The 20 most notable art exhibitions of December

A selection of the most interesting national and international exhibitions to visit this month, from Picasso at the Reina Sofía to Amerindian-inspired 'kitsch', including the (artistic) fight against AIDS

The museum closes the commemorations dedicated to Picasso in 2023 with an exhibition dedicated to a revolutionary year in his career. Halfway between Paris and Gósol, the painter moved away from the rose period and entered a stage in which the sensuality of his nudes appears, in light of his relationship with Fernande, but also the influence of Catalan Romanesque and art. African, as demonstrated by the incipient schematism of the faces that would lead him, a few months later, towards cubism. Extraordinary. More information in this report by Ángeles García.

The very widespread reinterpretation by contemporary culture of the forms and meanings of indigenous civilizations, from kitsch neo-exoticism to Amerindian-inspired art deco, is the focus of this interesting exhibition that reflects the paradoxical reuse of that legacy during recent centuries, in parallel to the extermination of native peoples. More information in this review by Javier Montes.
The exhibition presents a selection of European works that, between the 1940s and 1960s, confronted the representation of the face after the horror of World War II (and its prologue, the Spanish Civil War). In the midst of the post-war gloom, artists such as Miró, Dalí, Tàpies, Giacometti, Francis Bacon, Josefa Tolrà and Germaine Richier faced the challenge of portraying human beings after Auschwitz. More information in this review by Enrique Andrés Ruiz.

A regular presence at biennials, the brilliant American artist stars, at 58, in her largest retrospective to date. He focuses on a work full of paintings, sculptures and installations that record the social changes in his country, from racial protests to new gender policies, although always with a welcome touch of irony and mischief, which is related to his work. with that of tutelary figures such as Philip Guston, Mike Kelley or Paul McCarthy.