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Installation view, "Philippe Parreno: A Time Coloured Space”, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Fundação de Serralves, Porto, from 4 FEB 2017 to 07 MAY 2017. Photo: Filipe Braga © Fundação de Serralves

Installation view, "Philippe Parreno: A Time Coloured Space”, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Fundação de Serralves, Porto, from 4 FEB 2017 to 07 MAY 2017. Photo: Filipe Braga © Fundação de Serralves

Provider

Serralves Foundation

Designed by Portuguese Pritzker prize-winning architect Alvaro Siza, the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art is the Foundation’s primary exhibition space. The Museum houses the Serralves Collection of Portuguese and international contemporary art, which spans a period from the 1960s to the present and includes works by Luc Tuymans, Mel Bochner, Christopher Williams, Matt Mullican, Richard Serra, Robert Morris, among many others. The Museum aims to foster the understanding and appreciation of contemporary art and culture through it’s collection, temporary exhibitions, performances, and educational programs.


In addition to serving as the Foundation’s head office, The Serralves Villa constitutes an important extension of the Museum of Contemporary Art and is reserved for the presentation of temporary exhibitions. Originally designed as a private residence by the architect Charles Siclis, by the decorator and architect Jacques Émile Ruhlmann, the Villa, along with the Serralves Park, was commissioned by the second Count of Vizela, Carlos Alberto Cabral. Constructed on the outskirts of Oporto between 1925 and 1944, the Serralves Villa is a significant example of art deco style.

The Serralves Park spans 44 acres and includes a variety of harmoniously interconnected spaces: formal gardens, woodlands, meadows and a farm. Designed by the architect Jacques Gréber in the 1930s, it constitutes a singular reference within Portugal’s landscape heritage. The Park presents a privileged opportunity to come into contact with nature and appreciate the wide diversity of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants of both native and exotic species. Visitors to the Park will encounter sculptures from the Serralves Collection that are permanently on display.

Current main sponsors

_BPI (Exclusive sponsor of the museum and of an annual exhibition and sponsor of Serralves em Festa)
_Super Bock (Sponsor of creative industries and of Serralves em Festa)
_Sonae (Official Sponsor of Sonae//Serralves Comission)
_Fundação EDP ( sponsor of an annual exhibition)
_Sovena (Exclusive sponsor of the park)
_Novo Banco (Official Sponsor of Novo Banco Revelation Award)

Target groups

All age groups, especially people interested in contemporary art, architecture and/or nature, families, schools and tourists.

Facts

legal form: N.P.O.
year of foundation: 1989
number of employees: 90 employees and 94 regular volunteers
catchment area: international
visitors per year: 682,713 in 2016
sources of finance: state, private companies and individuals, own revenues
  • Library © Fundacaode Serralves
  • Museum 3 © Fundacaode Serralves
  • Museum and park © Fundacaode Serralves
  • One of the exhibition rooms at the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art © Fundação de Serralves
  • Parque Serralves
  • Serralves em Festa
  • Serralves em Festa
  • Serralves em Festa
  • Serralves Park during Serralves em Festa 2014 (Party at Serralves 2014) © Fundacao de Serralves Serralves em Festa
  • Serralves Museum Autumn Party © Filipe Braga
  • Serralves Museum Autumn Party © Filipe Braga
  • Serralves Museum Claes Oldenburg © FundacaodeSerralves
  • Serralves Museum  © Marco Introini
  • Serralves Museum  © Marco Introini
  • Serralves Museum  © Marco Introini
  • Serralves Museum © Marco Introini
  • Villa and Park © Fundacaode Serralves
  • Villa and park (c) Fundacaode Serralves
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