CaixaForum València opens its doors

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CaixaForum València opens its doors

Valencia, 21 June 2022

CaixaForum Valencia

Ximo Puig, president of the Government of Valencia, Joan Ribó, mayor of Valencia, and Isidro Fainé, president of ”la Caixa” Foundation, officially open CaixaForum València, a unique cultural centre for the city on the River Turia.

This is the most striking addition to the network of cultural centres run by ”la Caixa” Foundation in Spain. Designed by the architect Enric Ruiz-Geli, a professor at Virginia Tech, CaixaForum València has floor space of nearly 10,000 square metres devoted to knowledge. The facilities include two exhibition halls, an auditorium seating up to 300, a bookshop, a restaurant and a family and educational space.

The inaugural programme at the new centre will take visitors from the earliest civilisations to the most contemporary artistic creations. Hall One will showcase the Pharaohs in an exhibition of monumental statues and superb reliefs from ancient Egyptian temples loaned by the British Museum, while Hall Two will host a show especially designed for the new centre. Featuring works from ”la Caixa” Contemporary Art Collection, this exhibition will explore how the landscape has been used to represent nature over the last few centuries.

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From left to right: Isidro Fainé, president of ”la Caixa” Foundation, Joan Ribó, mayor of the city, and Ximo Puig, president of the Government of Valencia, at CaixaForum València.

From left to right: Isidro Fainé, president of ”la Caixa” Foundation, Ximo Puig, president of the Government of Valencia, and Joan Ribó, mayor of the city. © Máximo Garcia. ”la Caixa” Foundation.

Isidro Fainé, president of ”la Caixa” Foundation, at CaixaForum València. © Máximo Garcia. ”la Caixa” Foundation.

From left to right: Joan Ribó, mayor of the city, Ximo Puig, president of the Government of Valencia, and Isidro Fainé, president of ”la Caixa” Foundation. © Máximo Garcia. ”la Caixa” Foundation.

The Cloud at CaixaForum València and Arc al Cel by Inma Femenía. © Máximo Garcia. ”la Caixa” Foundation.

CaixaForum València. © Máximo Garcia. ”la Caixa” Foundation.

CaixaForum València. The Cloud. © Máximo Garcia. ”la Caixa” Foundation.

CaixaForum València. The bookshop and the administrative offices. José Hevia © Cloud 9.

The auditorium, equipped with the latest technology so that it can host shows of all kinds. It is designed as a black box, with a cardboard landscape and, on the ceiling, an installation by Frederic Amat. José Hevia © Cloud 9.