Madrid is one of the cities with more cultural life in Spain and with a network of foundations, galleries, museums and spaces that will make you find a piece of art to get lost in at every step. We discover some of the exhibitions that you can not miss if you travel to the capital.

All the marquees in the city have been filled with posters of this exhibition: "Banski, Genius or Vandal?". Open to the public since December last year, it is one of the most mediatic of the current exhibitions. In IFEMA's space 5.1 you can enjoy the original paintings of today's most enigmatic street artist. The leftovers, which have been donated by private collectors, are exhibited together for the first time in Spain until May 19.

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With the exhibition "Amazonias" you will travel to the other side of the pond. A collection of creations by 46 Latin American artists in which contemporary and prehistoric works come together and in which the theme is the same: social problems. This exhibition is contextualized in ARCO 2019, the International Contemporary Art Fair, which this year has Peru as guest country, is being held in the slaughterhouse and will have its doors open until May 5.

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"The Acoustic Landscape of Joaquín Rodrigo" (1901-1999) is the perfect opportunity to discover the intricacies of the works of one of the most outstanding musicians of the national and international scene. This exhibition is made up of books, manuscripts, records and photographs. From May 24 to September 8, 2019 at the Biblioteca Nacional.

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Olga Khokhlova was the first wife of Pablo Picasso, who dedicated himself, from before the birth of his first son until the arrival of his mistress, to portraying his wife in all his canvases. In this exhibition you can learn about the sketches, paintings, documents and photographs that surrounded the artist during this stage of his work, which was characterized by the use of fine lines in a melancholic atmosphere. "Olga Picasso" will be on display from June 19 to September 22 at Caixa Forum, Paseo del Prado, 36.

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A few months ago we commemorated the 40th anniversary of the Constitution, and within this framework of celebration, the Reina Sofia Museum hosts the exhibition "Poetics of Democracy. Images and Counter-images of theTransition". The exhibition includes 250 works by artists such as Eduardo Arroyo, Eugenia Balcells, Juan Genovés and Paz Muro, among others. This exhibition will be open in Madrid until November 25, 2019 at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.

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The exhibition "Historical Trains" is located in Chamartín Station. It is a permanent exhibition where you can travel back in time and learn about the first subway cars that circulated in the capital a century ago. Metro de Madrid has made a great effort to restore the cars in addition to collecting 100 elements related to the subway that we still use and how they have evolved over the century.  

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Balthus, considered one of the great masters of twentieth century art, Balthus is undoubtedly one of the most unique painters of his time. His work, diverse and ambiguous and as admired as it is rejected. Balthus developed a personal and unique form of avant-garde art, a figurative style far from any label. It is a temporary exhibition (From February 19 to May 26, 2019) at Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza (Paseo del Prado, 8). Price: 13 euros.

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Ceesepe. Vicios modernos, curated by Elsa Fernández-Santos, reviews a very specific period of Ceesepe's (Carlos Sánchez Pérez, Madrid 1958-2018) production that goes from 1978 to 1983,Supposedly comics in the Rastro of Madrid under the name of La Cascorro Factor and together with photographer and friend Alberto García Alix would mark the beginning of a language of its own and a counter cultural scene in Madrid in the late seventies that is also related to the artists El Hortelano, Ouka Leele and Montxo Algora. It is a temporary exhibition (June 7 to September 22) at La Casa Encendida. Ronda Valencia, 2.

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These are just some of the countless leisure and cultural options that the capital has to offer. Dare to know even more about your history and let yourself be conquered by the art of the capital.

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