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What to do and see in Galicia, Galicia: The Best Art Museums
Discover the best top things to do in Galicia, Spain including Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Costa da Morte, Galeria Visol, Fundacion Barrie, Sala de Exposiciones "Porta Mina", Museo de Arte Sacro MM Clarisas, Museo Lodeiro, Museo de Bellas Artes, Fundacion Luis Seoane, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Pinacoteca Fernandez del Riego.
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1. Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Costa da Morte
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5.0 based on 6 reviews
2. Galeria Visol
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
3. Fundacion Barrie
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
4. Sala de Exposiciones "Porta Mina"
5. Museo de Arte Sacro MM Clarisas
6. Museo Lodeiro
7. Museo de Bellas Artes
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4.0 based on 88 reviews
Reviewed By 227ianc - London, United Kingdom
What are drawings and a painting by a Scottish artist, David Roberts, doing in the Museo de Belas Artes in A Coruna? There is a mystery. There is also a copy of Van Dyke's famous triple portrait. The Museum has a good selection of 17th and 18th European art, mainly Spanish and many on loan from the Prado in Madrid, plus a focus on Galician art of the 19th century onwards, with an gallery showing an extensive display of prints by Goya and another of ceramics from the local factory Sargadelos. The museum moved in 1995 to its new building designed by the Galician architect Manuel Gallego Jorreto, located in part of the 18th century Capuchin Sisters Convent, the church of which is still in use - quite a contrast between the two parts of the same complex. Well worth visiting, the staff are helpful there is a guide in English and admission is free. There is also a temporary exhibition gallery with a changing series of exhibitions.
8. Fundacion Luis Seoane
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4.0 based on 8 reviews
9. Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea
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4.0 based on 123 reviews
Reviewed By 227ianc - London, United Kingdom
The two adjacent buildings are strange bedfellows - on one side of the narrow street is the dark sombre stonework of the old Convent of San Domingos de Bonaval (part of which is now the Museo del Pueblo Gallego), enlivened by the architectural detailing around the doorways, and dating back to 1228, the inside being less exuberant and more restrained than some of the other monasteries in Santiago with their Baroque richness; - on the other side the dark sombre worn concrete of the Galician Contemporary Art Museum (GGAC) designed by the well-known modernist Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza who has was awarded the Mies Van der Rohe prize in 1988 and the Pritzker prize in 1992. If you can I recommend that you visit both (but check opening times). You can see the chapel inside the Convent without paying the admission fee to the museum itself. The CGAC's series of interconnected spacious galleries on the upper floors with more intimate spaces below allows it to run a programme of changing exhibitions with a flow through the building, starting and returning to the main entrance with a focus on strengthening Galicia as an international centre for contemporary and also showing art that connects to social issues of our time. Currently the visitors flows through four different and fascinating exhibition, one 'We Refugees' focused on Immigration - not making political statements, but reflecting on the reality of the harsh life for immigrants and for refugees who have greater international protection -, one showing installation works by the artist Angela Ferreira whose work links to issues in Africa and another by Christian Villamide which focuses on how humans have lost the connectivity with their natural environment. A fourth installation of photographs and video by Max de Esteban explores digital technology and its impact on people and cities. If you have an interest in contemporary art, it is well worth making the journey to visit the Centre.
10. Pinacoteca Fernandez del Riego
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4.0 based on 3 reviews
