Art galleries exhibition spaces foundations and cultural centers Venezuela

This boutique offers a very large selection of quality crafts from the region and from all over Venezuela. as well as T-shirts, postcards, films… Credit cards are accepted.

Located in the old market of Maracaibo, this art centre opened its doors after a major renovation in November 1993.

It presents a photographic collection on the history of the market and a very good art gallery.

In addition, temporary exhibitions generally devoted to the state of Zulia or the Caribbean are also in the catalogue. The show room is unique, the light light gives a symbolic dimension to a dance show, a concert or a feria of ganado (cattle), it has 1 700 nice armchairs!

The gallery, inaugurated in 1938, began its functions in a neoclassical building designed by the great local architect Carlos Raul Villanueva. Since 2009, it has moved between Mexico City and Bolivar avenues to strengthen the new cultural centre dear to President Chávez. Designed by Carlos Gomez de Llerena, the gallery offers three levels of a total area of 30 000 m ² and houses a permanent collection of more than 6 000 Venezuelan works covering the four centuries of history and a large quantity of artistic movements represented by the pre-Hispanic period, the portraits of the colonial period, representatives of the th-century academic painting, members of the Cercle Artes Circle and a large quantity of the Artistiques Artes.' contemporary artists '. Historical research on Venezuelan art is organized here through the National Information and Documentation Centre for plastic arts. You will also find a bookstore and a shop.

In the midst of the buildings is this adorable park: a truly peaceful and well maintained oasis. To ask yourself in the shade of the trees is simply delicious, while the sandwiches that you can eat are of great finesse, placing them among the best in Caracas (albeit a bit expensive). Excellent coffee in addition.

As the name suggests, this park, a former café of coffee, contains beautiful patios and has five halls with exhibitions, while concerts or free shows are sometimes on Sundays. It is also a place of culture and knowledge, since many actions are developed thanks to the support of the oil foundation.

The house also houses the Athenaeum and the Michelena room where painting contests are occasionally held. His first owner, General llanero Páez (1790-1873), elected president in 1830, himself oversaw the execution of the frescoes of Castillo, which illustrate his battles and other mythological scenes, and accompanied by maxims of the kind: " It is a great evil not to do good "… Internationally recognized (he had found himself at the side of Grant during the American Independence Parade, as well as in the baptism of Napoleon III's son…), Páez died in exile in New York. His ashes are now at the Pantheon in Caracas.

Here you will find information on the Excursionist centre of Valencia, which meets on the first Thursday of every month at 20 pm.

At the outset, educational, cultural and environmental programmes were set up, today this cultural centre focuses on activities for the promotion and development of the Venezuelan traditional Culture through publications, groups of projections, concerts, programmes for TV, photographs and production of discs. With its popular culture workshop, the foundation contributes to the training of many students.