Art galleries exhibition spaces foundations and cultural centers Spain

Located on the Paseo del Prado, not far from the capital's three major museums, the CaixaForum is a place that does much for Madrid's cultural dynamism. Built in a former power plant, part of which has been preserved, this cultural center is worth a visit for its avant-garde architecture, vertical garden and exhibitions. In almost 2,000 square meters, you can admire ancient art, modern art or contemporary art, numerous music festivals or multimedia performances. There is something for everyone!

Fábrica is a private cultural institution that hosts year-round exhibitions of quality photography and video art in the basement. The exhibitions highlight in particular the artists to whom Fábrica provides support. The cultural institution being also a publishing house, it also has its own bookshop on the ground floor. There are art books and beautiful photo books in particular. You can also enjoy a coffee or a glass of wine or enjoy the very good restaurant next door.

Documentation, mock-up of the hiking areas, audiovisual room, this reception centre has a mass of information on the national park. More complete than the office of Cangas de Onis, it is a real museum on the Peaks of Europe. He is named according to Pedro Pidal, marquis de Odón, who, in 1916, invented the concept of a national park as a protected space and is the origin of Spain's first national park, the Covadonga mountain national park.

A recent cultural initiative of the town hall of Málaga (whose building is baroque, in passing, by Guerrero Strachan), the project is new to Spain in the sense that it combines the management of a private enterprise with the ideals and ambitions of the public framework. Based on the German model of the Kunsthaus, characterised by its dynamism, this centre of contemporary art is a large white space that takes place in a former market of wholesalers at the mouth of the Río Río. Temporary and permanent exhibitions dress this place to discover, having bookstore and coffee.