Museo de Arte Abstracto Español

Over het museum

The museum arose from the initiative of the painter Fernando Zóbel, who in 1963 offered the Cuenca town council to install his collection of contemporary Spanish art in the Casas Colgadas, a group of 15th-century houses suspended over the gorge of the Huécar river. Zóbel rented part of the building, which had just been restored, and the museum officially opened on 30 June 1966 with 266 works by 87 artists of the abstract generation of the 1950s. It was a project conceived and sustained by artists, outside the official cultural policy of the time, which soon achieved national and international reach.

In 1978 a first extension was opened that tripled the space, opened the library to the public and incorporated works of the generation of the 1970s. In 1980 Zóbel donated to the Fundación Juan March his collection of painting, sculpture, drawing and prints, his personal library, his diaries and more than one hundred and thirty sketchbooks; since then the foundation has owned the museum and has enriched its holdings with new acquisitions. In 1994 a refurbishment converted the former archive and storage spaces into a temporary exhibition room.

The collection brings together paintings and sculptures from the 1950s to the 1980s by artists such as Antoni Tàpies, Antonio Saura, Eduardo Chillida, Jorge Oteiza, Manuel Millares, Eusebio Sempere, Gustavo Torner and Zóbel himself. Following the idea of its founder, the works rotate slowly to make room for temporary exhibitions. The museum also keeps Zóbel's personal library and archive.

Hoogtepunten

• Casas Colgadas, a medieval building suspended over the gorge of the Huécar
• Spanish abstract art from the 1950s to the 1980s
• Works by Tàpies, Saura, Chillida, Oteiza, Millares, Sempere and Zóbel
• Personal library and archive of Fernando Zóbel
• Free admission to the collection and temporary exhibitions

Vaste collectie

• Colección del Museo de Arte Abstracto Español – Paintings and sculptures of the abstract generation of the 1950s and 1960s and of later decades, which are periodically rearranged to make room for temporary exhibitions.

Opgericht

1966

Beheerder

Fundación Juan March

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

De toegang is gratis.

Free admission to the collection and temporary exhibitions. Educational activities are free of charge.

Toegankelijkheid

• Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

Due to the features of the medieval building, movement through the museum's spaces is limited for people with reduced mobility; the museum recommends calling 969 212 983 for information.

Kinderen & gezin

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Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

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Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel
• Kluisjes
• Wifi

Free Wi-Fi throughout the building. Individual lockers with keys, accessed through the shop. Small shop with exhibition catalogues, postcards, posters and prints.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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