Sakiko Nomura. Tender is the night

FEB.06.2025          MAY.11.2025

Sakiko Nomura

Sakiko Nomura
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© Sakiko Nomura. Courtesy of Akio Nagasawa Gallery

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Exhibition

 

FEB.06.2025        MAY.11.2025

Where

Recoletos Exhibition Hall
Paseo Recoletos 23, 28004 Madrid

Telf. +34 91 581 61 00 (attention only during the opening hours of the exhibition hall)
cultura@fundacionmapfre.org

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)

How to arrive

Buses: 5 – 14 – 27 – 37 – 45 – 53 – 150
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Subway: Line 4 (Colón), line 2 (Banco de España) and line 5 (Chueca)
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Trains: C-2, C-7, C-8 and C-10
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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.

Accessibility

Ramp for wheelchair access – The three floors of the hall are accessed by a generously-sized elevator.

Services

Locker Service.

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Sakiko Nomura (1967) is one of the most outstanding Japanese photographers of her generation. She worked for 20 years as an assistant to Nobuyoshi Araki and since 1993 has exhibited regularly in Japan and other Asian countries, as well as in Europe and Mexico. This exhibition is her first major retrospective.

The black and white male nudes, barely illuminated or sometimes silhouetted against nocturnal and shadowy atmospheres, are the best-known pieces in her body of work. The subjects are young and attractive, like the protagonists of Tender Is the Night, the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald that is explicitly referenced in the title, as power and erotic tension in these images are wrapped in an air of tenderness and certain mystery. These portraits (a real challenge to certain taboos and traditional stereotypes in Japanese culture) alternate in the exhibition with images of animals, still lifes, urban landscapes, atmospheric phenomena, lights and shifting reflections, creating a series of fragmented narratives with a cinematic quality, rich with allegorical meanings about the fleetingness of existence.

The exhibition also devotes special attention to her photobooks, which constitute a significant part of her career.

Curator: Enrique Juncosa

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Tickets

Online sale of tickets will be available since January 21st

Individual

Individual Ticket (includes audioguide)

  • Allows to visit Sakiko Nomura. Tender is the night and 1924. Other Surrealisms.
  • GENERAL ADMISSION: €5 / REDUCED ADMISSION: €3 (Beneficiaries of reduced admission).
  • FREE ADMISSION:
  • 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.

Commented Tour

  • Cultural mediation is one of the most dynamic and effective instruments used by Museums to provide their visitors a better understanding of exhibitions.
  • In a brief explanation (15-20 min. approx.), our mediation team comments concepts and information to go in depth in the evaluation and enjoyment of the exhibited works. Explanations in Spanish.
  • Hours: WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY: from 5 to 8 pm; FRIDAY and SATURDAY: from 12 to 2 pm and from 5 to 8 pm; SUNDAY and HOLIDAYS: from 12 to 2 pm.
  • No additional cost upon ticket. Information at reception desk.

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.
Groups

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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