The Bank of Spain inaugurates the exhibition 'The Flexible Plane', which brings together nearly 50 works of textiles, paintings, photographs, and coins from the 17th to the 21st centuries. It will be open in Madrid from 28 September 2026 to 28 March 2027.
The Bank of Spain inaugurated this Monday the exhibition 'The Flexible Plane', a showcase that gathers nearly 50 works from the Bank of Spain Collection and other public and private institutions. The initiative, as reported by Europa Press, explores textiles as a space of convergence between art, architecture, and industry, beyond mere ornamentation.
The governor of the Bank of Spain, José Luis Escrivá, presented the exhibition in the exhibition hall at the Madrid headquarters. The show includes tapestries, carpets, paintings, photographs, videos, documents, and coins, with a historical journey spanning from the 17th century to the 21st.
“Textiles are not mere ornamentation. Since their origins, textiles have served to protect, delimit, organise, and inhabit space. This practical function has always coexisted with their ability to convey, construct narratives, and articulate debates,” highlighted Escrivá during the inauguration.
The exhibition, curated by the Bank of Spain curator Yolanda Romero, takes its title from the essay by Anni Albers 'The Pliable Plane: Textiles in Architecture' (1957), in which the pioneer defined textiles as an active and flexible surface capable of transforming space, filtering light, absorbing sound, and modifying the experience of architecture.
The Bank of Spain notes that the exhibition does not present textiles as a simple decorative element, as textiles have served since their origins to protect, delimit, organise, and inhabit space, as well as to tell stories, represent institutions, and showcase the relationships between culture and society.
The exhibition will be open for visits at the exhibition hall of the Bank of Spain, in Madrid, from 28 September 2026 to 28 March 2027.
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