Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias
Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias
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Pickle286
160 contributions
Aug 2022 • Couples
We headed here on a cloudy day after a wander around the old town. To start, entry is free which, having visited art galleries around Spain and Italy, is unusual. Guides on the museum are available in English and are definitely worth picking up as the museum is cavernous and without a map you would easily miss large sections of it. There is a wide range of artists from well known names like Miro and Picasso to lesser known Asturian artists. Highly recommend a visit.
Written August 4, 2022
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Javier G
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Aug 2023
The collection of the Asturias Fine Arts Museum is worth a leisurely visit. There are truly masterful works such as the complete apostolate of El Greco, the Christ of Zurbarán (one of the best preserved and possibly superior to the one exhibited in the Metropolitan), the portrait of Charles II by Carreño Miranda, the Saint Bernard of Ribera, the portrait of Jovellanos by Goya, several major works by Sorolla or "To the Friend" by Romero de Torres. There is also a good section of modern art with wonderful works by Picasso, Dalí, Miró, Luis Fernández, the chronic team or Tapies, and rare singular pieces in Spanish collections such as a magnificent Sienese anonymous from the trecento, or a brilliant neoclassical canvas by Angelika Kauffmann. Among the magnificent collection of Asturian art, the visitor will be able to discover Evaristo Valle, a true master who knew how to capture the spirit of his land or the splendid sculptures of Navascués like no one else. The museum is free and has generous hours. It is important not to forget that it is distributed in three adjacent buildings with two different entrances and interior communication.
Written August 8, 2023
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Alnum9
Hereford, UK53 contributions
Nov 2022 • Couples
Loved this gallery(ries). Definitely jumped into one of my top three. Three distinct spaces all excellent. The mix of paintings & artists is excellent. All for free. Only downside is that on the day we visited some of the more famous pieces (e.g. Miro) were inaccessible.
Written November 5, 2022
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Félix P
Madrid, Spain25 contributions
Jan 2024 • Friends
The fundamental interest of the visit to the Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias is that it brings two basic problems of Spain to their maximum exponent: signage and information.
The Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias is in three buildings. For some reason, it seems like you're supposed to be born knowing this fact. If you enter through the last building, the extension, nothing says that there are two others. There is no sign indicating any route. It is assumed, as I said, that every human being is born knowing that the Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias has three buildings.
The extension, which from the above was the only one visited, has truly horrifying paintings. One wonders how it is possible that they are in a museum. And nothing and no one explains it. Next to the blackish horror hanging there you find a sign that says a name and a title. In the 20th century, painting stopped seeking aesthetics and sought other things that need to be explained. If there is no this explanation, the object has no meaning. They're just paint stains on a canvas.
Which is actually what there is in the misnamed Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias, at least in the extension building, which is more of a painting warehouse than a museum. Museums, the Law says, exhibit their collections for the purposes of study, education and contemplation. Here perhaps the purpose of contemplation is fulfilled for those who want to contemplate what is exposed there, but of course facilitating study and educating, nothing.
The Fine Arts of Asturias does not seem to understand that a museum is not a place where things are put, but rather it is a place where stories are told. If the objects there are still beautiful, the error is better excused. But if what is exposed are the aesthetic atrocities of 20th century painting - which in some cases were expressly intended to be precisely that - the failure is unforgivable. The painter did not want to make a pretty painting, but rather to express something. What must be exposed then is that, the story itself, of which the painting is only a part, which is nothing without its context.
This museum is one of those places where you leave angry, and that's before you know that no one has thought that if there are three buildings that should be noted. As we said at the beginning, the usual defects in Spain, signaling and informing, acquire their maximum expression in the Bellas Artes de Asturias.
The Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias is in three buildings. For some reason, it seems like you're supposed to be born knowing this fact. If you enter through the last building, the extension, nothing says that there are two others. There is no sign indicating any route. It is assumed, as I said, that every human being is born knowing that the Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias has three buildings.
The extension, which from the above was the only one visited, has truly horrifying paintings. One wonders how it is possible that they are in a museum. And nothing and no one explains it. Next to the blackish horror hanging there you find a sign that says a name and a title. In the 20th century, painting stopped seeking aesthetics and sought other things that need to be explained. If there is no this explanation, the object has no meaning. They're just paint stains on a canvas.
Which is actually what there is in the misnamed Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias, at least in the extension building, which is more of a painting warehouse than a museum. Museums, the Law says, exhibit their collections for the purposes of study, education and contemplation. Here perhaps the purpose of contemplation is fulfilled for those who want to contemplate what is exposed there, but of course facilitating study and educating, nothing.
