Everything indicated that “Sorolla at the Alcazar” could be enjoyed at the palace. could be enjoyed in the palace from September 15 until last Tuesday the Executive Committee of the Royal Alcazar of Seville rescheduled the exhibition. Instead of being extended from next month until November, it will now run from December 15, 2025 to March 1, 2026.
The main reason for this change, wielded the delegate of Finance, Juan Bueno, is “to expand the public projection of the sample making it coincide with the period of greatest influx of visitors to the monument, especially during the Christmas holidays and winter months of cultural tourism.
In any case, insist from the City Council, the exhibition is still a collaboration between the Board of Trustees of the Royal Alcazar, the Sorolla Museum Foundation and the Unicaja Banking Foundation.
The common thread will be the same: the intimate bond of the Valencian painter with the Real Alcázar, the place of inspiration for several of his works.
“Sorolla found in the Real Alcázar one of his great muses. He painted in its gardens, captured its light and atmosphere as few have done. Today, more than a century later, his work returns to this unique place to dialogue with the past and project itself into the future,” added the mayor, José Luis Sanz, at the time.
“Sorolla en el Alcázar” is expected to be one of the city’s major cultural events, in addition to the Seville Opera Festival and INSÓLITO, among others.