Instituto Valencia de Arte Moderno (IVAM) Valencia

The city of Valencia has displayed some incredible talent over the year. Right from the Gothic age to the present time this culturally rich city has been blessed with creative geniuses, who have excelled in every field from sculpture, architecture, painting to fine art and others. To house Valencia's prosperous and flourishing collection of art work are numerous galleries and Museums in Valencia, spread all over the city. But if you are interested in the Modern Art of Valencia then you should head straight for the Instituto Valencia de Arte Moderno (IVAM), Valencia. It is a gallery which adds the much needed touch of modernity to the city's ever existing traditional charm.

The contemporary centre of Instituto Valencia de Arte Moderno (IVAM), Valencia presents an extensive display of 20th century Valencian artwork. The collection is spread over two nieghbouring sites in the huge museum premise, namely the Julio González, founded in 1989, and the Sala de la Muralla set up quite recently in 1991.

The Julio González Centre of IVAM has been built and named in the memory of the leading modern Spanish artist. It houses nine display galleries of which one whole gallery showcases only Julio González paintings. While the other galleries of the IVAM in Valencia display paintings and sculptures by other equally celebrated artists like Ignacio Pinazo ,Tàpies, Chillida, Arroyo, Paul Klee and Millares and some others.

The other building of the Instituto Valencia de Arte Moderno in Spain houses numerous temporary exhibits. Thus in this way the Instituto Valencia de Arte Moderno, Valencia also acts as a major platform for all the debutant local and national artists. Apart from this the Instituto Valencia de Arte Moderno, Valencia also hosts talks, courses, workshops and publishes several journals. The Museum ground also has a memento shop, book shop, library, archive, a library of photographs and a coffee shop.

Address: Instituto Valencia de Arte Moderno
Guillem de Castro, 118
Valencia, V 46003
Spain

Timings: Both the centers are open from 10 am to 8 am.
Closed on Mondays

Admission: Entry charged but free on Sundays, Wednesdays for Fine Arts students, disabled persons, retired persons, unemployed persons, large families, tourist guides, and children under 10 years, with ID.