Agenda Exhibitions

Current

23
Nov
05
May
Expanded World. Between the Physical and the Virtual

An exhibition that explores simulated worlds, their background, ethical, philosophical, legal, social and economic implications. Visit this exhibition on the fourth floor of Espacio Fundación [...]

Permanent

2020
Permanent
This is your Espacio

Espacio Fundación Telefónica has a great exhibition offer. On this page, you can book your free ticket online to access all the exhibitions and choose [...]

Past

09
Feb
Windows to the Future

Espacio Fundación Telefónica presents 'Windows to the Future', an exhibition that includes six large audiovisual installations that invite us to imagine scenarios of futures far [...]

15
Jun
07
Jan
Fake News. The news factory

What are they really and how do they spread? What tools do we have to make them? How can we detect and combat them? Fake [...]

22
Dec
11
Jun
Brain(s)

The exhibition 'Brain(s)' explores how art, science and philosophy have represented this fascinating organ throughout history and takes us into both the anatomy of the [...]

19
Oct
07
May
Code and algorithms. Wisdom in a Calculated World

Can algorithms guarantee greater neutrality and efficiency? Are they as free from human bias as we tend to think? How can we make our humanity [...]

01
Jun
31
Dec
The History of Telecommunications

The History of Telecommunications exhibition, located on the 2nd floor, will remain closed for renovations. Sorry for the inconvenience. Long-distance communications have undergone a major transformation [...]

20
May
20
Nov
Liam Young. Building Worlds

In this exhibition, we bring together the Australian creator’s most outstanding works –known for the captivating visions of his imaginary worlds– in the form of [...]

23
Feb
25
Sep
Connections in the Telefónica Collection

Connect, activate the machine for correspondence, make spontaneous or arranged encounters between objects, ideas and abstractions. The focus of the 'Connections in the Telefónica Collection' [...]

03
Nov
The Great Imagination. Histories from the future

Each era has had its own particular vision of the future, conditioned, to a large extent, by the context that has nurtured it. This exhibition presents [...]

16
Jun
10
Jan
Colour. The knowledge of the invisible

Colour has been attracting the attention of philosophers, artists, historians and scientists for centuries. Recently, the latest advances in artificial intelligence, neuroscience and psychology have [...]

05
Feb
26
Sep
Joanie Lemercier. Lightscapes

It is now essential to reserve your visit before attending an exhibition: choose your time slot and obtain your free entrance ticket by [...]

16
Sep
18
Apr
Radical Curiosity. In the Orbit of Buckminster Fuller

It is now essential to reserve your visit before attending an exhibition: choose your time slot and obtain your free entrance ticket by [...]

26
Jun
04
Apr
Gila speaking

Pioneer, groundbreaker, genius: this small format exhibition is our tribute to that great comedian, Miguel Gila. To that “other way” he had of doing things, [...]

26
Jun
10
Jan
Bill Viola. Mirrors of the Invisible

The 'Bill Viola. Mirrors of the Invisible' exhibition offers an extensive overview of the video artist’s career, which has evolved in parallel to advancements in [...]

25
Sep
12
Jan
Video games. The two sides of the screen

The exhibition explores the limits between the physical and virtual worlds in a journey through the video game industry, in which we delve into its [...]

07
Jun
22
Sep
William Klein. Manifiesto

We present this monographic exhibition that reaffirms William Klein's visionary work as one of the most outstanding displays of the 20th century and, above all, [...]

11
May
17
Nov
From Madrid to the Moon

Everyone knows that the Apollo 11 mission was a success, but few know the role that Spain and, specifically, Telefónica played in this achievement. We’ll [...]

16
Mar
01
Sep
teamLab

The exhibit presents three installations by teamLab, an interdisciplinary artistic collective interested in exploring a new form of relationship of human beings with nature and [...]

22
Feb
Nasca: Looking for Footprints in the Desert

This exhibition tells the story of the people who populated the basin of Rio Grande de Nasca two thousand years ago. We present a tour [...]

29
Nov
31
Mar
Hidden treasures: Telefónica’s audiovisual archive

Do you know what an audiovisual archive is? Why is it important? What is all this material saved for? What does it contain? How is [...]

01
Jan
Laurie Anderson at the Espacio Fundación Telefónica

Fundación Telefónica, in collaboration with the RIZOMA Festival, welcomes Laurie Anderson, who is visiting the space on the occasion of the presentation [...]

