Sakiko Nomura. Tender is the night.
- Hours: TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY: 12:30 pm and 5:30 pm; FRIDAY: 12:30 pm; SUNDAYS: 4:30 pm and 5:30 pm. Groups consist of a maximum of 14 people. Approximate duration: 60 minutes.
- The visit is carried out in spanish with an audio-guided system. No translation into english is offered. Disposable headphones are provided, but for sustainability reasons we recommend you to bring your own headphones.
MAPFRE Clients
- MAPFRE offers to its policyholders 2 free tickets (4 if Platinum Client) for each exhibition season. To obtain courtesy tickets of MAPFRE, access the online ticket office and follow the purchase process. Tickets are discounted at the end of the purchase process: before payment, the program will request your ID and will automatically activate the free tickets that correspond to you.
- You can also get them at the ticket office in the room, presenting your ID.
- Invitations must be used in a single visit.
- Any question you have, please check these simple instructions.
- AUDIOGUIDE: All individual ticket types include an audioguide.
- The audioguide is accessible online via a QR code available at various points in the exhibition hall. To access it, you will need a mobile device with internet access. If you do not have an active mobile internet connection, you can use the free Wi-Fi available in the exhibition hall.
- The use of headphones is required to avoid disturbing other visitors. Headphones are not included with the ticket. For sustainability reasons, we encourage visitors to bring their own headphones. If you need to purchase headphones (€1, standard jack type), you can do so during the online ticket purchase process. Alternatively, they can be purchased at the ticket office, but this may require waiting in line.
Collaborating Entities
- If you belong to any of the entities that collaborate with Fundación MAPFRE, you must obtain your reduced ticket (€ 1 or €3) at the ticket office in the room.
Audioguides (headphones)
- All individual ticket types include an audioguide.
- The audioguide is accessible online via a QR code available at various points in the exhibition hall. To access it, you will need a mobile device with internet access. If you do not have an active mobile internet connection, you can use the free Wi-Fi available in the exhibition hall.
- The use of headphones is required to avoid disturbing other visitors. Headphones are not included with the ticket. For sustainability reasons, we encourage visitors to bring their own headphones. If you need to purchase headphones (€1, standard jack type), you can do so during the online ticket purchase process. Alternatively, they can be purchased at the ticket office, but this may require waiting in line.
Group Visit
- It’s mandatory for the Group Visit to have a guide or person in charge. To request a guide from the Foundation, ask please for information and rates to: cultura@fundacionmapfre.org
- The group must be made up of a minimum of 6 pax. a maximum of 15 pax (guide included).
- The use of an audio-guiding system is mandatory for the visit. If the group does not have its own, you must add it (€1/pax) during the online purchase process.
- Hours: MONDAY: 3 pm and 4 pm ; TUESDAY to FRIDAY: 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm, 4 pm, 5 pm and 6 pm.
- Maximum duration of the visit: 60 min.
- The formalization of the booking implies the acceptance of the Rules for the visit, especially those indicated for “Group Tour”.
€3/pax.
Schools
Educational activities for schools are developed entirely in Spanish. If you are interested please consult section Colegios y Familias.
Families
Educational activities for families are developed entirely in Spanish. If you are interested please consult section Colegios y Familias.
IMPORTANT: Before you start the ticket buying process, we strongly recommend that you take into account the following observations:
- Tickets changes or returns are not allowed except for justified force majeure.
- The purchase of tickets presupposes the acceptance of the Rules for the visit. We recommend reading it before entering the room.
- If your visit is scheduled for the late afternoon, please remember that the room is cleared 10 minutes before closing time (8 pm from Tuesday to Saturday; 7 pm on Sundays and holidays).
- Fundación MAPFRE is not responsible for the rates, schedules and other information applied on the websites of other entities where tickets for their exhibitions can be purchased.
- If the online ticket purchasing process is cancelled, suspended or cut off, please contact our support telephone numbers: +34 915 816 100 (attention exclusively during the opening hours of the exhibition hall).
- Other rates for eligible groups (44 KB)
If you need more information about the exhibition, you can see it here.
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