Cecilia Bengolea: Shelly Belly Inna Real Life, at the Reina Sofía Museum

A video shot in Jamaica, with dance and dancehall music as a way of telling stories. Argentine artist Cecilia Bengolea (Buenos Aires, 1979) sees body, matter and environment as parts of a single ecosystem. 💃🌴

Her work «Shelly Belly Inna Real Life» (2020) takes over the Single Piece room at the Reina Sofía.

🎨 CECILIA BENGOLEA: SHELLY BELLY INNA REAL LIFE

📅 17 February to 6 September 2027

🕐 Monday and Wednesday to Saturday, 10 am to 9 pm · Sunday, 10 am to 2.30 pm · Closed on Tuesdays

📍 Reina Sofía Museum, Sabatini building, floor 1, Single Piece room · C/ de Santa Isabel, 52

🎟️ General admission €12 · Includes the Collections and temporary exhibitions

🖼️ The exhibition

The video explores the influence of African culture and nature on the Caribbean island's artistic community. Dance works as a language and as an archive of individual and collective expression, shaped by social, ecological and political issues.

Single Piece is a room devoted to showing one work from the collection, to be looked at slowly, outside the permanent route.

🏛️ Planning your visit

Entry is free on Mondays and Wednesday to Saturday from 7 to 9 pm, and on Sundays from 12.30 to 2.30 pm, for individual visitors only. If you already have a ticket, the museum recommends entering through the Nouvel building (Ronda de Atocha, 2).

ℹ️ Good to know: Closed on 24, 25 and 31 December and on 1 and 6 January.

✨ Jamaica, told to a dancehall beat.