The ENAIRE Foundation tenders the works for the Naves de Gamazo warehouses in Santander, the future venue of its Contemporary Art Collection
The ENAIRE Foundation has put out for tender the "rehabilitation and refurbishment works to adapt the old Naves de Gamazo warehouses to host museum collections at the Port of Santander."
The tender amount is 1,790,083.68 euros and the execution time is 1 year.
The tender amount is approximately 1.8 million euros and the execution time is 12 monthsIts opening to the public, scheduled before the summer of 2020
The aim is to open to the public before the summer of 2020 what will be the permanent venue that houses the ENAIRE Collection of Contemporary Art.
On 13 April 2018, the tender selection panel unanimously selected the proposal made by the Fernández-Abascal/Muruzábal architect office.
Eduardo Arroyo, the artist chosen for the inaugural exhibition
El buque fantasma by Eduardo Arroyo, who passed away recently, has been chosen as the inaugural exhibition. This exhibition is currently held at the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid, thanks to the co-production agreement entered between the ENAIRE Foundation and La Fábrica.
The fulfilment of promise
This fulfils the promise made by the Secretary of State for Public Works, Chairman of ENAIRE and Chairman of the Foundation's Board, Pedro Saura, of making a reality “an exciting project, which is worth all the effort we are investing and which will enrich the cultural offer of the city of Santander and the province of Cantabria.”
The recovery and revitalisation of Naves de Gamazo
Naves de Gamazo is a jewel of industrial architecture in the province of Cantabria. It is named after Germán Gamazo, who served as Minister for Public Works under Sagasta.
The complex comprises two spaces that cover almost 1,000 square metres. The oldest warehouse, built in 1908, is the most valuable and largest of the two.
It is a singular building that will become one of the permanent venues of the ENAIRE Collection of Contemporary Art, together with the planned La Arquería de Nuevos Ministerios in the Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid.
This has all been possible thanks to the agreement entered between the ENAIRE Foundation and the Santander Port Authority on 28 October 2017. According to the agreement, the Foundation will hold these warehouses for a period of up to 20 years, which will be renewable for successive five-year periods up to a maximum of 50 years.
This venue's re-opening is framed within the Spanish Historical Heritage Act, which establishes the obligation of allocating 1.5% of the amount set forth in public works contracts to preserving and enriching the Spanish Historical Heritage or to promoting artistic creativity, though giving preference to the works themselves or their immediate environment.
The work of the ENAIRE Foundation
Fundación ENAIRE is a cultural entity connected to ENAIRE, the company belonging to the Public Works Department that handles air navigation in Spain.
Among its objectives is the management, conservation and dissemination ENAIRE's Contemporary Art Collection, comprising almost 1,200 artworks from different disciplines (painting, sculpture, photography, multimedia art...), belonging to renowned Spanish and Latin American artists, from the second half of the 20th century to the present day. Every year the Foundation organises exhibitions of the ENAIRE Collection both inside and outside Spain, and takes part in fairs such as FITUR or ARCOmadrid to showcase the artworks in the Collection and the rest of its cultural activities and projects.
Committed to its backing of artistic creation and firm commitment to new artists, the ENAIRE Foundation plays a vital role in cultural patronage with the annual ENAIRE Foundation Photography Awards and its participation in the Official PHotoEspaña and JustMAD Section.
In addition, each year the Foundation organises a complete programme of activities aimed at promoting and disseminating aeronautical culture, through the awarding of the ENAIRE Foundation Awards (the only aeronautical awards given in Spain), the issuing of publications and organisation of exhibitions and Aeronautical Conferences.
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