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Hans Haacke (1936), a German-born artist living in New York since the 1960s, is one of the pioneers and main representatives of what is known as institutional critique. In his work he looks at the different ways that political and economic institutions make use of prestige in the art sphere. The exhibition examines the relationships between art, patronage and advertising and is made up of his most recent project, which focuses on the Spanish situation, and some of his pre-existing pieces.

Like the old curiosity cabinets of the 17th century, whose collections later became the foundations of the today's art and natural history museums, this exhibition project created by the German artist Rosemarie Trockel (1952) delves deeply into the passion for collecting objects. In the display of this particular universe viewers find a series of pieces that are indicative of the artist's ideas and aesthetic affinities and also a selection of pieces of her own creation made over a period of almost three decades.

This retrospective dedicated to Nacho Criado (1943-2010) moves through the artist's projects, ideas and processual investigations with a selection of over eighty works, all of which are the fruit of his fundamental interest in the concept of time in its various facets. Appreciated mainly for his pioneering works in the area of conceptual art and experimental sculpture, he is considered one of the most important creators in Spain. His trademark production includes early, simple creations in wood and continues up through sculptural recreations of a monumental nature.

Sharon Hayes (Baltimore, 1970) lives and works in New York. She is interested in the relationship between history, politics and language and in her work she explores the two-fold notion of historic document, as something both allegorical and literal, an event in itself. In her analysis of the discourse of protest groups in the 20th century, she explores the way they articulate the gender question in their political vindications, revealing an unexpected resonance that connects different periods of time.