Past activities

The Fundación Manuel Benedito has been part of the celebration of Madrid Otra Mirada 2023 (19, 20, 21, 22 October), organised by the General Department of Cultural Heritage of the City of Madrid, holding a special opening with free guided tours by our volunteers. Once again, the event was a great success. We would like to thank all the people involved, the visitors, our volunteers and the staff of the Heritage Diffusion Department of the City of Madrid.

Fundación Manuel Benedito organises the exhibition "Manuel Benedito, passion for painting. A photographic collection of the Fundación Manuel Benedito" in which, through the pictures taken throughout his life, visitors can get an insight into the development of his career, his work, his travels, his relationships and the most important moments in the artist's biography. This temporary exhibition will be held at the Centro Cultural Emilia Pardo Bazán, Calle Goya nº1, Madrid, from May 9th to June 30th 2023. Free access from Monday to Friday from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm.* Click on the image to enlarge

"Madrid Otra Mirada" will be held this year 2022 on October 21,22 and 23 and the Fundación Manuel Benedito participates in this event as it has been doing for years. On October 21 throughout the day there will be free guided tours of the Foundation where you can enjoy the workshop and the artist's works exhibited. Registration begins on October 5 at 12:00 noon on the platform (click here). Download the MOM 2022 brochure here.

Inaugurated last December 2021, you can see it in the virtual catalog. View catalog

The Manuel Benedito Foundation welcomes you after the long summer season. We have been making improvements in the Foundation's facilities during the month of September so that everything will be ready for the beginning of #autumn. We also want to announce our participation in the next Madrid Otra Mirada #2021 organized by the Madrid City Council on October 15th. Registrations for the visits will be made on the Madrid City Hall website and will start on October 5th at 10.00am. We look forward to seeing you soon.

The inauguration was last December 2020. You can see it in the virtual catalog. View catalog

This year the Manuel Benedito Foundation has joined the more than 180 institutions that open their doors for the celebration of the Heritage Festival, whose theme this year was "The Madrid of Galdós". On the occasion of this event we have conducted guided tours in small groups, adapting to the Covid-19 regulations, where they have been shown the workshop and what was the Madrid context of it.

This year the foundation celebrated International Museum Day 2020 (May 18) with the slogan "Museums for Equality: diversity and inclusion" through digital media as indicated by ICOM. Therefore, our volunteers shared with our Instagram followers what their collaboration in the museum meant to them and which is their favorite piece of artwork.

We have celebrated the Heritage Festival in Madrid for the second consecutive year with a combined activity between the Sorolla Museum and us entitled "Artist's workshops: Sorolla/Manuel Benedito. Master and disciple" in which we have made a tour of the two institutions showing the workshops of the artists of the time.

The Foundation has participated in the International Museum Day (May 18) whose theme this year is "Museums as cultural hubs. The future of traditions" with an open day in which we welcomed all the visitors who wanted to join us.