Art Gallery

The Hall of Lost Steps

Curator: Rosa Martinez

The policies pursued since 1977 by Spain's new democratic governments, the joining of the European Common Market in 1986 and the Spanish presidency of the European Cormunity in 2002, just when the euphoria for the Euro has started, have brought our country into step with political and economical developments in the western world. In the artistic sphere, on the discontinuity and relative weakness of the historical avant-garde, magnificent individual artists-like Picasso, Miro or Dali appeared. In any case, they had to leave their own country as it was not offering the adequate context to develop their careers. The qualitative cultural leap that has been made over the last twenty years has been huge: the 1980's and 90's saw a great many new infrastructures being created: contemporary art museums, private foundations, international art fairs and a lot of festivals and young biennials to promote emerging artists took place.

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