Exhibition. The Avant-garde Networks of Amauta: Argentina, Mexico, and Peru in the 1920s

José Sabogal, Cover of the journal Amauta, n. 26 (September – October), 1929, Journal, Museo de Arte de Lima

The Peruvian journal Amauta (1926–1930), founded and directed by José Carlos Mariátegui (Moquegua, Peru, 1894 – Lima, Peru, 1930), was one of the most influential publications in twentieth-century art. Conceived as a platform for the core debates on modernity, and in contrast to other avant-garde publications, Amauta was not the expression of one group, nor did it seek to impose one sole aesthetic or political programme. Rather, it aspired to become a medium with which to explore and discuss different movements of social transformation.

Featuring over 250 works, this show, through the invaluable collaboration of the José Carlos Mariátegui Archive, brings together not only those reproduced in Amauta but also a wide-ranging selection inspired by the exchanges that took place on the pages of the journal. The artists represented include Ramón Alva de la Canal and Diego Rivera (Mexico); Camilo Blas, Martín Chambi, Julia Codesido, Elena Izcue, César Moro and José Sabogal (Peru); Norah Borges, Emilio Pettoruti and Alejandro Xul Solar (Argentina); Carlos Mérida (Guatemala); and Tina Modotti (Italy), to mention but a few.

Dates: From 20 February to 27 May, 2019
Location: Sabatini Building, Floor 3
Organized by: Blanton Museum of Art and the Museo de Arte de Lima in collaboration with the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and the support of Promperú
Curatorship: Beverly Adams and Natalia Majluf

Encounter. Situated Voices 6. The Feminist Tide. Articulating Feminist Resistance in the Face of Global Violence

Ni Una Menos. Vivas y libres nos queremos [Not One Less. We Want Us All Alive], 2018. Photo: Ximena Talento

The sixth edition of the series Situated Voices - in which the Museo Reina Sofía sets out de-hierarchised spaces of questioning, reflection and production of collective knowledge through situated experiences – proposes an exchange of experiences and processes linked to feminist platforms and collectives from different places, aiming to entwine their paths and reflections in the local context of Madrid.

Dates: From 20 February to 27 May, 2019
Hour: Sabatini Building, Floor 3
Location: Nouvel Building, Protocol Room
Organized by: Fundación de los Comunes and Museo Reina Sofía
Framework: Situated Voices
Admission: Free, until full capacity is reached

Film series. Interval 21. Ana Schulz and Cristóbal Fernández. The Spy Within

Ana Schulz and Cristóbal Fernández. Mudar la piel [The Spy Within]. Película, 2018

The Spy Within narrates the relationship between Juan Gutiérrez, a mediator between the Spanish State and ETA, and his closest collaborator, Roberto Flórez, who turns out to be a spy for Spain’s Secret Services. It is a deeply original film about terrorism and violence in the Basque Country, which addresses the conflict in different strata: the intimate and autobiographical story of a middle class family with a deep social and political commitment, a thriller about betrayal and the loyalty between two men of different ideologies who end up sharing the same desire for peace, and a social history of violence in the eighties and nineties seen through the figure of the mediator, forced by his role in the conflict to dispense of Manichaean visions.

Juan Gutiérrez and the filmmakers will present the screenings and participate in the posterior colloquium. The writer Edurne Portela will join them after the screening on March 23.

Dates: Saturday, 23 February and Sunday, 24 February 2019
Hour: 17:00 h
Location: Sabatini Building, Auditorium
Organized by: Museo Reina Sofía
Framework: Intervals
Admission: Free, until full capacity is reached

Dance. Lucinda Childs’ Solos. Performed by Ruth Childs

Ruth Childs, Pastime, by Lucinda Childs © Gregory Batardon

Museo Reina Sofía presents a selection of solos, held across two sessions, by Lucinda Childs, a pre-eminent choreographer from so-called minimalist dance and founder of New York’s Judson Dance Theater.

In the first session, Ruth Childs, Lucinda Childs’ niece, will perform the pieces Pastime (1963), Carnation (1964) and Museum Piece (1965), which render an account of the initial investigations that gestated from dialogue and the intersection of dance, performance and sculpture – fertile ground for experimentation, such was New York in the 1960s. Moreover, a recording of two other pieces, Calico Mingling (1973) and Katema (1978), will be screened, followed by a coda to the session in the form of a conversation between choreographer and performer, presented and moderated by Lou Forster.

Sunday’s session will conclude the programme with a presentation, also by Ruth Childs, of the aforementioned Katema, which, created more than a decade after the three initial solos, augured subsequent ensemble choreographies.

Dates: Saturday, 23 and Sunday, 24 February 2019 
Hour: check programme 
Location: Nouvel Building, Auditorium 400 
Organized by: Museo Reina Sofía
Curatorship: Isabel de Naverán 
Admission: free, with prior ticket collection at the Ticket Offices and on the Museo Reina Sofía website from 22 February. A maximum of 2 per person