Official MA in Contemporary Art History and Visual Culture
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Museo Reina Sofía
The MA in Contemporary Art History and Visual Culture, organised by the Autonomous University of Madrid, the Complutense University of Madrid and the Museo Reina Sofía, is devised as a space for joint research and reflection between the Museo and the Universities. It aims to train critical subjects in the conditions of contemporary cultural production and debate the discourses and experiences that comprise the field of the arts.
The Master’s Degree course, aimed at graduates in Art History, Fine Arts, Architecture, Humanities, Audiovisual Media, Sociology and other related degrees, is worth 60 ECTS credits, awarded over the course of an academic year with an art theory and contemporary visual culture perspective. It also constitutes a programme of critique and cultural management practices. The theory and practical classes are taught inside the Museo.
The MA qualification enables students to apply for a PhD programme that offers research seminars conducted by national and international lecturers.
Aimed at graduates in Art History, Fine Arts, Architecture, Humanities, Audiovisual Media, Sociology and other related degrees.
Programme coordinated by Noemi de Haro and Lidia Merás (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Rocío Robles Tardío and Alicia Fuentes Vega (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) and Museo Reina Sofía.
More information is available on Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and on the MA's Spanish page.
Lecturers
The MA has a high-calibre faculty made up of art historians, curators, contemporary artists, theorists and professionals from the cultural sphere, experts — from both academic and professional fields — who offer interdisciplinary and critical training, enriched by the cultural realm of the Museo Reina Sofía, a major contemporary art centre.
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- Selina Blasco
- Estrella de Diego Otero
- Ignacio Estella
- Alicia Fuentes Vega
- Santiago Lucendo
- Pablo Martínez
- José María Parreño
- Henar Rivière
- Rocío Robles Tardío
- María Rosón Villena
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- Juan Albarrán
- Jesús Carrillo
- Fernando Castro
- Ernesto Castro Córdoba
- Miguel Cereceda
- Olga Fernández López
- Noemí de Haro García
- Patricia Mayayo
- Lidia Merás
- Inés Plasencia
- Internships in Management: training in one of the Museo Reina Sofía’s departments.
- Internships in Curating: a collective curatorial exercise which involves a document-based display being presented in Space D of the Museo Reina Sofía’s Library and Documentation Centre.
- Internships in Research and Projects: a collective publishing exercise which entails producing an issue of the magazine ACTA, the MA’s official publication.
| Subject Type | Credits |
|---|---|
| Compulsory | 10 ECTS |
| Optional | 25 ECTS |
| External internships | 15 ECTS |
| Final master project | 10 ECTS |
| Total credits | 60 ECTS |
Times and Commitment
Classes are held in the Museo Reina Sofía’s Study Centre, from Monday to Thursday or Friday afternoons, with certain exceptions; internships take place from Monday to Thursday or Friday mornings.
For students wishing to study the complete MA (60 ECTS) in one sole academic year, full commitment is recommended. The MA can be studied over two years, applying no fewer than 18 ECTS credits and no greater than 35 in the first year. Students who choose this format must enrol in the Internships and Compulsory Subjects in the first year.
Attendance and active participation in the activities organised by the MA coordinators and the Museo Reina Sofía is recommended to ensure a more rounded educational experience. .
You can pre-register for the next academic year on the website of one of the two co-organising universities.
Produced by the student body from the MA’s Art Theory and Criticism study plan
