Centro Botín, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano as a permanent home for the art, cultural and educational programmes of Fundación Botín, one of the most important private foundations in Spain.
This will be the first building by Renzo Piano in Spain.
The 10,285 sq m. Centro Botín includes 2,500 sq m. of exhibition galleries.
The 10,285 sq m. Centro Botín includes 2,500 sq m. of exhibition galleries.
Centro Botín will open with three major exhibitions :
• There will be a special exhibition of the work of the internationally acclaimed artist, Carsten Höller.
• Goya drawings exhibition highlights collaboration with Museo del Prado.
• A first selection from the permanent collection of the Fundación Botín will feature works by artists who have directed a visual arts workshop over the past fifteen years, as well by recipients of the foundation’s visual arts grants. These include Lara Almarcegui, Miroslav Balka, Carlos Bunga, Tacita Dean, Carlos Garaicoa, Mona Hatoum, Antoni Muntadas and Juan Uslé.
Spain’s internationally renowned artist, Cristina Iglesias, has designed a permanent sculptural intervention for the surroundings of the Centro Botín and the Pereda Gardens.
The following exhibition will be of the work of Julie Mehretu, opening in October 2017.
