Category
Art
8 articles
ArtThe IVAM Keeps a Medieval City Wall in Its Basement
A 14th-century wall found while digging the foundations, 14,000 works upstairs, and three official pages that disagree on when it is free.
ArtThe Valencia Church Where a Painting Descends on Fridays
A Ribalta canvas lowers on pulleys after the Friday Mass, a Thomas More manuscript sits in the museum, and five different prices are in circulation.
ArtThe Contemporary Art Museum Built Over a Roman Circus
Kiefer and Lichtenstein across seventeen rooms of a 17th-century palace, and the racetrack that surfaced when the floor came up.
ArtSan Nicolás Valencia, and When the Combined Ticket Wins
Nineteen hundred square metres of Baroque vault, no basic ticket on sale, and a three-venue pass that pays for itself on the second door.
ArtThe Alabaster Doorway Everyone Photographs and Few Enter
Two rivers carved in alabaster over the door, ceramics from the 8th century to Picasso inside, and three euros to get in on any day but Saturday afternoon.
ArtThe Free Museum in a Former Military Hospital
Ten hours a day, no ticket, closed Mondays. Inside a 1683 seminary that was also an army store, and a Sorolla room holding forty-six paintings.
ArtFree Museums in Valencia, Sorted by Day and Hour
One Valencia museum never charges at all. The rest open free in slots that do not overlap, so the question is which museum is free today, not which is free.
ArtValencia's Holy Chalice, the Object Behind the Word
An agate cup, a medieval gold foot set with twenty-eight pearls, and a second Islamic vessel hidden inside that foot. Only the cup is the relic.