Four Seasons Hotel Madrid Showcases Its Commitment to Cultural Experiences with Cristina Lucas’ Intervention in the Royal Suite During ARCO

Four Seasons Hotel Madrid announces an exclusive experience in its Royal Suite as part of ARCO Madrid 2026. From March 4 to 8 and together with Blanca and Borja Thyssen-Bornemisza, the prestigious hotel suite will be the stage on which Spanish artist Cristina Lucas presents a selection of her most outstanding work for a one-of-a-kind public exhibition.

Over the course of five days (from Wednesday, March 4 to Sunday, March 8, 2026), the public will be able to visit the exhibition during the mornings (entries at 11:00 am and 12:00 noon) and afternoons (entries at 5:00, 6:00 and 7:00 pm, except Thursday, March 5, when entry will only be granted at 5:00 pm) by purchasing a ticket, given that spaces are limited. All proceeds will be donated to the CRIS Cancer Foundation.

This initiative bolsters the hotel’s commitment to supporting artists, culture and the arts, which have been represented within its walls since it opened and manifested via a private collection consisting of more than 1,500 pieces by emerging artists on display throughout the complex.

With an extensive international career, Cristina Lucas is recognised for using art as a form of seduction that invites the public to take notice of social events. Interested in the mechanisms of power, she analyses major political and economic structures to dissect them and reveal contradictions between official history, reality and collective memory.

Through various media—sculpture, video, painting, photography and performance— the artist confronts the flow of information and organises it into cartographies, installations and images that propose an open approach that is in constant flux. The exhibition at Four Seasons Hotel Madrid will offer an exclusive opportunity to enjoy her work within intimate and sophisticated surroundings, strengthening the dialogue between space and artistic creation through the series entitled Composiciones (Compositions) and photographs from her collection entitled La Cámara del Tesoro (The Treasure Chamber), Bank of Spain, perspectives I and II (2024), among other pieces.

The event highlights the close relationship between Cristina Lucas and Blanca and Borja Thyssen-Bornemisza, who have backed and promoted her career both nationwide and internationally via the Albarrán Bourdais Gallery. On this occasion, the artist presents her work in a historic space that is being opened up to the general public for the second time only.

“This space remained closed for decades; today, recovered by Four Seasons, it is offered as a set of rooms that invite both enjoyment and reflection. Former offices of financial magnates, the Casino de Madrid and even an experimental shopping arcade come together here as different layers of the same history. El pueblo que falta (The People that are Missing) stands in these spaces as a reflection of a planet that simultaneously reveals its beauty and fragility. The work shows a world of visual and material poems where economics and nature—seemingly dissociated—become inseparable once again, albeit never fully visible when not touched by our eyes. This creates a space of freedom and reflection in which the sensorial engages in direct dialogue with some of the most pressing questions of our time,” says Cristina Lucas.

For the second time in its history, Four Seasons Hotel Madrid is opening the doors of its Royal Suite to the public to display works by an artist of such stature, enabling local residents and visitors to access highly valuable pieces of contemporary art via an initiative that aspires to become a cultural milestone in the capital.

“The multiplicity of voices and perspectives builds a complex and visually immersive environment that not only calls on our pasts but also projects possible futures, pierced by contemplation and action,” concludes the artist.

About the Royal Suite

The Royal Suite is an exclusive space spanning 431 square metres (4,600 square feet) that combines history, art and modernity. Located on the main floor of a historic building, it has been restored to preserve a legacy dating back to 1891 by integrating original features such as its Louis XV-style fireplace, gold leaf mouldings and historic windows.

After ten years of restoration work, the space now blends the antique and the contemporary with a design that combines classical furnishings and modern pieces. Formerly the Main Hall of the Casino de Madrid and headquarters of the Banco Español de Crédito, the suite is also home to an outstanding contemporary art collection. With its own gym, kitchen, living room, study and spaces for private events, the Royal Suite is one of the icons of Four Seasons Hotel Madrid and a benchmark for luxury in the capital.