For the third year running, the CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo is offering the "But… This is Art?" introductory course on contemporary art. The course, consisting in 2-hour sessions, will focus on key themes in current art: The death of the author, the crisis of the subject, the decline of the great narratives and the formation of art as a critical space.

One of the most powerful art capacities is the transformation of our look towards the objects of our world. In this regard, many artists concentrate their practice in the activation of objects apparently trivial in order to trigger new narratives which go beyond a positivist materialism, thus, they deny any reality whenever it appears reaffirmed in an excessive manner.

The notion commonly built around current art and its creators usually appears as linked to the discourse spread by mass media. Therefore, it is perceived as a legacy of a romantic ideal and modern paradigm which conceive art as autonomous.

For the second year running, the CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo is offering the But… Is This Art? introductory course on contemporary art. The course will be broken down into 2-hour sessions , with a half-hour discussion on the key themes in current art.

From March 4 to May 13, CA2M will develop, in conjunction with Mostoles City Council, an introductory course on current art. This course starts a series of activities within the frame of the free universities especially aimed at young and adult public. These courses offer a clear and concise insight into some of the basic concepts for understanding and interpreting current art.

Art. Education. Pedagogy. Learning. Unlearning. Critical exercise. Political imagination. Wet knowledge. Visionary fictions. Counter-pedagogies. 

In this temporary encounter in the museum we will create a safe comfort zone where we can visit ourselves. 

On the occasion of International Museum Day, the CA2M opens on Monday 18th of May, and invites you to get to know the storage areas of the Center with the Museum's Conservation team.