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The Carmen Laffón: Variations Exhibition at Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza

Explore over eighty paintings and sculptures from Carmen Laffón's sixty-year career, organized thematically by genre.

This significant exhibition at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza is dedicated to the renowned Sevillian painter and sculptor Carmen Laffón. Curated by Paula Luengo, it delves into Laffón's deeply personal figurative style across her sixty-year career. Featuring approximately eighty works, including oils, pastels, and sculptures, the show explores her recurring motifs and thematic sections like figure, still life, and landscape. Visitors will gain a comprehensive look at her evolving artistic vision.

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Exhibition summary

This major exhibition at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza features the figurative world of Sevillian painter and sculptor Carmen Laffón. Spanning over eighty works, the exhibition is organized thematically around genres such as figure, still life, and landscape, highlighting her recurring motifs and series across a sixty-year career.

Curatorial context

The Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza presents a significant exhibition dedicated to the Sevillian painter and sculptor Carmen Laffón (1934-2021). Curated by Paula Luengo, the exhibition delves into Laffón's deeply personal figurative style, exploring how central ideas and motifs reappeared throughout her career spanning over sixty years. The collection, featuring approximately eighty works, encompasses oil paintings, pastels, charcoal drawings, and sculptures from the mid-1990s onwards. The exhibition is structured into thematic sections, each dedicated to classical artistic genres prominent in Laffón's oeuvre, such as figure, still life, and landscape. It also highlights her distinctive iconographies, including specific motifs like baskets, cupboards, vines, limescale, and salt mines, offering a comprehensive look at her consistent yet evolving artistic vision.

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Access details and opening hours for the exhibition are provided, including general museum hours and specific summer hours. Information on reduced and free tickets is available, and visitors can purchase tickets online. Some evening hours offer free access through a collaboration with Uber.

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Featuring the work of Sevillian painter and sculptor Carmen Laffón (1934-2021), curated by Paula Luengo.
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