Foundation
Supporting the Museo Reina Sofía’s Mission
Cristina Iglesias, Pozo V (III) (Well V [III]), 2018
Indefinite deposit from the Reina Sofía Museum Foundation, 2018 (Donation from María Antonia Escapa)
The Museo Reina Sofía Foundation is a private, not-for-profit cultural organisation with primary objectives that include advocating and supporting the Museo Reina Sofía’s mission as a channel for the promotion and critical knowledge of and the public’s access to modern and contemporary art in its many manifestations.
The Foundation came into being inside a context where new relations are practiced between public cultural institutions and the private sphere, relations that have arisen in light of the new challenges the Museo faces in the twenty-first century.
Established on 23 November 2012 through the initiative of a group of kindred Ibero-American collectors in relation to the Museo, it has acted ever since as a tool for different sectors of society to collaborate, on an international scale, with the Museo, applying new forms of patronage. The signatory trustees of the Constitutional Charter are Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (Venezuela), Jorge Grüenberg (Peru), Helga Müller de Alvear (Spain), Jose Olympio Pereira (Brazil), Juan Antonio Pérez Simón (Mexico), Álvaro Saieh Bendeck (Chile), Silvia Gold and Hugo Sigman (Argentina), Susana and Ricardo Steinbruch (Brazil), Beatriz de Vasconcelos Quintella and Luiz Augusto Teixeira de Freitas (Brazil) and Juan Carlos Verme (Peru).
Mission
Enriching the Museo Reina Sofía Collection
Juan Muñoz, Baranda de Alcamé (Handrail of Alcamé), 1984
Indefinite deposit from the Reina Sofía Museum Foundation, 2014 (Donation from Patricia Phelps de Cisneros)
The Foundation contributes to enriching the Museo Reina Sofía Collection through the long-term loan of its entire art collection, which, in turn, is the outcome of acquisitions, by purchase or donation in kind, by members of the organisation or by third parties. All acquisitions are defined within the framework of the interests established by mutual agreement between the Foundation and the Museo. The acquisitions carried out by the Foundation require the approval of its Board of Trustees, while the loans are subject to approval by the Museo’s Royal Board of Trustees.
Furthermore, the Foundation acts as an international catalyst of the Museo, fostering new collaboration networks with a focus on Latin America. This is obtained through the law that updates the operations of the Museo (Royal Decree 188/2013), thus allowing for better coordination with the Foundation.
Common Objectives
With a view to fostering training for a robust research, theory and art community and to facilitate the circulation of knowledge, the Foundation promotes different programmes which support artistic creation, research and the professional exchange between bodies and cultural agents from Spain and other geographical areas.
The Cader Institute of Central American Art (ICAC) is an initiative set in motion by Mario Cáder-Frech, a collector from El Salvador and a patron of the Museo Reina Sofía Foundation, to cultivate research into and the dissemination of Central American art and its diaspora.
The Foundation’s Holdings Loaned to the Museo
Loans that accomplish the common objectives between the Foundation and the Museo
The Foundation was established with a special foundational endowment: Juan Muñoz’s 1984 work Baranda de Alcamé.
In accordance with the Foundation’s Statutes, article 40 states that, in the case of cessation, all assets and rights (artistic holdings) will be the property of the Museo Reina Sofía, with all works incorporated into its heritage.
On 31 December 2023, the Foundation’s contribution and that of its namesake in the USA, was in the region of 25 million euros, with over 1,000 works by 300 artists loaned to the Museo. It is worth noting that, to date, the strategic lines of acquisition have focused on performing arts, photobooks and Latin American graphic art, resulting in 89% of the total number of the Foundation’s works being by Latin American artists, with a representation of 87% of the region with regard to the number of artists.
Simón Vega, Third World Space Modules Blueprints, 2015 and Guadalupe Maravilla, Ghettoblaster Headdress, 2009-2018
Indefinite deposit by the Reina Sofía Museum Foundation, 2021 (Donation by Mario Cáder-Frech)
16599 artworks digitalised in the Collections
Organisation
Circles of Connection
The Foundation adheres to Spain’s Law of Foundations and is governed by a Board of Trustees made up of ex officio members affiliated to the entity in accordance with their public position and elected trustees.
Within the Foundation, there are also bodies such as the International Patronage Board and the Reina Circle, which are exempt from administration work and align their activity towards enriching the artistic holdings of the Foundation and, therefore, the Museo.
Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is the highest governing, administration and representational authority of the Foundation. Through an agreement by the Board, the maximum number of members is set at thirty people.
