Recommendations

2013

Ruta Mariano Benlliure

Organized by: Consorci de Museus de la Comunitat Valenciana

The Mariano Benlliure Route is a virtual tour through more than thirty sites in the city of Valencia, all of which related to the sculptor’s life and work. Visitors may choose between the biographical or the artistic tour, which explores various aspects of his life. The artistic tour, starting in the historical centre and ending at the Malvarrosa beach, takes visitors along an engaging journey featuring an excellent selection of his sculptures.

From 5/3/13 to 11/2/13

Gabinete Sorolla. A look at his work: Sad inheritance!

Organized by: Fundación Bancaja

Location: Valencia, Centro Cultural Bancaja

Fundación Bancaja presents the Gabinete Sorolla (Sorolla Cabinet), a new permanent exhibition space that will show the works by Joaquín Sorolla from the Bancaja Collection. Due to the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sorolla the Sorolla Cabinet joins the cultural activity in the city of Valencia, available on Route Sorolla.)

From 3/26/13 to 5/26/13

Blasco Ibáñez and Sorolla

Organized by: Blasco Ibáñez House Museum. Ayuntamiento de Valencia

Location: Valencia, Casa Museo Blasco Ibáñez

The Blasco Ibáñez House Museum exhibition presents a significant correspondence, photographs and other documents relating to the two distinguished Valencian artists. The exhibition opened on March 26 with a round-table conference by Joan Oleza Simó (Universitat de València), Felipe Garín (Consorcio de Museos de la Comunidad Valenciana) and Facundo Tomás (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia).

2013

Sorolla Room. Fine Arts Museum of Valencia

Organized by: Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia (Generalitat)

The Museum of Fine Arts in Valencia has increased the Sorolla Room space to allow the temporal exhibition of new works. From November 8 exhibits there 58 works by Joaquín Sorolla. St. Pius V Museum opened its Sorolla Room to the public in December 2012.

From 2/26/13 to 4/14/13

Clotilde de Sorolla

Organized by: Museo Sorolla, Ministerio de Cultura. In collaboration with: Consorcio de Museos de la Comunidad Valenciana

Location: Alicante, MUBAG

Museo Sorolla and Fundación Museo Sorolla have organized an exhibition that pays homage to Clotilde García del Castillo, wife of Joaquin Sorolla. The exhibition is a selection of paintings, drawings and photographs. The show presents in Valencia through the image of Clotilde in the works of Sorolla, the many facets of this woman, partner, muse and mother, and highlights its role as founder of the Museo Sorolla.

From 12/12/12 to 3/19/13

Horts de tarongers. Visions culturals d'un paisatge (Orange groves. Visions of a cultural landscape)

Organized by: Vicerrectorado de Cultura e Igualdad de la Universitat de València. Colabora: Jardín Botánico; Fundación General de la UV; Ayuntamiento de Valencia

Location: Valencia, Jardín Botánico

Orange groves. Visions of a cultural landscape. An approach to the Valencian landscape through different art forms such as photography, literature and film (texts are in Valencian)

From 11/13/12 to 2/17/13

Clotilde de Sorolla

Organized by: Museo Sorolla, Ministerio de Cultura. In collaboration with: Consorcio de Museos de la Comunidad Valenciana

Location: Valencia, Museo de Bellas Artes

Museo Sorolla and Fundación Museo Sorolla have organized an exhibition that pays homage to Clotilde García del Castillo, wife of Joaquin Sorolla. The exhibition is a selection of over one hundred pieces, including paintings, drawings and photographs. The show presents in Valencia through the image of Clotilde in the works of Sorolla, the many facets of this woman, partner, muse and mother, and highlights its role as founder of the Museo Sorolla.

