Tenerife Espacio de las Artes

[1] The permanent collection that the TEA has today is based on a selection of works by the surrealist painter, a native of the island of Tenerife, Óscar Domínguez.In addition, since the opening of the institution on October 31, 2008, the TEA has had temporary exhibitions by various artists such as Tatsumi Orimoto, Roland Penrose, Juan Hidalgo, Patti Smith, Angèle Etoundi Essamba, Alexis W., Thomas Ruff, Carlos Schwartz, Pablo Picasso, Juan Gopar, Teo Sabando, Fernando Álamo, Pedro Garhel, Isabel Flores, Stipo Pranyko, Oliver Behrmann, Regina José Galindo, Arnulf Rainer, Franz Roh, Alecio de Andrade, Clemente Bernad, Arnold Haukeland, José Carlos Cataño or Eberhard Bosslet.During the opening period of the center, more than 350 exhibitions have been carried out, where the biannual event "Fotonoviembre" stands out, which since 1991 has had the participation of renowned national and international authors and many others not so well-known, being one of the pioneers in the state.Within this branch, the collection referring to the Canary Islands stands out, which has negatives on glass and many others on paper dating from the 19th and 20th centuries.Notable among the photography collection are authors such as Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Bernard Plossú, Alberto Schommer, Carlos Schwartz, Javier Vallhonrat, Néstor Torrens, Graciela Iturbide, Juan Carlos Batista, Ferran Freixa, Teresa Arozena, Rafael Navarro, Francis Naranjo, Pierre Molinier, Ferrero Villares, Julio Álvarez Yagüe, Isabel Flores, Miwa Yanagi, Adam Fuss, Tarek Ode, Poldo Cebrián, Luigi Guirri, Juan Hidalgo or Pierre Vallet.