The Banyoles Art Centre is a new cultural facility in the city, located in Plaça Major, and forms part of the network of municipal museums. It houses the Gimferrer Collection.

The centre was created following an agreement signed in December 2022 between Banyoles City Council and the Gimferrer family for the donation of one of the most important private art collections in the country. The space, located in the historic buildings of Molí de la Plaça and Can Teixidor, has been renovated and adapted to host a semi-permanent exhibition featuring a selection of around sixty works from the total of 136 that make up the collection. The exhibition offers a journey through Catalan and Spanish painting of the 19th and 20th centuries, the avant-garde movements and contemporary art, as well as a representation of African and Eastern art.

The official opening ceremony will take place on Friday the 27th at 11:00 a.m. and will be attended by the Mayor of Banyoles, Miquel Noguer; the collector Jordi Gimferrer; and the Minister of Culture of the Government of Catalonia, Sònia Hernández Almodóvar.

The Art Centre will open to the public on Saturday, 28 March at 11:00 a.m.. Free open days will be offered on 28 and 29 March and 3, 4, 5 and 6 April, coinciding with the Easter holidays.

For more information, opening hours and prices, please visit: www.museusdebanyoles.cat

Address:
Plaça Major, 38

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Photo: Harold Abellan