The Tenerife Arts Space ( es, Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, TEA) is a cultural space and building in
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, commonly abbreviated as Santa Cruz (), is a city, the capital of the island of Tenerife, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and capital of the Canary Islands. Santa Cruz has a population of 206,593 (2013) within its admi ...
,
Tenerife
Tenerife (; ; formerly spelled ''Teneriffe'') is the largest and most populous island of the Canary Islands. It is home to 43% of the total population of the archipelago. With a land area of and a population of 978,100 inhabitants as of Janu ...
, Spain. Opened in 2008, it was designed by
Herzog & de Meuron
Herzog & de Meuron Basel Ltd.,
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and
Virgilio Gutierrez. It houses a permanent exhibition of the works of
Óscar Domínguez
Óscar M. Domínguez (3 January 1906 – 31 December 1957) was a Spanish surrealist painter.
Biography
Born in San Cristóbal de La Laguna on the island of Tenerife, on the Canary Islands Spain, Domínguez spent his youth with his grandmother ...
, as well as the
Biblioteca Municipal de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and the
Centro de Fotografía Isla de Tenerife. It is operated by the
Cabildo de Tenerife.
Location
TEA is located in Santa Cruz's old town, adjacent to the Santos ravine. It is next to the
Museo de la Naturaleza y Arqueología
Museo de la Naturaleza y Arqueología (MUNA), ( en, Museum of Nature and Archeology, formerly es, Museo de Ciencias Naturales, es, Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre) is a museum-based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, ( Canary Islands, Sp ...
, near to the ''Nuestra Señora de Africa'' market and the
Iglesia de la Concepción (Church of the Conception).
Building
The building was designed by the Swiss firm of architects
Herzog & de Meuron
Herzog & de Meuron Basel Ltd.,
" Herzog & de Meuron. Retrieved on 11 October 2012. "Herzog & de Meuron Basel Ltd. R ...
and the Canary architect
Virgilio Gutierrez.
It is made of concrete,
with 1,200 glass windows with 720 different sizes and shapes.
A ramp leads to a central courtyard, surrounded by different parts of the building.
The building opened on 31 October 2008.
It has an area of approximately , and has an event hall, a shop and cafeteria, a part-covered plaza, and two exhibition halls, one containing a permanent exhibition, the other containing temporary exhibitions.
Contents
The building houses a permanent exhibition of work by the Tenerife artist
Óscar Domínguez
Óscar M. Domínguez (3 January 1906 – 31 December 1957) was a Spanish surrealist painter.
Biography
Born in San Cristóbal de La Laguna on the island of Tenerife, on the Canary Islands Spain, Domínguez spent his youth with his grandmother ...
.
It also houses the
Biblioteca Municipal de Santa Cruz de Tenerife,
and the
Centro de Fotografía Isla de Tenerife (Center for Photography Island of Tenerife).
It is operated by the
Cabildo de Tenerife.
References
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Museums in Tenerife
Buildings and structures in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Art museums and galleries in Spain
Herzog & de Meuron buildings