opening of galeria cadaqués, july 27th 1973
on the 27th of july 1973, the architect lanfranco bombelli tiravanti opened the entrance doors of galeria cadaqués under a special set of circumstances. peter g. harnden, his friend and working partner, had passed away. due to religious reasons, he could only be buried in a part of the cemetery that was being used as a flower dump. bombelli set out to restore the area in order to dignify his friend’s memory.
he decided to edit the portfolio one, a folder with 12 screenprints from different artists related to cadaqués. he cleaned up and painted an area of the old anchovy factory that was being used as a warehouse and presented the portfolio one. the proposal was a resounding success: he collected all the funds for the restoration of the cemetery and the galeria cadaqués was spontaneously born.
architect and gallery owner, bombelli converted that space in a place of artistic confluences from all around the world. the gallery became one of the most active focusses of the catalan scene of that period. many important artists, such as marcel duchamp, richard hamilton, joseph beuys, john cage, david hockney, jasper johns or dieter roth, among others, made their first solo exhibition in spain in his gallery. bombelli became a developer of the avant-guard.
on the 31 august 1997, bombelli closed the doors of the gallery. he had presented the work of 114 artists, out of whom 67 exhibited for the first time on spanish territory and 18 of them made their first solo exhibition in absolute terms.
lanfranco bombelli tiravanti, 1970
huc malla and richard hamilton in galeria cadaqués, 2005
in 2003, huc malla, a young and passionate collector, trained at the sotheby’s institute of london, reopened the gallery with the acquiescence of bombelli under the name galeria cadaqués dos. malla keeps up the historical avant-guard spirit and the publishing tradition of bombelli’s era and continues an exhibition line that stands up for qualitiy and commitment towards contemporary art. he works with new catalan and international artists such as tacita dean, jake & dinos chapman, alfredo jaar, laura white, antoine laval, bruce nauman, perejaume or jordi colomer, among others, and collaborates with major museums and cultural institutions, both on a national and international level.
in 2013, on the occasion of the 40th aniversary of the gallery, the name galeria cadaqués dos became galeria cadaqués – huc malla.
opening of galeria cadaqués, july 27th 1973
on the 27th of july 1973, the architect lanfranco bombelli tiravanti opened the entrance doors of galeria cadaqués under a special set of circumstances. peter g. harnden, his friend and working partner, had passed away. due to religious reasons, he could only be buried in a part of the cemetery that was being used as a flower dump. bombelli set out to restore the area in order to dignify his friend’s memory.
he decided to edit the portfolio one, a folder with 12 screenprints from different artists related to cadaqués. he cleaned up and painted an area of the old anchovy factory that was being used as a warehouse and presented the portfolio one. the proposal was a resounding success: he collected all the funds for the restoration of the cemetery and the galeria cadaqués was spontaneously born.
lanfranco bombelli tiravanti, 1970
architect and gallery owner, bombelli converted that space in a place of artistic confluences from all around the world. the gallery became one of the most active focusses of the catalan scene of that period. many important artists, such as marcel duchamp, richard hamilton, joseph beuys, john cage, david hockney, jasper johns or dieter roth, among others, made their first solo exhibition in spain in his gallery. bombelli became a developer of the avant-guard.
on the 31 august 1997, bombelli closed the doors of the gallery. he had presented the work of 114 artists, out of whom 67 exhibited for the first time on spanish territory and 18 of them made their first solo exhibition in absolute terms.
huc malla and richard hamilton in galeria cadaqués, 2005
in 2003, huc malla, a young and passionate collector, trained at the sotheby’s institute of london, reopened the gallery with the acquiescence of bombelli under the name galeria cadaqués dos. malla keeps up the historical avant-guard spirit and the publishing tradition of bombelli’s era and continues an exhibition line that stands up for qualitiy and commitment towards contemporary art. he works with new catalan and international artists such as tacita dean, jake & dinos chapman, alfredo jaar, laura white, antoine laval, bruce nauman, perejaume or jordi colomer, among others, and collaborates with major museums and cultural institutions, both on a national and international level.
in 2013, on the occasion of the 40th aniversary of the gallery, the name galeria cadaqués dos became galeria cadaqués – huc malla.
