The new Sorolla Museum in València

Valencia is adding a new centre to its museum offering where visitors will be able to admire 220 works by Joaquín Sorolla, the most universal Valencian painter, renowned for capturing the Mediterranean light like no one else.

Sorolla's works will arrive in the city on the Turia thanks to an agreement signed with the Hispanic Society of America, an institution founded in 1904 and based in New York, which compiles public and free documents and works for the study of the art and culture of Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and the Philippines. This agreement will turn the new space into the entity's European headquarters.

Although the Sorolla Museum of Valencia will have its permanent home in the Palacio de las Comunicaciones, the works will not be exhibited there initially. While the permanent space is being refurbished, the collection will be temporarily displayed at the City Museum (Museo de la Ciudad). This transition will allow the first pieces to be seen before the summer, organised into three major thematic blocks: Spanish Sorolla, American Sorolla, and Illustrious Portraits.

Furthermore, the Fallas festival will also have its own dedicated room in the museum's final location. Valencia's most iconic festival will feature a 360° experience in an immersive cube, allowing visitors to feel some of the most important events, such as the mascletà or the flower offering to the city's patron saint, the Virgin of the Forsaken (Virgen de los Desamparados).

The new complex dedicated to Sorolla will expand the city's museum and cultural offering, boosting Valencia's position as an international benchmark for world-class art.

Currently, part of Joaquín Sorolla's work can be seen at the Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia, the second largest art gallery in the country after El Prado in Madrid.

Around thirty other museums make up a complete and diverse cultural offer, including examples such as the IVAM, the first modern art museum created in Spain; the Hortensia Herrero Art Centre, featuring over 100 works by artists such as Anselm Kiefer, Anish Kapoor, Mat Collishaw, Tony Cragg, and Andreas Gursky; the National Museum of Ceramics, housed in a palace showcasing ceramic works from the 8th century to the present day; and Bombas Gens Digital Arts Centre, specialising in immersive and audiovisual projects.