Centro de Arte Reina Sofía 

The Reina Sofía closes the "golden triangle" of Madrid's art galleries, with a dazzling collection of twentieth-century art, the inarguable star of which is Picasso's Guernica. It also holds interesting works by great Spanish artists like Dali, Miró and the more modern Tapiès and Chillida, as well as non-Spaniards like Francis Bacon and Henry Moore, and its temporary exhibitions are often compelling.
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Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza 

The second corner of Madrid's "golden triangle" of art galleries, the Thyssen is the result of two lifetimes' collection, by the baron of the same title and his father. Old Masters (Holbein, Raphael, Carpaccio, Caravaggio, Canalleto...) on the top floor. On the first floor (second to Americans), a lovely collection of nineteenth-century romantic and realistic painting: American (James Whistler, John Singer Sargent...), British and European. Then a fabulous collection of impressionists (Manet, Monet, Renoir) and post-impressionists (Gaugin, Touluse Lautrec, Vincent Van Gogh). Expressionist works (Munch, Kandinsky) and finally a collection of works labelled "experimental and avant-garde," including works by Picasso, Mondrian, Jackson Pollock, Magritte, Dali, Liechtensteing, Lucian Freud... practically everyone who was anyone in twentieth-century art.
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Museo del Prado 

Official website of Madrid's biggest attraction, the Prado Museum, one of the greatest galleries in the world with over 30,000 works, though only a fraction are on view. Its highlights include pictures by great Spanish painters like Velázquez (most notably Las Meninas), Goya (the Majas, clothed and naked, and his powerful documentaries, Dos de Mayo and Tres de Mayo). Even the relatively secondary Spanish artists represented here are awesome: Zurbarán, Murillo, Carreño, and the adopted Spaniard El Greco. Less predictably, it holds important collections of Flemish art (including most of Hieronymus Bosch's most renowned works, especially the Garden of Earthly Delights and The Seven Deadly Sins) and Italian painting, represented by works by Raphael, Caravaggio and, most importantly, Titian, among others.
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Fundación Amigos del Museo del Prado 

This foundation has worked tirelessly for over twenty years to promote the museum and its collections, as well as organizing talks, visits, and guided tours for its members. For visitors, one of its most interesting initiatives is the monographic miniguides you will find on sale for a token price (1 euro at the time of writing) in some of the most emblematic of the Prado's rooms, covering Goya, Velázquez, and so on.
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