The Thyssen rediscovers Carmen Laffón in an unprecedented exhibition

The exhibition brings together 77 works, including oils, charcoals, and sculptures, and offers a journey through the themes that accompanied the artist throughout her career. It is not just about looking at isolated pieces, but about understanding how Laffón returned again and again to certain motifs, transforming them over time.

The exhibition is organised into nine sections that allow visitors to follow her most recognisable iconographies. Still life, landscape, everyday objects, and light appear as territories of quiet exploration, where each variation changes the way of seeing.

The exhibition sets works from different periods in dialogue, from her earliest pieces to more recent creations. This interplay reveals the continuity of her language, but also its shifts: an artist who never needed a flamboyant gesture to create profound work.

Carmen Laffón, born in Sevilla, turned calm into a form of intensity. Her landscapes and still lifes do not seek immediate impact, but rather a slow, almost physical attention to matter, atmosphere, and the memory of places.

The exhibition also has special significance as it is held after her passing. It serves as a major review of her legacy and as an opportunity to place her name where it belongs in recent Spanish art, beyond generational or territorial labels.

Her appointment as a full academician at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando was also a milestone in an institution historically dominated by men. This dimension adds another layer to a career built with discretion, rigour, and a deeply personal vision.

With this exhibition, the Thyssen reinforces its role as one of the great cultural engines of the Paseo del Prado. In a city full of options, Carmen Laffón. Variaciones offers something different: a pause to look slowly, follow nuances, and discover how a body of work can change while remaining true to itself.