Thyssen Museum visits Brazil with 50 masterpieces exhibition

The Spanish Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum has inaugurated an exhibition in Brasilia, Brazil, titled 'El Thyssen te visita' (The Thyssen Visits You). The display features 50 reproductions of masterpieces from its renowned collection in Madrid, bringing them to the Brazilian capital.

Located in the external area of the Museum of the Republic in central Brasilia, the exhibition showcases works by artists such as Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Van Gogh, Monet, Manet, Rembrandt, and Caravaggio. The setting is designed to engage with Brasilia, a city often described as an open-air museum, integrating Western art history with the monumental and modern urban landscape.

During the inauguration, the Spanish Ambassador to Brazil, Mar Fernández-Palacios, highlighted the exhibition's purpose: to foster a dialogue not only between art and the urban environment but also with the citizens. The initiative is organized by Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (Aecid), in collaboration with the Spanish embassies in Brazil and Mexico, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum.

The exhibition will remain open in Brasilia until July 26. Santiago Herrero, Director of Cultural and Scientific Relations at Aecid, noted that successful exhibitions depend on wonderful works, committed institutions, adequate resources, and an incomparable setting, all of which he believes Brasilia provides. Following its presentation in the Brazilian capital, the exhibition is scheduled to travel to São Paulo and subsequently to Mexico. This tour is part of an initiative taking place during a significant year for Spain and the Ibero-American community, as Madrid prepares to host the 30th Ibero-American Summit in November.