Photography exhibition honours Dora Maar’s imaginative and prescient at PHotoESPAÑA 2025

DORA MAAR, ‘Pablo Picasso with friends on the beach’, 1940. Courtesy of THROCKMORTON FINE ART.

A brand new images exhibition at Madrid’s Museo Lázaro Galdiano is placing the highlight on photographer Dora Maar, one of the vital distinctive creative voices of the twentieth century. Presented by LOEWE and the LOEWE FOUNDATION for PHotoESPAÑA 2025, the present runs by means of 14 September and provides a uncommon alternative to discover Maar’s multidisciplinary genius by means of greater than 80 works—many by no means earlier than seen by the general public.

Photographer Dora Maar: past the muse

Curated by María Millán, the exhibition reframes Maar not merely as a Surrealist icon or Picasso’s muse, however as a groundbreaking artist who challenged the boundaries of expression. It options placing examples of her Barcelona road images from 1933, capturing town in a second of social and political unrest on the eve of the Spanish Civil War. These photos juxtapose the every day struggles of fishermen, road performers, and impoverished households with the leisurely strolls of town’s elite—an unflinching portrait of sophistication distinction in city life.

Inside the Dora Maar exhibition

The Dora Maar exhibition additionally unveils a outstanding archive of private drawings, not too long ago found and displayed publicly for the primary time. Executed in pencil and India ink on free paper, diaries, and sketchbooks, these works span Cubist abstractions, mythological themes, and still-life research—providing an intimate glimpse into her stressed creativity.

Among the highlights are uncommon portraits of cultural luminaries comparable to Jean Cocteau, Nadia Sibirskaïa, and Pablo Picasso, in addition to a useful photographic file of Picasso’s course of in creating Guernica in 1937. This sequence charts the evolution of the masterpiece over 35 days, revealing each creative precision and emotional urgency.

By bringing collectively images, drawing, and archival materials, the exhibition invitations guests to rediscover Dora Maar as a visionary artist who transcended labels and actions. It is a part of LOEWE and the LOEWE FOUNDATION’s broader dedication to championing daring, modern photographers who reshaped the way in which we see the world.

The present runs till September 14th, 2025 at Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Calle de Serrano 122, Madrid, as a significant spotlight of this 12 months’s PHotoESPAÑA pageant.