Beyond the idyllic view of the Mediterranean Sea portrayed in the early 20th century by northern painters who were fascinated by its light, the Mediterranean has encompassed a superimposition, mingling and confrontation of languages, cultures and religions since the beginning of history.

The specific project that Anna Malagrida (Barcelona, 1970) has developed for the IVAM, is the outcome of her interest in the festival of Fallas as a phenomenon of cultural identity, developed through observation of something that is on the fringe of the festival: its ashes.

18th July 1976, coinciding with the fortieth anniversary of the coup d’état that marked the beginning of the Civil War, the exhibition Spain. Artistic Avant-Garde and Social Reality. 1936–1976 was inaugurated in the International Pavilion in the gardens of the Biennale di Venezia.

Ángeles Marco (Valencia, 1947–2008) is one of the most important artists in the generation of artists that spearheaded the renovation of sculpture in Spain in the 1980s and 1990s.

Ignacio Pinazo (Valencia, 1849 – Godella, 1916) opened up a new field for the treatment of naturalism, light and investigation.

The shift that took place in sculpture in the twentieth century was a response to the new narrative values that appeared in the visual arts and that incorporated advances in science and culture in their proposals.

The banner that Txomin Badiola (Bilbao, 1957) has designed for the IVAM façade is an appeal for us to accept that artists operate in terms of dynamics that tend not to conform to what is socially accepted or acceptable.

ELISA is presented as a detection device from the relationship between "antigen" and "antibody"