Espacio Fundación Telefónica: a place for reflection

Espacio Fundación Telefónica has been created to accommodate the new culture of the 21st century in the heart of Madrid, with the aim of becoming a place for debate, reflection and communication, a meeting point in a unique and emblematic location, which provides continuity to the encounter between historical vanguards and the current knowledge revolution.

To commemorate its opening, the Espacio will be showing three exhibitions: Telefónica’s Cubism Collection on the 4th floor, which uses the work of  Juan Gris to evoke the context of technological change of  vanguards; a retrospective Art and Artificial Life: Vida 1999-2012 exhibition on the 3rd floor, looking back at the 13 editions of the International Contest that Fundación Telefónica has been organizing; and the History of Telecommunications, with a sizable sample of remarkable  pieces, in physical and virtual format, belonging to Telefónica’s collection, on the 2nd floor.

This new Espacio is born as an exponent of culture in the 21st century, a culture that  proposes a participative way of seeing things and developing knowledge, art, and technology, contributing to its creation and bringing it closer to society. In fact, the techno-artistic change which marked the beginning of modernity also defines the spirit and genesis of Espacio Fundación Telefónica, which proposes a thrilling vision from the vanguards of the 20th century.