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An Association of Historical Memory Accuses the Community of Madrid of “Softening” Francoism in a Photographic Exhibition

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An exhibition of photography, cinema and fashion, opened these days in Madrid, reminds the capital city as an “icon of pop culture” in the 1960s and 1970s, and to which today not a few are nostalgic. “An era that has been, and continues to be, a source of constant inspiration,” says the press dossier of the Directorate General of Cultural Heritage and Spanish Office, the agency linked to the Government of the Community of Madrid that has organiz…

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An exhibition of photography, cinema and fashion, opened these days in Madrid, reminds the capital city as an “icon of pop culture” in the 1960s and 1970s, and to which today not a few are nostalgic. “An era that has been, and continues to be, a source of constant inspiration,” says the press dossier of the Directorate General of Cultural Heritage and Spanish Office, the agency linked to the Government of the Community of Madrid that has organiz…

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On June 24, the Community of Madrid inaugurated the exhibition Madrid Icono Pop, 1964-1979, a photographic exhibition by Gianni Ferrari that covers the last fifteen years of the Franco dictatorship through a vibrant and banalized aesthetic. But what in principle might seem like a cultural look at a complex era, becomes an operation of historical makeup. In the texts accompanying the exhibition, including press release and official dossier, there…

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El Pais broke the news in Spain on Thursday, July 24, 2025.
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