El Museo de Arte Popular Salvador Valero y su Bienal Un encanto que no se muda.

Abstract

To speak of the Salvador Valero Popular Arts Museum inevitably involves a lookinto the Biennale, its main exhibition program. Like a daughter gestated amid contradictions, searches, commitments, dreams and the essence of the Museum, she has become throughout history, from its first edition in 1986, in the charm that lures artists, mobilize curious and lovers of art and pauses the daily rhythm of the museum to make room for a national sample which has developed great impact and significance in Venezuelan criticism and history of art. This is what this document is about: sharing the experience of the Biennale, starting with a few historical details, some of them quite intimate, to expose fragments lived in the transit of its editions. Firstly a historical overview of the Museum is provided, in association with the interpretation of art handled in this institution; then we speak of the Biennale as a product of this vision of art, to give way to the narrative of experiences mentioned and finally present some reflections that confirm the importance of this salon, pioneer in our country.