“The Atomic Age” explores how the discovery of the atom and radioactivity transformed not only science but also the way we imagine the world. Starting with the scientific enthusiasm of the late 19th century, the exhibition moves through Hiroshima, Nagasaki, the Cold War, Chernobyl and Fukushima, showing how the atom has shaped our ideas about progress, risk and the future. Paintings, photographs, videos, documents and installations by artists including Hilma af Klint, Yoko Ono, Salvador Dalí, David Lynch and Nancy Spero explore the many facets of the nuclear imagination. Nuclear issues are not just part of the past; they continue to raise questions that matter today.
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The exhibition also examines Spain’s experience, from the first nuclear power stations built under the Franco regime to current debates about their closure and the management of the waste they leave behind.
