Event
Exhibition «Colecciones Masaveu. Arte textil»
From antique carpets and embroidery to works by Miró, Delaunay and Calder: the Fundación Masaveu exhibition traces the evolution of textile art from the 15th century to the present day.
About this event
At the Fundación María Cristina Masaveu Peterson, visitors can follow the evolution of textile art over several centuries. The exhibition «Colecciones Masaveu. Arte textil» brings together more than eighty works spanning from the 15th century to the present day. Alongside antique carpets, embroidery and tapestries, works by Joan Miró, Sonia Delaunay, Alexander Calder and others are also on display.
The exhibition is divided into two sections, one historical and one contemporary, but invites visitors to discover the links between them. Techniques, forms and ideas change, but fabric remains the material through which artists speak about their time. Other featured artists include Magdalena Abakanowicz, Sheila Hicks, Anni Albers and Olga de Amaral.
The exhibition offers a chance to discover a lesser-known part of the Colecciones Masaveu, which several generations of the family have been assembling since the 1930s. It can be visited until 18 July 2027 at the foundation’s Madrid headquarters, located at Alcalá Galiano, 6.