Since November 6th (2012)

EL SIGLO XIX EN EL MUBAG. De la formación a la plenitud de un artista,

Organized by: MUBAG. In collaboration with: Ayuntamiento de Alicante, Museo Nacional del Prado, Museo Sorolla y Museo de BBAA de Valencia

Location: Alicante, Museo de Bellas Artes Gravina (Diputación de Alicante)

"El siglo XIX en el MUBAG. De la formación a la plenitud de un artista", explores the art from 19th Century of the Region of Alicante. The exhibition shows more than 60 paintings by Fernando Cabrera, Ricardo Navarrete y Fos, Heliodoro Guillén, Emilio Sala, Antonio Gisbert and Joaquin Agrasot, among others. The show ends with some works painted in Jávea (Alicante) by Joaquín Sorolla. Sorolla was a strong influence on generations of painters from Alicante.

From 10/30/12 to 5/5/13

Sorolla. Jardines de luz

Organized by: Ferrara Arte; Patronato de la Alhambra; Museo Sorolla; Fundación Museo Sorolla

Location: Madrid. Museo Sorolla

The exhibition presents works stemming from the fascination of the painter with the theme of the garden and his time in Andalusia. 'Sorolla. Jardines de luz' shows 57 paintings and a selection of drawings and documents.

From 7/18/12 to 12/2/12

Fine Arts Museum of Valencia. Summer exhibitions

Organized by: Fine Arts Museum of Valencia (Generalitat)

Location: Fine Arts Museum of Valencia

The Fine Arts Museum of Valencia shows this summer three exhibitions about Spanish Painting. XIX-XX Centuries.

From 6/29/12 to 10/14/12

Sorolla. Jardines de luz

Organized by: Ferrara Arte; Patronato de la Alhambra; Museo Sorolla; Fundación Museo Sorolla

Location: Granada. Fine Arts Museum

The exhibition presents works stemming from the fascination of the painter with the theme of the garden and his time in Andalusia. 'Sorolla. Jardines de luz' shows 50 paintings and a selection of drawings and documents.

PAUL C. SMITH; CHRISTOPHER L. ANDERSON (eds.) Valencia 2012

Journal of Blasco Ibáñez Studies. Revista de Estudios sobre Blasco Ibáñez.

Organized by: Casa-Museo Blasco Ibáñez, Publications Office. Municipal Government of Valencia. In collaboration with: The University of Tulsa; Generalitat Valenciana. Joaquín Sorolla Institution for Research and Studies

'Journal of Blasco Ibáñez Studies' has been created in order to present the latest studies on the novelist. The journal’s first volume features ten entries that contribute novel analysis and new documentation regarding Blasco’s writing, the relationship of his novels with the literature and the society of the times, and his biography.

From 3/17/12 to 6/17/12

Sorolla. Giardini di luce

Organized by: Ferrara Arte; Patronato de la Alhambra; Museo Sorolla; Fundación Museo Sorolla

Location: Ferrara. Palazzo dei Diamanti

The exhibition presents works stemming from the fascination of the painter with the theme of the garden and his time in Andalusia. 'Sorolla. Jardines de luz' shows 60 paintings and a selection of drawings and documents.

From 3/13/12 to 8/26/12

1900. The origin of advertising art

Organized by: Bancaja. Produced by: MNAC

Location: Centro Cultural Bancaja

Fundación Bancaja presents the exhibition "1900. The origin of advertising art", a production of the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC). The exhibition includes a selection of works from the collection of Catalan art gallery, signed by international artists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

From 3/12/12 to 10/14/12

Clotilde de Sorolla

Organized by: Ministerio de Cultura. Fundación Museo Sorolla

Location: Madrid. Museo Sorolla

Museo Sorolla and Fundación Museo Sorolla have organized an exhibition that pays homage to Clotilde García del Castillo, wife of Joaquin Sorolla. The exhibition, a selection of over one hundred pieces, including paintings, drawings and photographs, presents through the image of Clotilde in the works of Sorolla, the many facets of this woman, partner, muse and mother, and highlights its role as founder of the Museo Sorolla.