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. 

It strikes us as incredibly important to try to bring back this passion, especially at a time when art is being pushed out of the curriculum at schools. This year we want to start a project together with José Luis, Mercedes and Carmen (art teachers at the Europa secondary school) so that the students can create their own space for creativity. A place where they can turn on the kilns once again, increase the number of hours in creating, and defend the importance of art.

In this workshop the groups will work with art’s capacity to transform time and space. Over the course of the various sessions the class will be turned into a room and the museum into a house. The students will turn off the lights, remove the desks and dance. They will visit the most intimate corners of the museum and together they will build a shelter.