01
Jan
A window to the world. 130 years of National Geographic

Espacio Fundación Telefónica hosts the legacy of more than a century of informative and exploratory activity by National Geographic through this sample with iconic objects, [...]

31
Oct
17
Feb
Beyond 2001: Odysseys of Intelligence

Taking Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' as a starting point, this exhibition invites us on a journey from the origins, through the present and [...]

05
Oct
03
Feb
We Robots

The exhibition uses a selection of around fifty robots to reflect on the challenges facing humanity with the unstoppable development of these machines and the [...]

13
Jul
10
Oct
Cortés. Portrait and Structure

The show is a look back at the work of the painter from Cádiz, one of the most important Spanish portrait artists in recent decades, [...]

09
May
16
Sep
‘Players’ shows the most playful face of photographers from Magnum

Nearly 200 black-and-white and colour images from 46 photographers from the prestigious Magnum agency offer a panorama of the world of play. The friendly side [...]

23
Mar
24
Jun
The dancer of the future. From Isadora Duncan to Josephine Baker

An exhibition that brings us an in-depth look at the ground-breaking figures of modern dance through seven choreographers and dancers: Isadora Duncan, Loïe Fuller, Josephine [...]

23
Feb
22
Apr
Jennifer Steinkamp. Digital Nature

Five video installations from the American artist in which she transform the architectural space through digital animations.

08
Nov
04
Mar
Mars. The conquest of a dream

The fascination aroused by the red planet is the protagonist of this exhibition, which reflects on the possible arrival of man.

06
Oct
04
Feb
Norman Foster. Common futures

This exhibition seeks to popularize the architect’s work and his vision of the future while revealing his sources of inspiration. The exhibition underlines the continuity [...]

09
Sep
31
Dec
Virtual Reality Space

Espacio Fundación Telefónica Madrid is updating its exhibits and presents the Virtual Reality Space, the first space open to everyone where they can experience virtual [...]

15
Jun
22
Oct
3D. Printing the World

This show revolves around three-dimensional printing technology and its impact on disciplines as varied as medicine, fashion, gastronomy and architecture. If offers the broadest possible [...]

11
May
10
Oct
EYES WIDE OPEN! 100 years of Leica photography

Light, small, easy to handle and carry, the Leica camera could take spontaneous shots with a dynamism that was impossible up until then. We are [...]

29
Apr
29
Oct
Ada Lovelace. The enchantress of numbers.

Ada Lovelace was a woman of privileged intelligence, a bold visionary who lived a life that, in many respects, bucked the trends of her era. [...]

22
Feb
23
Apr
Leandro Erlich. Ephemeral Certainties

Elrich presents two of his most representative installations at the Ephemeral Certainties exhibition: Nest of Clouds and Changing Rooms.

10
Feb
28
May
Houdini. The laws of amazement

This exhibition gives us an insight into one of the most famous illusionists of all times. It traces the history of modern magic from fairground [...]

21
Oct
22
Jan
1, 2, 3… Recording! A history of musical recording

A fascinating journey that starts at the dawn of sound recording with equipment such as Scott de Martinville's phonautograph and Thomas A. Edison's phonograph.

20
Oct
22
Jan
The Sound of Music

A history of the recording and playing of music over the years; a fascinating journey that starts at the dawn of sound recording with pieces [...]

05
Oct
05
Feb
Hitchcock, beyond suspense

The collection traces a journey through Hitchcock's life, his icons, the collaborators who brought quality to his work, his portrayal of women, the way he [...]

02
Oct
03
Jul
Extended Reality Space

Inaugurated in 2016, Espacio XR is Spain's leading showroom for the dissemination of Extended Reality. Using the market's latest devices, more than 60,000 people have [...]

30
Sep
02
Feb
Theremin Exhibition. The untouchable instrument

This exhibition traces the life of the Russian scientist Lev Sergeyevich Termen and his inventions, concentrating on a particularly fascinating one, the theramin.

30
Sep
02
Apr
Theremin. The untouchable instrument

This exhibition traces the life of the Russian scientist Lev Sergeyevich Termen and his inventions, but concentrates on the invention of the theremin.

16
Jun
16
Oct
Terror in the Laboratory : From Frankenstein to Doctor Moreau

200 years ago, Lord Byron, John Polidori, Percy and Mary Shelley shared a lugubrious evening at Villa Diodati. Ideas emerged from this evening that [...]

