The Spanish sculptor Iván Larra recently met with the leadership of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MoCAA) in Kendall, Miami. The friendly exchange sealed a project to host a solo exhibition in one of the museum’s galleries in 2026. This will be the second time a renowned Spanish sculptor presents work in MoCAA’s main hall. Since 2024, Larra’s pieces have already been part of the Rodriguez Collection, the core foundation of the museum’s holdings.

Before his trip to the United States, the artist’s calendar offers another opportunity to experience his work. On August 9th, the exhibition “Mínimo Tamaño Grande, MTG 2025 – Encounters in the Wind” opened at the Patio and Manuel Andújar Multifunctional Hall of the Casa de Cultura (First House of Trades) in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid, Spain.

The opening ceremony was attended by the mayor of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Carlota López Esteban, accompanied by the Councilor for Culture, Myriam Contreras. Around fifty artists, members of the MTG association, took part in the show. Its president, Teresa Blanch, spoke after the mayor, who praised the work of the sculptors, the continuity of MTG, and expressed her gratitude for sharing their creations with the community.

For the exhibition catalogue, Juan Ramón Martín wrote:

“Three friends finally decide to reunite after a long time apart. A couple that did not expect to see each other crosses paths by chance and rejoices. Another, longing for such a meeting, never achieves it. A family unexpectedly reunited outside its daily life, sharing in joy. A fleeting glance between two strangers. A new love, a friendship, an encounter—each and every encounter.”

“These meetings and coincidences are sometimes as vital as breathing. They give the day an unexpected and gratifying turn, bringing us closer to those we love, those we haven’t spoken with in ages, or those we never imagined we’d be lucky enough to meet. Perhaps it is the wind that, with its mysterious force, stirs such attractions. Or perhaps it is a subtle perfumed breeze pointing us toward a converging path. One way or another, this year once again we gather for the sculpture exhibition that has been taking place for more than twenty-five years in the cultural halls of San Lorenzo de El Escorial.”

The event thus celebrates a renewed encounter with culture, with art, and with the creative force of sculpture, all in San Lorenzo de El Escorial—a beautiful city that has welcomed architects, sculptors, painters, and thinkers of the highest order since the Renaissance and Classicism up to our own day. It is a gathering renewed each year, a motor of thought, where we share spaces and experiences in art. The sculptors of the Mínimo Tamaño Grande group present the outcome of months of work, creations born individually yet destined to communicate with others—art that offers aesthetic pleasure while also inviting reflection, dialogue, and critique of the sometimes dramatic realities of our time.