True to its commitment to contemporary art, in recent years the Fundación María Cristina Masaveu Peterson has embarked on a new line of work focused on urban art. All the pieces, resulting from either patronage or collecting, are incorporated into the Foundation’s art collection.
As a reflection of this initiative, in October 2021, the FMCMP opened a new space at its Madrid headquarters dedicated to street art, where the Foundation’s latest acquisitions and newly commissioned works are displayed on a rotating basis, showcasing the variety of disciplines and the freedom of formats characteristic of this artistic movement.
Visitors can discover works by internationally renowned artists like Banksy, Keith Haring, Yayoi Kusama, and Kaï, alongside pieces by well-established or emerging Spanish artists such as Marria Pratts, Ela Fidalgo, Marina Tellme, Luis Pérez Calvo, and Hugo Alonso. Additionally, four projects created under the Foundation’s patronage and specifically designed for this space by Estudio Pedrita, Juan Díaz-Faes, and Queen Andrea are also featured.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
General admission to the FMCMP Madrid Centre does not give access to this space.
Access to the street art space is by guided tour. See schedules and booking conditions in the guided tours section:
FREE TOUR
Schedules:
- Fridays: from 1:00 p.m to 7:30 pm
- Saturdays: from 1:00 pm to 7:30 pm
- Sundays: from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Admission will be free on a first-come, first-served basis until full capacity is reached. It is not possible to book in advance through the Internet, nor is it possible to select the time of access to the space.
Advance reservations to visit the street art space can only be made through the online booking mode of the guided tour.
PATRONAGE PROJECT
SINSTELACIÓN
Sinstelación (2021) is a project by the Oviedo-born artist Juan Díaz-Faes made on the metallic conduits in the ventilation system. The black-on-yellow design featuring the artist’s hallmark patterns, which invade the entire surface, take on a texture of their own, which the artist says reminds him of salamanders. This is the first time he is working on this kind of support, which is complex not only because of the material but also because of its three-dimensionality and its location, which makes it hard to arrange and adapt the composition.
An artist and urban designer, Díaz-Faes was trained in Fine Arts at the University of Salamanca. He got his start in the world of magazines, advertising and comics. Since 2017, he has worked actively on walls in different places around the world, with interventions that combine visual humour with voluminous shapes in colourful compositions featuring a small number of figures.
ALWAYS PLAY
The New York-based artist Andrea von Bujdoss, better known as Queen Andrea, is one of the most celebrated female graffiti artists in the United States. Trained in graphic design at the Parsons School of Design in New York, she has worked in this field for many magazines, as well as in advertising and fashion design. She currently combines her practice as a graffiti artist and muralist with her job as a designer, typesetter and fine artist in her studio.
Just like most of her murals, in this work, made in the building’s freight lift in 2021, Queen Andrea uses the slogan ‘Always Play’, an encouraging message based on one already displayed in a work by the artist that the Foundation acquired in 2020. Just like that previous work, this one comes in vibrant colours and encourages viewers to act and to enjoy the fun side of life.
VIDEOS
Interview
Queen Andrea
2021
Interview
Juan Díaz-Faes
2021
GUIDED TOURS
SCHOOL PROGRAM
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09 OCTOBER, 2024
20 JULY, 2025