Exhibitions
30 years of art and architecture. The ICO Museum celebrates its anniversary with a look back at the 20th century.
In 2026, the ICO Museum will launch an ambitious commemorative program for its thirtieth anniversary, proposing a historiographical and contemporary look at 20th-century drawing and sculpture, pillars of its collection and institutional identity.
The celebration kicks off on February 10th with the exhibition "Transiting the 20th Century: Drawing and Sculpture in the ICO Collections," curated by María Toral. The exhibition offers an essential journey through the forms and languages of the last century, exploring how line and volume have responded to and interpreted the social, political, and aesthetic changes of a turbulent yet fertile century for art.
Until May 10, the Madrid venue will host works by thirty-four artists—sculptors, draftsmen, and architects—spanning from the historical avant-garde to the 1980s. The dialogue between sculptures and drawings allows visitors to delve into both the creative processes and the inexhaustible tension between matter and line. Figures such as Julio González, Pablo Picasso, and Juan Gris coexist with more contemporary voices like Miquel Barceló and Susana Solano, as well as essential names in Spanish art such as Carmen Laffón, Eduardo Chillida, and Jorge Oteiza.
The anniversary program, conceived as a journey through the history of the ICO Museum and its contributions to the cultural scene, will continue in June with participation in PhotoEspaña 2026 through the exhibition Jorge Yeregui: Territory, architecture and culture, a project that addresses the transformation of the environment from multiple visual and critical perspectives.
The year will culminate in October with the largest retrospective in Spain dedicated to the architect Anupama Kundoo, renowned for her commitment to sustainable and socially integrated architectural models. With this closing exhibition, the ICO Museum reaffirms its international, critical, and open vocation, while highlighting careers and discourses that transcend European borders.
