Visiting the new art exhibition centre, inaugurated recently in the old storehouse of the historic Virgen del Pilar Sugar Mill, was a complete and delightful surprise.
The architects´s job is amazing. They have respected the old structure doing just only the necessary modifications to adapt the building for its new purpose, and the result is a white open space, in a double height, that permits the large art works be displayed and enjoyed without giving the visitors an oppressing feeling.
Restored as close to the original ones as it was possible, we can see some of the old features: the thick wooden doors; the wrought iron columns; the wood beans supporting the wooden ceiling as well as the tiled roof; the railroad along which a small wagon circulated with its load of sugar canes…
A modern glass elevator does not interfere at all in this renovated building; just the contrary, it puts a balance between past and present times. To complete this artistic atmosphere there is the sound of classic music in the background that prepares our senses to appreciate the paintings.
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