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Fundació Vila Casas

A former wool factory turned art space by Antoni Vila Casas

Andy Warhol, "Mao", 1972; Pello Irazu, "Corazón", 1989; José María Sicilia, "Flor marco negro", 1987. Photo: © Carolina García & Eduardo Armentia
Andy Warhol, "Mao", 1972; Pello Irazu, "Corazón", 1989; José María Sicilia, "Flor marco negro", 1987. Photo: © Carolina García & Eduardo Armentia

The Fundació Vila Casas, founded in 1986 by pharmaceutical entrepreneur Antoni Vila Casas, is a private collection devoted to painting.

The Catalonian pharmaceutical businessman Antoni Vila Casas is fortunate to be able to show the Fundació Vila Casas’ extensive holdings of modern and contemporary art in three architecturally compelling museums around Catalonia. The Museo Can Framis, in Barcelona, is located in a former wool factory, replete with a new addition. Its 3 800 square meters are devoted to painting. Over 350 sculptures are housed at the Museo Can Mario, in a renovated cork factory in Palafrugell on the Costa Brava. And not far from there, at the Renaissance-era palace Palau Solterra, in Torroella de Montgrí, is where Vila Casas shows 300 works from his collection of photography. With names like Lluís Barba, Oriol Jolonch, or Francesca Llopis, Catalonian art dominates in a collection now comprising nearly 1 000 works.

For more information visit Fundació Vila Casas.

Exhibition view, Fundació Vila Cassa
Exhibition view, Fundació Vila Cassa
Can Framis Museum at night (painting museum), Fundació Vila Cassa. Photo: Pere Pratdesaba
Can Framis Museum at night (painting museum), Fundació Vila Cassa. Photo: Pere Pratdesaba
From the Can Mario Museum (sculpture museum), Fundació Vila Cassa
From the Can Mario Museum (sculpture museum), Fundació Vila Cassa
From the Can Mario Museum (sculpture museum), Fundació Vila Cassa
From the Can Mario Museum (sculpture museum), Fundació Vila Cassa
Susana Solano, "Colinas huecas / núm. 15", 1985; Arnaldo Pomodoro, "Rotante massimo III", 1967-1968; Sergi Aguilar, "La extensión de las cosas", 1996. Photo © Roberto d’Lara
Susana Solano, "Colinas huecas / núm. 15", 1985; Arnaldo Pomodoro, "Rotante massimo III", 1967-1968; Sergi Aguilar, "La extensión de las cosas", 1996. Photo © Roberto d’Lara
Exhibition view, Fundació Vila Cassa
Exhibition view, Fundació Vila Cassa
Giacomo Balla, "Linee-Forza del pugno di Boccioni II", 1915; Antoni Tàpies, "Peinture", 1955; Alberto Giacometti, "La jambe", 1958. Photo © Carolina García & Eduardo Armentia
Giacomo Balla, "Linee-Forza del pugno di Boccioni II", 1915; Antoni Tàpies, "Peinture", 1955; Alberto Giacometti, "La jambe", 1958. Photo © Carolina García & Eduardo Armentia
Exterior of the Palau Solterra Museum (photography musuem), Fundació Vila Cassa
Exterior of the Palau Solterra Museum (photography musuem), Fundació Vila Cassa
From the Palau Solterra Museum (photography museum), Fundació Vila Cassa
From the Palau Solterra Museum (photography museum), Fundació Vila Cassa
From the Can Framis Museum (painting museum), Fundació Vila Cassa
From the Can Framis Museum (painting museum), Fundació Vila Cassa

All images courtesy Fundació Vila Casas.

Spain (13)

Yannick & Ben Jakober

The two artists have been collecting for more than 50 years

PRIOR Art Space

Oliver Elst and Laura del Arco have built significant collections, both individually and together

SUBSTANCES

An exhibition by the Adrastus Collection in the historic church of San Martín in Arévalo

Certeza: doubt as a starting point

La Colección SOLO presents Certeza, its new exhibition, where more than a dozen artists question our environment

Still Human

Colección SOLO presents the exhibition "Still Human" – an invitation to reflect on artificial intelligence

Amawal / Be Glad U R Free

A collection new to IC and the pubic view, the Amawal Collection is a real hidden gem of Contemporary African Art.

Ngayuku Ngura (My Country)

See inside this vibrant feature focused on Aboriginal artworks as part of the Museo Sa Bassa Blanca (MSBB) on Mallorca.

Garzon Garcia Collection

Geometrical abstraction

The White Fortress Of Museo Sa Bassa Blanca

The artist-collector duo who developed the Jakober Foundation as island destination amongst a medieval garden on Mallorca.

The Timekeeper Of The Adrastus Collection

The Adrastus Collection in Spain is devoted upon being “a radical experimental collection focused on 21st century art”.

SANDRA GUIMARÃES

Director of Museum of Contemporary Art Helga de Alvear

Handle With Care at Colección SOLO

In this exhibition, held back art, raises questions about the act of collecting, the history of the works and their relationship with the exhibition space.