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The César
Manrique Foundation is the island’s cultural centre par
excellence that has won international recognition not only because
it houses some of the works of the world famous artist, but
also because it exhibits Manrique´s private collection
of some prestigious artists such as Picasso, Miró, Chillida,
Klee... etc.
The César Manrique Foundation (FCM) was inaugurated on
March 27th 1992 in the presence of its founder, César
Manrique, and the then Minister of Culture, Jordi Solé
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On April 1st of the same year, its offices,
located in the former living of the artist, in Taro de Tahíche,
Lanzarote, where opened to the public.
The premises on which the headquarters the César Manrique
Foundation are now situated consist of the artist’s house,
the former servants’ quarters and the garages. |
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| The house is built on an 30,000 m²
estate, spreading over an outflow of volcanic lava from
the eruptions occurring on the island in the period from
1730 to 1736. César Manrique chose this site on
his return from New York, when he decided to settle in
Lanzarote for good. In 1968, he began to build this, his
own domestic architectural work. |
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The building, erected on five very large,
natural, volcanic bubbles, has an inhabitable surface
area of 1,800 m², distributed at two levels.
In addition, there are terraces and gardens measuring
1,200 m² and a parking lot with a surface area of
2,900 m².
The entire area just described was renovated by César
Manrique for the purpose of adapting it to its new function
as a museum and administrative and services infrastructure. |
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| Almost, all the activities organised
by the FCM are free of charge. The César Manrique
Foundation is a non-profit-making private cultural institution
operating on a self-financing basis. The two main ways
in which it raises resources are the sale of tickets for
admission into the museum and merchandising (the tange
of César Manrique products). |
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More
information in http://www.fcmanrique.org
Services: Bar and Cafetería.
Location: Tahiche.
Phone Number: 928.84.31.38. / 928.84.30.70.
Fax 928.84.34.63.
Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday from
10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. |
César Manrique Foundation
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