Ex officio Members
- Minister for Culture
Ernest Urtasun Domènech - Secretary of State for Culture
Ministry of Culture
Jordi Martí Grau - Deputy Secretary for Culture
Ministry of Culture
María del Carmen Páez Soria - President of the Royal Board of Trustees of the Museo Reina Sofía and the Museo Reina Sofía Foundation
Ángeles González-Sinde Reig - Deputy Vice-President of the Museo Reina Sofía Foundation
- Director of the Museo Reina Sofía
Manuel Segade Lodeiro
Elected Trustees
- Mario Cader-Frech
- Alberto Ferreiro Aparicio
- Silvia Gold Turjanski
- Aníbal Jozami
- María Amalia León de Jorge
- Pilar Lladó Arburúa, President of the International Patronage Board
- Guillermo Penso Blanco
- Jorge M. Pérez
- Juan Antonio Pérez Simón
- Catherine Petitgas
- Vicente Quilis Moscardó
- Francisco Sánchez-Rivas
- Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
- Hugo Sigman Pomerantz
- Ricardo Steinbruch
- Susana Steinbruch
- Juan Carlos Verme, Vice President I of the Museo Reina Sofía Foundation
- Mercedes Vilardell March
Honorary Trustees
- Manuel Borja-Villel
- Guillermo de la Dehesa
- Soledad Lorenzo
Secretariat
- Carolina González Castro, Managing Director of the Museo Reina Sofía Foundation
Executive Committee
The Board of Trustees selects the Executive Committee from its members, although, in accordance with its Statutes, it must include, as ex officio members, the president of the Foundation and the director of the Museo. Within this Committee, the Board of Trustees delegates all management responsibilities authorised by law in the period of time between plenary meetings. Furthermore, it is in charge of implementing the agreements adopted by the plenary session and its assessment.
Ex Officio Members
- President of the Museo Reina Sofía Foundation
Ángeles González-Sinde Reig - Director of the Museo Reina Sofía
Manuel Segade Lodeiro
Elected Trustees
- Vice President of the Executive Committee
Aníbal Jozami - President of the International Patronage Board
Pilar Lladó Arburúa - Alberto Ferreiro Aparicio
- María Amalia León de Jorge
- Hugo Sigman Pomerantz
- Ricardo Steinbruch
- Juan Carlos Verme
- Mercedes Vilardell March
Secretariat
- Managing Director of the Museo Reina Sofía Foundation
Carolina González Castro
International Patronage Board
A benchmark entity which incorporates international collectors who, despite not taking part in the overall decision-making process, which falls under the responsibility of the Board of Trustees, are part of the debate on the acquisition proposals the Museo makes to the Foundation.
- José Manuel Albesa
- Fernando Arriola
- Julia Borja Papini
- Sergio Butinof
- Gabriel Calparsoro
- Francisco Cantos
- Tanya Capriles López
- Cristina Chacón
- Natalia Cobo de Bulgheroni
- Ignacio Cortés
- Alberto Cruz
- María Antonia Escapa
- Diana López de Sifontes
- Juan Carlos Maldonado
- Sofía Mariscal
- Catalina Márquez
- Richard Massey
- Juan Mulder Panas
- Paloma O’Shea Artíñano
- Hilda Paliza de Gosselin
- Lorena Pérez-Jacome
- Paz Quijano
- Irene Rodríguez
- Javier Romero
- Marga Sánchez
- Sofia Santos
- Teresa Sapey
- Teresa Táboas
- Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza
- Alejandro Zubillaga
The Reina Circle
The Reina Circle is an innovative project fostered by the Museo Reina Sofía Foundation and constitutes a space in which new generations can share and grow in their passion for art and culture, in addition to creating strategies that encourage the strengthening of the cultural framework and nouvel collecting. The space comes into existence from the need to bolster the workings of the art ecosystem and to reflect on what collecting is and its role inside a complex cultural cartography, thereby strengthening it for future generations.
- President of the Reina Circle of the Museo Reina Sofía Foundation
Lucía Muñoz - Gonzalo Aguirre
- Ana Ariño
- Celeste Chipperfield
- Nacho Corredor
- Mariana Entrecanales Marsans
- Ricardo Gómez-Acebo
- Joelle Levinas
- Marta López
- Patricia Peña Sancho
- Imanol Sainz
- Ivette Stanziola
- Alma Verme
- Secretariat
África Ruiz
The Museo Reina Sofía Foundation – MRSF (USA)
This entity, promoted by the Foundation in the USA, has been approved as a Public Charity in applying the US Internal Revenue Code. As a result, it has been set up to receive donations of money and works of art that are exempt from taxes stipulated by law.
MRSF (USA) has its own Board of Trustees and the works it receives by donation are loaned to the Museo. Moreover, the monetary donations it receives are allocated to acquisitions.
Documents of Interest
The Foundation bases its model on good governance, and with processes focused on excellence and transparency throughout its core areas of activity.
Further information on the Museo Reina Sofía Foundation’s contribution is available in the Museo Reina Sofía’s annual report (in Spanish).
Framework Agreement
between the Museo Reina Sofía and the Museo Reina Sofía Foundation to support the Museo’s goals and activities
Contact
info@fundacionmuseoreinasofia.es
Santa Isabel, 52 28012 Madrid (Spain)
Tel. (+34) 917 74 10 74
Managing Director
Carolina González Castro
Coordinator
África Ruiz Pino