The Sorolla Museum has reopened its doors to the public on 15 October 2026 following a long extension and refurbishment process, opening with the exhibition entitled Behind the Artist’s House. Architectures of the Sorolla Museum (1905 - 2026) This exhibition invites visitors to discover the history of Joaquín Sorolla’s house from its construction to the present day.
Curated by Covadonga Blasco Veganzones, the exhibition includes paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, blueprints, letters and archive documents to reveal how the property designed by the artist has evolved over more than a century to become the museum that it is today.
The exhibition kicks off with one of the most significant transformations of the house during the painter’s lifetime: the opening of the large window in his studio, a gesture that symbolises the close links between architecture, light and artistic creation, although the window was later bricked up again. From there, visitors are invited to discover how the house has evolved and adapted to the new needs.
It is also possible to find out more about the origins of the property to unveil how Joaquín Sorolla created a home that integrated family life, artistic work and social representation, in conjunction with the architect, Enrique María Repullés y Vargas. Plans, drawings, correspondence and photographs enable this creative process to be rebuilt.
The exhibition introduces visitors to the new spaces in the extension of the museum designed by the Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos studio, in which light once more becomes the element around which architecture revolves: a courtyard that evokes an Andalusian courtyard and rooms lit overhead via, skylights, which reinterpret the painter’s former studios.
