Guided tour of the temporary exhibition Colonial Memory in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collections
- For:
- General public
- Time:
Saturdays: June, September and October 17.30
Saturdays: July and August 19.30
Sundays: September and October 12.00
Duration: 1 h
Meeting Point:next to Information desk- Place:
- Exhibition´s rooms
- Price:
9€ additional fee over the ticket price
Booking opens on 10 June online and on tel +34 917 911 370 (from 10.00 a 20.00).
On Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from June to October the museum is offering the chance to visit this exhibition, which aims to decipher the imprint of colonial power on the iconography of some of the works in the Thyssen-Bornemisza collections, following the explanations of a tour guide.
The selection of works on display in the galleries is intended to highlight the consequences of the colonial process, which began in the 16th century, and its presence in Western iconography through images that are often idealised but which mask inequality and colonial violence, from "invisible" stories of racial domination, marronage and the fight for civil rights to fictitious representations of new Arcadias, the establishment of the modern mercantile system based on European military control, the use of enslaved labour and the appropriation of land and raw materials.