Antoni Tàpies Exhibition at Fundación Bancaja

Not long left: it closes on 30 August. The Fundación Bancaja sits on Plaça de Tetuan, at the edge of the old town, next to the Glorieta gardens and a minute from the river.

Tàpies, if the name means nothing to you

Antoni Tàpies painted with matter rather than colour: sand, marble dust, varnish, torn cloth, objects fixed to the surface. The pictures look more like walls or doors than paintings, scratched over with crosses, numbers and marks. That's why they work in person and die in reproduction, and why this is a show you can enjoy even if abstract painting usually loses you — there's little to decode and a lot to look at closely. These are works from his final ten years.

Opening hours, and the midday gap

Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00-14:00 and 16:30-20:30. Closed Mondays — and closed between 14:00 and 16:30 as well. That's the standard Spanish midday break, and in August it lands exactly when a visitor decides to duck into a museum to escape the heat. Go first thing, or after 17:00. For the closing weekend, confirm hours and admission on the official page.

Nearby

Easy to chain with other stops: the Glorieta and the Alameda promenade are opposite, and across the bridge is the Museo de Bellas Artes, free to enter and considerably better than its reputation. More indoor options in the best museums in València.