El Beso and Ferrándiz Bádenes

BREAKING NEWS!

The Bancaja Foundation of Valencia has extended the fabulous exhibition “Scenes and Landscapes in Valencian Painting. 19th and 20th Centuries”, which opened on May 9, 2025, until October 19, 2025!

This is such an exciting opportunity to dive into the rich world of Valencian art and experience masterpieces up close. 

Among the incredible works on display is El Beso by Bernardo Ferrándiz Bádenes, a painting that captures all the warmth, tradition, and storytelling of the costumbrista style.

The Silent Suffering of Childhood in Sorolla's Spain

DURING THE PERIOD of the great Valencian painter and humanist Joaquín Sorolla (1863-1923), children's health and social problems were an important issue, and his artwork reflects the harsh realities faced by the most vulnerable members of society. Sorolla's compassionate and often stark portrayals of sick or impoverished children, such as in "Sad Inheritance" (1899), served as a powerful form of social commentary, bringing to light the devastating effects of diseases like polio.

Discover Sorolla: Art Lecture Excursion to the Bancaja Foundation

THIS OCTOBER 2025, we have a very special opportunity to continue our exploration of Joaquín Sorolla’s art outside the classroom. As many of you know, the Sorolla Museum in Madrid is temporarily closed for renovation and expansion. Because of this, an extraordinary collection of Sorolla’s masterpieces will be traveling to Valencia for a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition at the Bancaja Foundation, opening on October 3, 2025.

Greetings and happy salutations

This Fall 2025 we head into the era of Modern art. What is it?

FALL 2025 LECTURE AGENDA

Mondays @ 5pm 

BENITACHELL

(Boardroom of Benitachell Properties SL) 

Carrer Pare Plácido, 57, 03726 

• SOROLLA * Reality & Romanticism! -September 15. 
• SOROLLA * Into the Light -September 22. 
• SOROLLA * Childhood September 29. 
• SOROLLA * Clotilde -October 6.  
• PICASSO * Part One -October 13.
• PICASSO* Part Two -October 20.
• DALI * Part One -October 27.
• DALI * Part Two -November 3.
• ANTONI GAUDI * Part One -November 10.
• ANTONI GAUDI * Part Two -November 17.

PICASSO * Part One * Lecture & Slideshow

EVENT DETAILS

Monday, October 13. 2025
17:00 H - 5pm

10€ Donation

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(Boardroom of Benitachell Properties SL)

Carrer Pare Plácido, 57, 03726 

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INTRODUCTION

PICASSO* Part Two * Lecture & Slideshow

EVENT DETAILS

Monday, October 20, 2025
17:00 H - 5pm

10€ Donation

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(Boardroom of Benitachell Properties SL)

Carrer Pare Plácido, 57, 03726 

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INTRODUCTION

DALI * Part One * Lecture & Slideshow

EVENT DETAILS

Monday, October 27, 2025
17:00 H - 5pm

10€ Donation

BENITACHELL 

(Boardroom of Benitachell Properties SL)

Carrer Pare Plácido, 57, 03726 

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INTRODUCTION 

DALI * Part Two * Lecture & Slideshow

EVENT DETAILS

Monday, November 3, 2025
17:00 H - 5pm

10€ Donation

BENITACHELL 

(Boardroom of Benitachell Properties SL)

Carrer Pare Plácido, 57, 03726 

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INTRODUCTION

ANTONI GAUDI * Part One * Lecture & Slideshow

 
EVENT DETAILS 
Monday, November 10, 2025
17:00 H - 5pm
10€ Donation
BENITACHELL
(Boardroom of Benitachell Properties SL)
Carrer Pare Plácido, 57, 03726

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INTRODUCTION

ANTONI GAUDI * Part Two * Lecture & Slideshow

 
EVENT DETAILS 
Monday, November 17, 2025
17:00 H - 5pm
10€ Donation
BENITACHELL
(Boardroom of Benitachell Properties SL)
Carrer Pare Plácido, 57, 03726

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