Organized by the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in collaboration with TBA21–Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Terraphilia draws together around a hundred works spanning five centuries from the Thyssen-Bornemisza collections. These works present an evocative spectrum of artistic and intellectual explorations, revealing the depth and reach of more-than-human stories and multispecies imaginaries. Resisting the entrenched dualism of modern cosmology, rooted in the separation between the social and the natural, the exhibition invites viewers—through the lens of artists across generations and diverse traditions—to encounter the world as a pluriverse: a world of many worlds. Terraphilia also signals a decisive departure from anthropocentric and Western-centric perspectives, embracing an emerging planetary politics. In doing so, it aligns with recent philosophical, anthropological, ethical, and legal turns that advocate for the recognition of non-human life and geological and biological entities as participants in a planetary multitude. 

 Structured across six interlinked “scenarios,” the exhibition traverses themes such as cosmograms, animate worlds, the art of dreams, objectivity, land relations, mythical time, and oceanic cosmogonies. These thematic currents guide visitors through different ways of engaging with the Earth—via myth, science, dreams, stories, spirituality, and ecology—while critically interrogating the histories of colonial expansion, resource extraction, and ecological violence that have shaped the current planetary crisis. A translucent architectural environment designed by Marina Otero Verzier with  Andrea Muniáin Perales wraps the entire exhibition space and hosts dialogical encounters between historical and contemporary works from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collections.