Valencia Art Museum reopened its doors to the public with eight exhibitions

Published at: 05/11/2025 08:28 AM

This Tuesday, November 4, the Valencia Art Museum (MUVA) reopened its doors to the public with the inauguration of eight impressive exhibitions, after a significant process of recovery and revitalization of its facilities.

The venue was reopened by Mary Pemjean, Deputy Minister of Image and Space Arts of the Ministry for Culture, and Luis Salvador Feo La Cruz, director of the MUVA and of the Culture Office of the State of Carabobo.

Deputy Minister Pemjean stressed that, thanks to the National Government, the MUVA completed a comprehensive process of recovering its facilities. “Today we have completely recovered rooms,” he said, detailing painting work, floor rehabilitation, and attention to electrical and air conditioning systems.

He also called on Venezuelans to enjoy the collection, stressing that the museum now has an auditorium that will host various cultural activities, including the Book Fair and the Theater Festival.

For his part, Feo La Cruz expressed his optimism, estimating that the exhibitions will last for more than a semester given the expectation generated in the population of Carabobo and the metropolitan area.

“Here we have 261 works of art, from the 5-year-old boy who is learning in the museum's workshops to great teachers like our Arturo Michelena, (Andrés) Pérez Mujica, Botero, Braulio Salazar (...),” he emphasized, inviting citizens to come and enjoy the museum's spaces.

The eight opening exhibitions of the MUVA offer a diverse journey that includes leading figures in Latin American art. In the Luis Eduardo Chávez and José La Rosa rooms (No. 1), the work of the Colombian master stands out with “The Sensuality of Forms” by Fernando Botero, while kinetic art is present with “RGB. The colors of the century” by Carlos Cruz-Diez in room 7, a proposal conceived in 2014 and ideal for children.

The exhibition program pays tribute to important Venezuelan teachers with “Alexis Mujica Nuestro” in room 4 and “Oniria Colombeia” by Edgar Álvarez Estrada in rooms 5 and 6, the latter dedicated to honoring Arturo Michelena and Francisco de Miranda. In addition, the museum exhibits part of its heritage in rooms 2 and 3 with “Inventory: Open Vaults”, shows the work “Metallic Worlds” by Teresa Espinal in the Quintín Hernández room, and presents the talent of the youngest in the Galia space with “Between Dogs and Cats”, a creation of the students of the permanent workshops in tribute to Botero and Mujica.

The MUVA will welcome the general public from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 in the morning to 4:00 in the afternoon, with the intention of extending the schedule to night days, following the model of Caracas museums.

MINCULTURA/Mazo News Team