historical listing of artists and exhibitions
galeria cadaqués exhibitions 1973 – 2023
158 artists
* first solo show for 23 of them
* first solo show in a spanish gallery for 74 of them
carme aguadé – 1981
** álvaro alonso – 1987, 1990, 1993
eduardo arranz-bravo – 1974, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995
eduardo arroyo – 1996
jordi barón rubí – 2010, 2021
rafael bartolozzi – 1974, 1976, 1978, 1983
erwin bechtold – 1984
jordi benito – 2005
* werner berges – 1976, 1991
* joseph beuys – 1981
joana biarnés (icpf) – 2018
* jakob bill – 1980
* max bill – 1979, 1990
** dominique boinet-puisais – 1983, 1989, 1991
lanfranco bombelli – 2009, 2010
* beppe bonetti – 1987
* philip borderieux – 1990
marguerite bornhauser (icpf) – 2020
alfons borrell – 1990
joan brossa – 1982, 1989
* john cage – 1982
* antonio calderara – 1976
rafael canogar – 1983, 1991
* robert capa – 1985
** lluís carulla ruiz – 2016
** tom carr – 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 2010
amadeu casals – 1992
** ignacio casanovas – 1976, 1983
francesc català-roca – 1985
toni catany – 1988
cesc – 1979
**oliver chanarin – 2021
paco chanivet – 2009
gorka chillida – 2019
xavier corberó -1984
modest cuixart – 1995
** parvine curie 1983, 1988, 2023
** carme dahlin-gabarró – 1989
dai-bih-in – 1985, 1990
* cozette de charmoy – 1976
* chérif defraoui – 1977
* silvie defraoui – 1977
xavi déu – 2007
* rita donagh – 1994
* marcel duchamp – 1979
** françois dupeyron – 1985
equipo crónica – 1978
manel esclusa – 2003
adolfo estrada – 1975, 1985, 1989, 1995
anna ferrer – 2005
* georges ferrato – 1992, 1995
joan fontcuberta – 2006
* sabine friesicke – 2003
jesús galdón – 2003, 2008
isabel garriga – 1980
antoni gaudí – 1975
* karl gerstner – 1981
maria girona – 1979, 1983, 1994
* domenico gnoli – 1976
carlos gonzález boy – 2009
* heinz greissing – 1989
silvia gubern – 1989
* rudolph haesler – 1981
* richard hamilton – 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979,
1989, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1994, 2014
* steve heino – 1989
albert heras – 2014
joan hernández pijuan – 1986
* david hockney – 1977
frank horvat (icpf) – 2023
* max huber – 1986
arata isozaki – 1992
ignacio iturria – 2007
* robert janz – 1975, 1985
* jasper johns – 1980
nobuko kihira – 1994
* r.b. kitaj – 1986
* aoi kono – 1986
shigeyoshi koyama – 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1994
* clare langan – 2008
* gary lang – 1986, 1993, 1996
* antoine laval – 2005
robert llimós – 1984, 1992
* richard paul lohse – 1976
** patrick loste – 1980, 1984, 1988, 1990
chema madoz (icpf) – 2019
anna malagrida – 2015
* man ray – 1982
** david martí – 1986, 1988, 1990
** marcel martí – 1984
lesia marushak (icpf) – 2020
xavier mascaró – 2007
assumpció mateu – 1987, 1989, 1992, 1994
maya mercer (icpf) – 2023
gérald minjoff – 1992
** carme miquel – 1992
victor mira – 1983
antoni miralda – 1981
fina miralles – 1983, 1992
jordi mitjà – 2015, 2021
* aiko miyawaki – 1992
* jacqueline monnier – 1982
* françois morellet – 1978
* bruno munari – 1975, 2022
antoni muntadas – 1974
norman narotzky – 1993
nasevo – 2016
* e.r. nele – 1978
jose niebla – 1976
muriel olesen – 1992
jaume orejuela – 2009
** jürgen ostarhild – 1988
jordi pagès – 2014, 2015
helena paredes – 1992
carlos pazos – 1982
* elsa peretti – 1987
* antoni pitxot – 1983, 1993
joan ponç – 1982
maria asunción raventós – 1973, 1991
* mel ramos – 1979
ignasi raventós – 1985
** r.c. – 2006, 2009
josep roca-sastre – 1987
jaume rocamora – 1989
dieter roth – 1976, 1977, 1978
** samuel roxburgh – 1985
francesc ruiz abad – 2022
manuel salinas – 1985
giuseppe santomaso – 1980, 1985
** albert serra – 2017
** ariadna serrahima – 2015
* eric shaal – 2003
christine spengler (icpf) – 2017
* françois stahly – 1983, 1988
* frank stella – 1981
vittorio stoppa – 1992
antoni tàpies – 1976
joan josep tharrats – 1975
** rosa tharrats – 2015
francesc todó – 1979, 1982
antoni torres – 1984
* eugeni torrens – 1991
** joan tous – 1992
** consol tura – 1975
manel valls – 1976, 1982
ludwig mies van der rohe – 1980
* hans-günther van look – 1982, 1985, 1987,
1989, 1993
** jordi vayreda – 2022
** joan vehí – 1980
lluís ventós -1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1993
* claude viallat – 1990
jesús carles vilallonga – 1984
** francesco volsi – 1982
* deidi von schaewen – 1990
* senet weber – 1983
sabine weiss (icpf) – 2019
* laura white – 2013
román yñán – 2019
daniel zerbst – 2015
lin zhipeng aka n.223 (icpf) – 2022
galeria cadaqués
50 years
cronology
1973
nacimiento galeria cadaques
en 1973 nace la galeria cadaques por casualidad
1973
pilot experience
Bombelli convirtió el almacén de una antigua fábrica de salazón de su propiedad, ubicada en la calle Hort d'en Sanés, en ocasional sala de exposiciones, donde mostrar los grabados y vender la carpeta. Fue así como el 27 de julio de 1973 nació de improviso la galeria cadaqués. la galeria se convirtió en una experiencia piloto, un territorio de prueba no condicionado por los factores del mercado, sino impulsado por intereses culturales y por el deseo de promover el diálogo con el arte y con los artistas, particularmente los vinculados a Cadaqués
1974
primer canal local de tv
En 1974, Antoni Muntadas realizó ``Cadaqués Canal Local``, primicia del videoarte con implicaciones sociológicas y la que puede ser considerada la primera experiencia de canal televisivo local, puesto que la galeria cadaqués se convirtió en un plató desde el que se hacían entrevistas a pescadores que se retransmitían por las televisiones instaladas en el maritim bar, el casino y otros bares de Cadaqués.
1973
nacimiento galeria cadaques
en 1973 nace la galeria cadaques por casualidad