Lecture by the director of the series, Javier Barón

Open entry until seating capacity is reached. Tickets may be collected at the Foundation’s ticket counter (one per person) starting one hour before the lecture begins.

One-third of the tickets (50) may be reserved in advance starting on Tuesday, 28 January, at 12 noon at the following LINK (Note: It will be activated on Tuesday, 11 February, at 12 noon).

If you wish to reserve tickets for individuals with reduced mobility, contact infomadrid@fmcmp.com at least 48 hours before the start of the event

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Javier Barón is the curator of the exhibition Masaveu Collection. 19th-Century Spanish Painting and the Senior Curator of 19th-Century Painting at the Museo del Prado, where he started as Department Head in 2003. He won the Extraordinary Bachelor’s and Doctorate Prizes and is a professor at the University of Oviedo and a Fellow at the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, USA.

He is a member of the Board of the Museo Sorolla and the Artworks Assessment Board of the Madrid Town Council . He is a member of the Advisory Council of the journal Archivo Español de Arte and the Editorial Board of the Boletín del Museo del Prado. He is a corresponding member of the Real Academia de la Historia, the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando and the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Telmo in Málaga, and a full member of the Real Instituto de Estudios Asturianos. He is a knight in the Order of Arts and Letters of the Republic of France.

He is the author of numerous publications on 19th- and 20th-century painting, and his last book entitled El Greco y los modernos [El Greco and the Modernists] was just launched in Paris.