CAHH
HORTENSIA HERRERO ART CENTRE
THE NEW HOME FOR CONTEMPORARY ART IN VALÈNCIA
Art Centre and Foundation
CAHH -Hortensia Herrero Art Centre Valencia, Spain
Opening: 11 November 2023
Artists including:
Georg Baselitz, Tony Cragg, Olafur Eliasson, Andreas Gursky,
Anish Kapoor, Anselm Kiefer or Jaume Plensa
as part of the permanent collection presentation
Tuesday to Saturday 10h at 20h / Sunday 10h at 14h
C. del Mar, 31, 46003 València, Valencia, Spanien
https://www.cahh.es/en/#la-ciudad
The Hortensia Herrero Art Centre (CAHH)
has two key aims. One is to share the best international contemporary art with society at large and the other is to help turn the Valencian Autonomous Community into a top cultural and artistic destination.
The project also meets one of the Hortensia Herrero Foundation’s key aims, namely heritage conservation by restoring and repurposing an iconic Valencian palace.
The historic Valencian palace will be converted into a complex with a surface area of more than 3,500 square meters spread over two four-storey buildings with a total of 17 exhibition rooms.
The Hortensia Herrero Art Centre is pleased to announce its inauguration in November 2023 in Valencia.
In addition to recovering an important element of the city’s architectural heritage, the transformation of the space will also allow the public to enjoy Hortensia Herrero’s private art
collection and temporary exhibitions showcasing nationally and internationally renowned artists, such as Anish Kapoor, Anselm Kiefer, Andreas Gursky, Tony Cragg or Georg Baselitz, among others.
Also, there will be a wide range of cultural events, as well as conferences and various activities promoted by the Hortensia Herrero Foundation itself.
The Art Centre is scheduled to open in 11 November 2023.
The Hortensia Herrero Foundation is known in the region for its support of projects in heritage conservation, such as the restoration of the Colegio del Arte Mayor de la Seda (Valencia’s College of High Silk Art) or the Iglesia de San Nicolás (Saint Nicholas Church), repurposing Palacio Valeriola, is its most extensive project to date. Its geographical location, in the heart of Valencia’s historical centre, meant that restoration work needed to delicately incorporate the ruins of part of the Valencian Roman Circus discovered during foundational excavations and parts of the former Jewish Quarter running through the palace dating back to the 14th century. Before lying derelict for over a decade, this iconic palace had historically housed the local newspaper Las Provincias and in the 1980s the nightclub Juan Sebastián Bach, which as a main attraction allegedly kept a lion in a cage in the club’s foyer. The Valencian studio ERRE Arquitectura directed the restoration of the palace.
The contemporary art collection that can be admired at the Hortensia Herrero Art Centre, some of the brushstrokes of which can be seen in this digital space, is the fruit of a life, my own, in which art has been a vitally important component. Like most collectors, I began by taking an interest in the artists closest to me, those who created or exhibited in my home city of Valencia.
ABOUT THE BUILDING
The greatest task facing the Hortensia Herrero Art Centre is shaping the building housing the collection. This edifice is none other than the Palacio Valeriola (Valeriola Palace), an iconic 17th century building in the Baroque Style, in Valencia’s Old Town. It lies close to the ruins of the Roman Circus and what was formerly The Jewish Quarter.
The Palace was put to various uses over the years, as the headquarters of the newspaper Las Provincias and a nightlife venue, and has lain empty for several decades.
The Hortensia Herrero Foundation acquired Palacio Valeriola in order to restore it and give this fine building a new lease on life as an Arts Centre.
During the restoration, some important archaeological discoveries were made: part of the old Roman Circus of the city of València, ruins of the old Jewish quarter, whose boundary was inside the palace, a traditional date back to the 14th century, several vases…
The company responsible for the restoration of the Hortensia Herrero Art Centre is ERRE Arquitectura, a Valencian architecture studio.
ABOUT THE COLLECTION
Hortensia Herrero has always had a special sensitivity for art and for more than ten years she has been collecting art.
The Hortensia Herrero Art Collection has a clearly international vocation with contemporary artists of recognized prestige that can be found in the collections of museums such as the
MOMA, the Tate or the Pompidou among many others.
The first presentation of this collection will include more than 100 works by more than 50 artists, including such well-known names as Anselm Kiefer, Anish Kapoor, Georg Baselitz,
Mat Collishaw, Tony Cragg and Andreas Gursky.
ABOUT HORTENSIA HERRERO AND HER FOUNDATION
Hortensia Herrero is the President of the Foundation that bears her name. She is Vice-President and, together with her husband, majority shareholder of Mercadona, Spain’s biggest supermarket chain. Her philanthropic work stems from her wish
to give back to the land where she was born and that has given her so much in life.
The Hortensia Herrero Foundation sprang to life in 2012 with the mission of fostering interest, knowledge and awareness of art and culture through projects created in The Valencian Autonomous Community by artists from around the world
The projects promoted by the Hortensia Herrero Foundation are focused on contemporary art, restoration and dance.
Some of the key projects include: temporary exhibitions of monumental sculptures of Jaume Plensa, Tony Cragg, Julian Opie, Manolo Valdés or Ron Arad; the restoration of Valencia’s College of High Silk Art and Saint Nicholas Church (so-called ‘Valencian Sistine Chapel’); support for dance through Gala Valencia Danza Somos Arte (dance festival) and the Valencia International Dance Campus.
“We are really looking forward to the moment when visitors will be able to stroll through the corridors and rooms of the Art Centre, one of the most ambitious projects carried out by the Hortensia Herrero Foundation. A building that will house the Foundation’s art collection focused on international contemporary art. A collection that is alive and that aims to be one of the most attractive in Europe. Our goal is turning the city of Valencia into a cultural and artistic destination of reference”.
– Hortensia Herrero
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Tuesday to Saturday 10 to 20
Sunday 10 to 14
Calle del Mar, 31 – 46003 València
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