An institution that, with the Red Conceptualismos del Sur, organises the biennial gathering Archivos del común, which the museum says emerged in 2015.
Selected excerpts from our archive offer more context on this subject. Each reading links to the original article and its sources.
From Newsstand to Display Case: Comics Change Places
For the Spanish context, a Jot Down article on comics and museums in France notes that the Louvre created its own bande dessinée collection in 2005; it also mentions Période Glaciaire and Le Ciel au-dessus du Louvre, published in 2009. Revista de Arte, meanwhile, documents a Museo Reina Sofía exhibition devoted to women authors of adult comics in Spain from 1967 to 1993. Taken together, these sources show different ways of making comics visible: through collections, historical exhibitions and displays focused on creators.
Everyday life leaves an archive too
Archives are also presented through exhibitions, events, and reconstructions. A PARES post announces an exhibition by the Archivo General de Indias featuring environmental recreations and historical photographs. The Museo Reina Sofía, meanwhile, describes Archivos del común as a gathering organised with the Red Conceptualismos del Sur and says it emerged in 2015 in response to a need that the supplied excerpt does not specify. Both examples show that an archive is not only a repository: it can also become the subject of public interpretation and discussion.
KEY FACTS
- Type
- Museum
- Country or region
- Spain
References
- Archivos del común VImuseoreinasofia.es
