Sheep cross the city to Plaza Mayor, an Australian circus company holds up a mirror at the Price, and Salgado's water arrives in a former reservoir

22 - 30 October 2026

Madrid opens its hidden buildings and one artist's studio for free, Alvin Ailey's Revelations takes over the Teatro Real, and Dalí finally meets Freud at the Thyssen

15 - 21 October 2026

Vermeer's hometown museum lends Madrid its Dutch Golden Age masterpieces, the Reina Sofía says goodbye to two shows on the same free Monday, and a government festival hides its coolest night inside the programme nobody reads past the parade

8 - 14 October 2026

A Dutch organist plays inside a frescoed dome, Europe's first solo show for a Mapuche artist, and the architect who built modern Madrid

1 - 7 October 2026