Tiqets & Thyssen-Bornemisza Partner on Epic, Art-Inspired Madrid Pride Bus

Amsterdam, 8 June - Tiqets, the leading online ticketing platform for museums & attractions, and Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, an iconic art museum in Madrid, have partnered up to co-sponsor an art-inspired bus for the Madrid Pride Parade. To offer more people the chance to experience the 2022 Madrid Pride Parade, Tiqets is launching a contest to win a spot on the Tiqets x Thyssen Pride bus.

Tiqets and Thyssen Bornemisza have joined forces to celebrate Pride like never before. The ticketing platform and cultural institution will be co-sponsoring a bus for the Madrid Pride Parade which will host local LGBTQI+ artists and creators, and a handful of lucky contest winners. The event serves as the launch for a special Pride edition of Versiona Thyssen, the international art competition for young creators.

The Tiqets x Thyssen Pride Bus will be designed by Spanish artist and drag personality Hugáceo Crujiente. Inspired by the Versiona Thyssen art competition, Crujiente’s design features reinterpreted artworks from the Thyssen museum's collection. 

Three lucky winners and their guests will join local LGBTQI+ artists and creators, and former Versiona Thyssen winners, on the Tiqets x Thyssen Pride bus. The ride will feature live music, free drinks, and a chance to rub shoulders with some of Madrid’s top artists and creators. 

The Tiqets x Thyssen Pride Bus event serves as the launch for a special edition of the popular #VersionaThyssen competition. Hosted by Thyssen Bornemisza Museum, the competition requires participants to create their own version of one of the museum's iconic artworks and share it on Instagram. What sets this year’s edition apart is that all of the artworks are linked to the LGBTQI+ community, whether through the theme, the artist's involvement in the community, or the message expressed. Another edition of the Versiona Thyssen contest will run from September 1 to October 2 this year. For more information, visit: https://www.museothyssen.org/concurso-versionathyssen.

The contest to win a spot on the Tiqets x Thyssen Pride Bus is open until June 24. To enter the contest, visit: https://www.tiqets.com/blog/win-a-spot-on-tiqets-x-versiona-thyssen-pride-bus/.

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About Tiqets

Tiqets’ mission is to make culture more accessible by making it easier for more people to discover more ways to culture. From the start in 2014, the company has connected millions of people to museums and attractions with instant, last-minute and mobile tickets. Tiqets works with both hidden gems and top museums and attractions all over the world.

The company is headquartered in Amsterdam and now employs 200+ people worldwide, including in Amsterdam (HQ) as well as Seattle, Las Vegas, Orlando, Philadelphia, London, Copenhagen, Paris, Barcelona, Rome, Bangkok, Tokyo and Osaka. More information can be found on Tiqets.com.

About Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum

Founded in Madrid in 1992 the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum is an art museum in Spain that hosts the most important art collections in the world with almost 900 works of art gathered over seven decades by the Thyssen-Bornemisza family. The Spanish State acquired the collection in 1993. 

Historical art pieces from Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Monet, Rénoir, Cézanne, Van Gogh, and Picasso are some of the most important in the museum.