Tenerife’s TEA Museum Launches Dual Exhibitions Exploring Textile Art and Historical Avant-Garde

Tenerife Espacio de las Artes (TEA) is launching two new exhibitions this Friday, designed to bridge the gap between historical avant-garde art and modern social issues. These displays highlight the importance of textile art and personal history in today’s creative landscape.

The first exhibition, held in the Gabinete Domínguez, explores the creative partnership between Maud Bonneaud and Óscar Domínguez. Curated by Isidro Hernández and Vanessa Rosa Serafín, the show focuses on their time together in Paris between 1943 and 1950. Running until June 13, the collection features fifty items, including museum pieces, private loans, and previously unseen graphic materials from the Olomouc Museum of Art. Visitors can trace Bonneaud’s shift toward jewelry and enamel work, alongside pieces by contemporaries like Man Ray and Emilio Grau Sala.

At the same time, the Espacio MiniTEA is opening Pegar la hebra (Stitching the Thread), which will run until May 30, 2027. This collective exhibition features sixteen works by six artists with ties to the Canary Islands—Julia M. Martín, Davi Kabaro, Ohiane de Felipe, Cristina Ortega, Verónica Silva, and Adassa Santana—plus a piece by Juan de la Cruz. The project goes beyond a traditional display by including interactive sewing areas, using embroidery to explore topics like gender identity, sustainability, and family history.

The opening event begins at 6:00 p.m. with a discussion on the creative and educational potential of textile work. Speakers include artists Julia M. Martín and Cristina Ortega, educator Alejandra Arbizu, and TEA’s head of education, Paloma Tudela.

TEA’s artistic director, Sergio Rubira, noted that these exhibitions celebrate the slow, deliberate pace of textile craftsmanship as a counterpoint to our fast-paced digital world. Conrado Álvarez, the Island Director of Culture, added that the "thread" serves as a powerful metaphor for human connection and history. Both exhibitions are free to the public, reflecting the museum’s ongoing commitment to accessible culture.