The Reception of North American Art in Spain: The Case of the Fundación Juan March (1975–1990)

Abstract

Established in the mid-1950s, the Fundación Juan March provided an important space for exhibiting the art of the European avant-garde and, from 1977 onwards, modern art from North America. It is argued that the foundation played an important role in presenting American art exhibitions to Spanish audiences in the post-Franco years and at the end of the Cold War. The shows were organized in partnership with high-profile US institutions, dealers, the artists’ estates and/or the artists themselves. In addition to thematic shows, the foundation hosted solo exhibitions in the 1970s and 1980s, dedicated to de Kooning, Motherwell, Lichtenstein, Cornell, Rauschenberg, Rothko, Hopper, and Warhol.