Beyond the Prado: Museums and Identity in Democratic Spain

Beyond the Prado: Museums and Identity in Democratic Spain

"Beyond the Prado: Museums and Identity in Democratic Spain," by Selma Reuben Holo, explores how museums in Spain, particularly after Franco's death, played a role in shaping a new democratic identity. The book examines how museums, including the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, the Sephardic Museum in Toledo, and IVAM (the modern contemporary art museum in Valencia), became spaces for navigating cultural diversity, regionalism, and the tension between local and global influences.