Displacing Guernica
Tour for Adults Around Works in the Collection
Free. Access with General ticket to the Museo
Inscription
It is done in strict order of arrival from half an hour before the start of the visit.
Meeting point: Sabatini Building, Floor 1, Education Information Point
Due to the restrictions caused by the sanitary crisis, personal hearing loops must be requested at least three business days before the activity at accesibilidad@museoreinasofia.es
This guided tour surveys the rooms of the Museo Reina Sofía Collection housing Pablo Picasso’s Guernica and framing its historical context, inviting visitors to think about how and why the work has become a political symbol of the end of Spain’s Transition to democracy and a timeless, universally recognised icon. This narrative is part of the broad research on the piece conducted by the Museo and the museographical arrangement of the Communicating Vessels Collection, extending beyond traditional interpretations and unearthing the multiple factors and implications involved in producing the artistic act.
Therefore, this title seeks to “displace” a certain kind of reading to instead open a narrative that helps spectators to establish possible connections between the works that make up the visited space, the documents displayed in cabinets and the rest of the Collection from a transversal gaze allowing Guernica to be analysed from different places.
The tour takes place within the context of Room 205.10 Guernica, located on Floor 2 of the Sabatini Building. Moreover, there is a tour given in English every Wednesday at 11am.
