Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

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Address
Plaza Santa Isabel 52, Atocha, 28012
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Phone
91 774 10 00
Fax
91 774 10 56
Website
www.museoreinasofia.es
Transport
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underground rail: Atocha
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Mon & Wed-Sat 10:00 - 21:00 , Sun 10:00 - 14:30

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Adapted from the shell of an 18th-century hospital, this museum houses the best Madrid has to offer in modern Spanish art, principally spanning the 20th century up to the 1980s. For most, the big attraction is Picasso's Guernica , but there is plenty else on offer, including Joan Miró, Vassily Kandinsky and Salvador Dalí.

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1227661978000 26 November 2008

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Brace yourself for 'Guernica'

This museum has a fantastic collection, primarily 19th and 20th century art - surrealism, cubism, pop art, abstract expressionism - and Spanish artists are really well represented. It's spacious and filled with light, and a pleasure to wander around. There's also a lovely garden out the back where you can sit and process all the masterpieces you've just seen (or just spin out at the strange doll-sized park benches scattered around the grass - creepy!). Although it's an old building, the external glass-fronted elevators are a super-modern touch, allowing visitors to gaze out at the sprawling plaza below and the splendid Atocha station nearby.

But it's Picasso's 'Guernica' which most people come here for - and with good reason. Seeing this huge painting in the flesh is an overwhelming, emotional experience. Picasso's fury vibrates off the canvas, and you notice details that simply get lost in printed reproductions. It's breath-taking and powerful and moving.

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