Centro Cultural Galileo

Nativities of the World

Basanta-Martín Collection

Artistic Direction: Antonio Basanta
Production Direction: Jesús Mayo

From 11 December to 5 January
Daily 09:00–21:00
Closed: 25 December & 1 January

A tour of Nativity art from around the world:

Africa: The Masai Holy Family in brown ebony, the South African Raku Nativity with its ancient ceramic technique, the Tweneboa Nativity in bloodwood, and the Tanzanian Flight into Egypt in black ebony.

Asia: The Japanese Kokeshi Nativity, the Vietnamese fibre Nativity, the Nepalese Meditation Nativity, and the Indonesian Batik Holy Family.

America: The Mexican Tree of Life, the Peruvian Sacromonte in a Basket, the delicate Inuit Nativity, and Haitian metalwork Nativities.

Europe: The German Christmas Pyramid from Erzgebirge, the Czech Silent Nativity, the splendid Russian folk Nativity, and the Nativity with shepherds by José Luis Mayo Lebrija, a leading figure in contemporary Spanish Nativity art.