Open the New Foundation Gaspar next to the Picasso Museum
Sala Gaspar was closed in 1996 after 90 years of history and was briefly reborn as a gallery in 2013 at the hands of the fourth generation of the family, Abdullah Mouchan Gaspar. Now the great-grandson of John Gaspar reopens a new art space into a foundation: "We realized that it was difficult to do from a business perspective," he explained yesterday. The new Foundation Gaspar is located in an emblematic Barcelona, Cervello Palace, next to the Picasso Museum, a fifteenth century Gothic building that had occupied the Maeght Gallery until 2012 and which had interested Picasso face a possible extension. Will showrooms (entry worth 8 euros), coffee shop, library and a multipurpose space. The aim of Gaspar, who has 30 years but has a long experience in the field of art from the 16th-place Barcelona is at "point of reference in the international exhibition circuit." The first sample will be back Art strikes a "statement of intent was the foundation of what you want," says Gaspar: exhibit of works by twenty international artists unusual in Barcelona as Louise Bourgeois, Martin Creed, Subodh Gupta and Paul McCarthy. "Do not follow a particular line but we think fit different shades. We want to create broad discourse with artists different nationalities and ages. The role of the foundation is to provide a global vision and international stage of contemporary art through the significance and importance of the artists, "said the promoter. 20 to 22 November Gaspar Foundation will open doors for locals. Art Strikes Back will be open until March, when it will present the first solo exhibition in Spain of lighting three-dimensional structures of the sculptor Anthony McCall. Courtesy Car Service Barcelona
