The MEAM presents The Continuous War, an unprecedented dialogue between two masters separated by two centuries: Francisco de Goya and Gottfried Helnwein. Alongside some eighty etchings from 'The Disasters of War', made between 1810 and 1816, Helnwein responds with his series of the same name, begun in 2007, a cycle of paintings and mixed techniques on violence, exploitation and the destruction of childhood.
Between the harshness of Goya and the theatricality of Helnwein, the exhibition questions our gaze in the digital age, saturated with images that leave out no perversion. When is it legitimate to represent horror? What happens when violence becomes pure spectacle? Goya risked everything in the time of the Inquisition. For Helnwein it is an inner necessity. Helnwein incorporates elements of comics, manga girls and characters such as Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse in hyperrealist scenes that capture us "with eyes open".
An essential date with art that disturbs, moves and reminds us that there are allies in spirit.
Opening: Friday, 6 November 2026.
Exhibition open to the public from 7 November.