27
May
02
Oct
In the Footsteps of Inge Morath. Gazes on the Danube

'In The Footsteps Of Inge Morath. Gazes On The Danube' is an exhibition of photographs from Inge Morath and eight contemporary photographers inspired by the [...]

19
May
11
Sep
Joaquín Torres-García: The Arcadian Modern

A retrospective curated by Luis Pérez-Oramas which focuses on the individuality of an artist who escapes classification. A new appraisal of the Uruguayan painter ranging [...]

22
Mar
17
Sep
Ignacio de Cárdenas, a pioneering architect

Did you know that the Telefónica building was the first skyscraper to be built in Spain? It was also the tallest building in Europe for [...]

18
Mar
15
May
Pablo Valbuena. Kinematope [technical landscape]

Pablo Valbuena studied Architecture and worked in various video game and film studios and architectural practices in Holland, Canada, the United States and Spain, where [...]

05
Feb
24
Apr
Untitled. The Teléfonica Collection as you’ve never seen it before

The exhibition is aimed at a broad audience and features some 70 paintings, photographs, works on paper and sculptures by Spanish and international artists. The [...]

06
Nov
28
Feb
Jules Verne. The Boundaries of Imagination

Verne is the source of the curiosity, sense of adventure, discovery and knowledge of many readers who, on reaching adult age, hoped to attempt what [...]

23
Oct
17
Jan
Theo Jansen. Amazing Creatures

Fundación Telefónica Space will be the home of some of these living and fossilized Strandbeest between 23 October 2015 and 17 January 2016. Ordis, Currens [...]

18
Sep
13
Dec
Collection Rarities

Did you think that Telefónica’s technological heritage only comprised switchboards, telephones or different types of cabling? Then think again: among the more than 10,000 objects [...]

16
Jul
04
Oct
Alberto Corazón. Design: The energy of graphic thinking (1965-2015)

Fundación Telefónica has put together a collection of designs by Alberto Corazón spanning over fifty years. There is no area of graphic or industrial design [...]

11
Jun
18
Oct
Luis González Palma. Intangible Constellations

An exhibition curated by Alejandro Castellote that invites the viewer on a retrospective tour using the constellation of themes that make up Luis González Palma's [...]

01
Apr
28
Jun
Jim Campbell. Rhythms of Light

Movement, low resolution, light and abstraction, perception, space and memory invade the ‘Jim Campbell. Rhythms of Light’ exhibition, the first retrospective in Spain of the [...]

14
Mar
24
May
Big Bang Data

Is data the new oil, a source of potentially limitless wealth? The ammunition loading the weapons of mass surveillance? Or must data be, above all, [...]

13
Mar
07
Jun
Diversity Under Threat. Nature-Man-Culture

Ever since the Earth cooled over 4,500 billion years ago, our planet has undergone numerous and very varied changes. The formation of continents and oceans [...]

20
Feb
28
Jun
The Mechanical Encyclopaedia of Doña Angelita

This exhibition pays tribute to Ángela Ruiz Robles (Doña Angelita), a Spanish schoolteacher who taught from the 1920s to the 1960s in Galicia; a woman [...]

20
Nov
15
Feb
Paco Roca. Dibujante ambulante

'Dibujante Ambulante' might be regarded as the ‘making of’ the most important part of Roca’s work and hence a visit is essential not only to [...]

13
Nov
15
Feb
Nikola Tesla. The future is his

The North-American inventor of Serbian origin, Nikola Tesla (Smiljan, an area with a Serbian majority in what is now Croatia 1856-New York, 1943) was a [...]

29
Oct
08
Mar
Ferran Adrià: Auditing the Creative Process

With this exhibition, Adrià chronicles his creative process during the 25 years he was running El Bulli with the aim of awakening anyone’s creative potential.

11
Jul
08
Feb
Telephonists: the World in their Hands

‘Telephonists: the World in their Hands’ pays homage to the key role that these women played in developing communications in Spain and, indeed, the world.

04
Jun
28
Sep
Arissa. The Shadow and the Photographer, 1922-1936

The exhibition ‘Arissa. The Shadow and the Photographer, 1922-1936’ aims to resurrect the figure of Antoni Arissa, one of the most outstanding Spanish representatives of [...]

14
May
12
Oct
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Biometric Abstraction

This exhibition unveils a very personal, emotional and evocative dimension of the artist’s work.