The Fine Arts of Asturias does not seem to understand that a museum is not a place where things are put, but rather it is a place where stories are told. If the objects there are still beautiful, the error is better excused. But if what is exposed are the aesthetic atrocities of 20th century painting - which in some cases were expressly intended to be precisely that - the failure is unforgivable. The painter did not want to make a pretty painting, but rather to express something. What must be exposed then is that, the story itself, of which the painting is only a part, which is nothing without its context.
This museum is one of those places where you leave angry, and that's before you know that no one has thought that if there are three buildings that should be noted. As we said at the beginning, the usual defects in Spain, signaling and informing, acquire their maximum expression in the Bellas Artes de Asturias.
Written January 19, 2024
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Isabel M.
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Aug 2024 • Couples
A very well designed space, with works by great painters.
We were very pleasantly surprised by the variety of works by Top-rated Spanish painters.
And we were surprised VERY BAD, that at 13.50 h. they kicked us all out (many people) because they close (!!! To eat!!!). You have to be pricks to make like any village merchandise.
Oviedo doesn't deserve it.
We were very pleasantly surprised by the variety of works by Top-rated Spanish painters.
And we were surprised VERY BAD, that at 13.50 h. they kicked us all out (many people) because they close (!!! To eat!!!). You have to be pricks to make like any village merchandise.
Oviedo doesn't deserve it.
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Written August 9, 2024
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Lucinda07
Alicante, Spain63 contributions
Aug 2023 • Couples
Lots of nice paintings in a nice, clean environment. It was very interesting to look around and I would recommend. It was free to enter and well worth it. There were a few benches around so you can sit and each painting had a description next to it.
Written August 22, 2023
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Milesaway53
Wem, UK6 contributions
Sep 2023 • Family
Allow twice as much time as you think it will take! You will see one of the most fantastic collections ever put together. And then, just as you are about to leave you discover another whole wing. It's actually exhausting. My advice would be take 2 days. Go in the morning and then have lunch and repeat the process the following day. This is a hidden gem for all art lovers, surrounded by the old town (or what survived of it after the 1934 Asturian Uprising).
Written September 24, 2023
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Depont
Europe153 contributions
Aug 2024 • Family
The fine-art museum contains excellent examples of Spanish art from 15th till 21 century. Probably the most notable fine art museum in Asturia and Cantabria. A few paintings from the "big names" (moderately interesting two portraits by Goya, more interesting series from El Greco and workshop, Melendez, very good Sorolla, Zuloaga, Piñole ) and many less known excellent artists. It is in 3 buildings, slightly non-trivial to navigate since the passage from the 2nd to the 3rd building (hosting old masters) is from the top floor of the 2nd building. Very friendly staff but mostly only Spanish-speaking. Note that they have a lunch break 14:00-16:00 on most days, but museum is gratis.
Written August 17, 2024
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Sabbia2013
3,140 contributions
Nov 2024 • Friends
Pleasant surprise at this spectacular museum in Oviedo, with much more inside than we expected (sincerely ).
Spacious and with a lot of material inside, it consists of different rooms, worth tasting calmly.
It has jewels that must be discovered in time... at least a couple of hours you can enjoy this space.
It should be noted that it is FREE and it is to be thanked to whoever corresponds the easy access to the culture with capital letters....
Another treasure in Oviedo, that city that always surprises and falls in love ❤️.
Spacious and with a lot of material inside, it consists of different rooms, worth tasting calmly.
It has jewels that must be discovered in time... at least a couple of hours you can enjoy this space.
It should be noted that it is FREE and it is to be thanked to whoever corresponds the easy access to the culture with capital letters....
Another treasure in Oviedo, that city that always surprises and falls in love ❤️.
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Written November 18, 2024
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Manuel A
5 contributions
Aug 2023 • Family
It is well located, close to the cathedral and we entered by chance with low expectations.
There are good paintings, by Julio Romero de Torres, Picasso or Goya.
There are very friendly guides who you can ask whatever you want (it is not a guided tour, they are people who walk around asking you questions).
Admission is free and I highly recommend it.
There are good paintings, by Julio Romero de Torres, Picasso or Goya.
There are very friendly guides who you can ask whatever you want (it is not a guided tour, they are people who walk around asking you questions).
Admission is free and I highly recommend it.
Written August 30, 2023
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Is there an elevator in the museum?
Written September 25, 2024
Lea_e_Luna
Province of Padua, Italy
Qual è l'orario del Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias per oggi lunedì 6 agosto 2018?
Grazie!
Written August 6, 2018
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