OPERA GALLERY
Regards sur l’art espagnol, 1945-2025
Group show
Juan Genovés - Descampado, 2015 - Acrylique sur panneau - 130 x 100 cm - @Enrique Palacio
For nearly eighty years, the Spanish art scene has enjoyed international prominence, engaging in a constant dialogue between history, memory, and formal renewal. The exhibition is built around a group of works from the Opera Gallery collection and presents a deliberately open selection, allowing viewers to grasp the continuities and ruptures that run through modern and contemporary Spanish art.
‘Regards sur l’art espagnol’ highlights masters of Spanish art alongside artists from the contemporary scene, such as Pablo Picasso, Juan Miró, Antonio Saura, Antoni Tàpies, Rafael Canogar, Manolo Valdés, Juan Genovés, Luis Gordillo, Pedro Almodóvar, Jorge Galindo, Xevi Solà, David Magàn, Adrián Navarro, Cristina Babiloni, and Miguel Sainz Ojeda.
The works brought together here bear witness to the vitality of an artistic scene that has never stopped reinventing itself while asserting a deeply rooted identity, open to the world. Far from offering a linear narrative, the show invites a freer reflection on the evolution of artistic creation in Spain since the end of the Second World War. It sheds light on enduring constants—such as the importance of material, gesture, and memory—alongside the profound transformations linked to the country’s political, social, and cultural changes. From the shadow of dictatorship to a free and plural contemporary scene, this exhibition pays tribute to the richness of Spanish art, shaped by resistance, memory, and renewal.
From May 22 to June 17, 2026
The gallery
Founded in Singapore in 1994, Opera Gallery has forged a network of 14 galleries worldwide with locations in Monaco, London, Paris, New York, Geneva, Madrid and Dubai, establishing itself as one of the leading forces within the international art market.
Headed by Gilles Dyan, Chairman and Founder, Opera Gallery specialises in modern, post-war, and contemporary art. In addition, the gallery represents emerging artists such as Andy Denzler, Pieter Obels and Gustavo Nazareno, alongside internationally recognised names such as Ron Arad, Manolo Valdés and Anselm Reyle.
For more than 30 years, Opera Gallery’s mission has been to showcase the dynamic, innovative, and diverse expressions of modern and contemporary art through its ambitious yearly exhibition programming and collaborations with private collections and leading public institutions.
Gallery artists
Ron Arad, Pablo Atchugarry, Cristina Babiloni, Jean Charles Blais, Fernando Botero, André Brasilier, Lita Cabellut, Andy Denzler, Reza Derakshani, Thomas Dillon, Fred Eerdekens, Shepard Fairey, Golnaz Fathi, Juan Genovés, John Helton, Philippe Hiquily, Anthony James, Chun Kwang Young, Pokras Lampas, Marcello Lo Giudice, Pino Manos, Umberto Mariani, Adrián Navarro, Gustavo Nazareno, Pieter Obels, Anselm Reyle, Julien Rubat, Miguel Sainz Ojeda, Antonio Saura, Xevi Solà, Cho Sung Hee, Li Tianbing, Manolo Valdés, David Kim Whittaker
