Prado to hold temporary exhibitions in Valencia museums

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this Prado Museum will give works from artist collections or Valencian themes to organize temporary exhibitions in different countries. Community art galleries.

This was accepted by the President of the Generalitat, Ximo Puigand the Prado Museum director, Miguel Falomir, At a meeting in Madrid this morning to explore possibilities to increase the presence of the national museum institution’s collection in the Valencian Community museums.

In this way, the Valencian government will sign a framework agreement in which it will transfer some of the 3,000 paintings left in storage in the national museum’s collection or on display at traveling exhibitions in Spain to various art galleries to which it is affiliated or managed. by the Generalitat through the Consortium of Museums. Thus, the agreement will benefit exhibition spaces such as: Fine Arts Museums in Valencia, Alicante and Castello or Center del Carme.

Also, and as this newspaper has learned, the works donated by El Prado will be by Valencian writers of every era, from the Gothic period to the early 20th century, or are in some way related to the Valencian Community.

As Puig put it in a statement, this collaboration framework “will serve to enrich the exhibition offer while promoting knowledge about Prado collections that are not currently on permanent display.”

The head of the Generalitat described the meeting as “very satisfying” and showed a willingness to meet.“Reactivate” relations between the Generalitat and the Prado Museum Through these collaborative formulas, which are part of the Prado National Museum Action Plan 2022-2025 with the aim of increasing the visibility of the collection in Spanish territory.

The Consell president also stressed the value of the Valencia Museum of Fine Arts as “the second most important art gallery in Spain”, citing the need to give it more projection and more autonomy for the State. It is a state-owned arts centre.

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