Mars. The red mirror

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This exhibition looks at our relationship with Mars, from antiquity to the present day. Science, art and literature come together in a major exhibition project that coincides in time with the arrival of three space missions to the Red Planet. Mars. The Red Mirror explores our condition and future as a species and the ultimate nature of the universe we live in.

Since the earliest civilizations, Mars has been a mirror, a metaphor and a source of inspiration for humankind. This exhibition unfolds the many stories that have centred on Mars, from antiquity, to present-day science and research, to the impact on fiction of the Martian imaginary. The show also presents spaces of reflection and knowledge about what we can learn from the Red Planet, climate crisis and human life on a hypothetical planet B.

With more than 400 objects, including incunabula, sculptures, drawings, comics, films, manuscript documents, collector’s items and even a Martian meteorite, the exhibition is a comprehensive commitment to knowledge of artistic, literary and scientific creation based around Mars.

Mars. The Red Mirror is an exhibition project curated by Juan Insua that brings together the views of audiovisual and digital creators, artists, scientists, experts and inquiring minds who present original work about Mars in this show.

A parallel programme of debates, cinema, meetings with experts, and educational and mediation activities complements this project that connects us with the challenges of the future at a time of maximum historical relevance for Planet Mars.