At Madrid’s historic Liria Palace, home to the Duke of Alba, Joana Vasconcelos’s flamboyant sculptures collide with centuries of Spanish grandeur.
“The Liria Palace is not a repository of history,” Vasconcelos has remarked, “but a living space that adjusts to contemporary contexts while preserving its essence.”.
Running until July, the show is an audacious clash of old and new, placing Vasconcelos’s vivid, sometimes provocative works alongside the palace’s renowned collection of Goya, Rubens and Velázquez.
The grand salons of the Liria Palace in Madrid, home to one of Spain’s most illustrious aristocratic dynasties, have been dramatically reimagined.
The sheer opulence of Vasconcelos’s work – its baroque flourishes, its exuberant maximalism – feels at home among the Liria’s Rococo ceilings and gilded furniture.
