The Can Framis Museum begins a new chapter with A Permanently Changing Collection

The Can Framis Museum of the Fundació Vila Casas presents A Permanently Changing Collection, a new humanistic and dynamic interpretation of its pictorial collection. This proposal marks the beginning of a new stage for the museum and is accompanied by the inauguration of a permanent space dedicated to Antoni Vila Casas, as a tribute to his legacy and his unique way of seeing the world.
The new permanent exhibition will be open to the public from November 11.

The exhibition brings together 224 works by more than 130 Catalan artists, in a journey that spans from the 1930s to the present day. Visitors will discover a constellation of artworks reflecting the evolution of pictorial language in Catalonia, featuring names such as Salvador Dalí, Àngel Ferrant and Joan Vilacasas, as well as Mari Chordà, Magda Bolumar, Nazario, Laia Abril, and Susanna Inglada, among many others.

This new permanent collection offers an exhibition narrative that seeks dialogue between the formal and conceptual aspects of painting, highlighting the invisible threads that connect the works and define the main lines of research within the Foundation’s museums. True to the spirit of Antoni Vila Casas, the exhibition moves away from academic and conventional approaches to offer a journey through the motivations that have inspired Catalan visual creation in recent decades.

At the same time, the museum inaugurates a permanent space dedicated to Antoni Vila Casas, tracing, from a human and humanistic perspective, the various facets of his life and career: from his family background and professional journey to the creation of the Foundation that bears his name.

Both projects embody the essence of the Fundació Vila Casas: making art an instrument for knowledge, dialogue, and service to people.