Carmen Thyssen Space

The Carmen Thyssen Space is an art gallery in the municipality of Sant Feliu de Guíxols, in the Baix Empordà region.

[2] In 2003 an agreement was signed between the mayor of Sant Feliu de Guíxols, the Minister of Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya and baroness Carmen Cervera giving 350 works from the Thyssen collection of Catalan painting between 1850 and 1950 to the Carmen Thyssen Space, including works by painters such as Ramon Casas, Isidre Nonell and Santiago Rusinyol.

[3] Firstly, the city council had to give away an old 17th century hospital, but it was finally decided that the location of the collection would be the Serra Vicens factory.

In 2012, finally, the center, called Espai Carmen Thyssen, was inaugurated at The Sant Feliu de Guíxols History Museum, occupying part of the baroque abbey palace of the monastery.

In this sense, the main intention is to extend the temporary exhibition up to eight months[5] and to expand the Carmen Thyssen Space, which implies an important intervention in the monastery building.