The heart of contemporary art in Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

#JulyTravelSupport Walking through the center of Madrid under the hot Spanish sun, you arrive at the space where the past and present intersect—**Museo Reina Sofía**. This museum, which was renovated from an old hospital, invites visitors into the world of 20th-century modern art with its strangely harmonious antique exterior and modern glass elevator. The first work you encounter here is Picasso’s ‘Guernica’. Anyone will hold their breath in front of the painting, which depicts screaming people and animals on a large canvas, and swirls with violence and pain. The moment you look at the painting, you realize that the horrors of war can be recorded forever through art. In addition, experimental and bold works by Salvador Dali, Joan Miró, and numerous Spanish artists are displayed on every wall as if they are alive and breathing. #MadridTravel #PlacesToVisitInMadrid