Fundación Aina Mª Lliteras de Can Cardaix

Museums | Artà

Upon entering Can Cardaix the first thing that invades us is the sensation of having been transported back in time. We are in an environment of 900 m2 visitable, spread over two floors, which has not been altered over time and has not suffered the impact of mass tourism. We begin to savor the atmosphere and traditions of a Mediterranean, hospitable and vital people: the Majorcan. Can Cardaix is also the birthplace of the artist Aina Maria Lliteras, the woman after whom the Foundation is named. A native of Artá, she is one of the most significant and recognized living artists of the current artistic scene, both in painting and in other techniques of the plastic arts. In 2002, she created a center-school for the promotion of creativity and an annual international art competition is held in her name. Can Cardaix has been adapted to visitors and offers a tour that takes us from the sixteenth century to the present. In the imperial staircase we find Lliteras' masterpiece, measuring 32 m2, which is also a philosophical study and which is placed on the ceiling. Then we will parade through a series of halls and rooms, the ballroom, rose, Solomonic, Alfonsina, Elizabethan, among others as well as see altarpieces, paridoras chairs etc.. We finish our tour resting in the cafeteria and we will be able to buy some souvenirs of cultural type in the store of the foundation. To accompany the visit, there are information panels in each of the rooms. In addition, explanations are offered to tour guides who are interested in learning more directly about the artist, activities, the building and the objectives and artistic collections of the Foundation. On the first floor is the point of sale of tickets as well as the small store of the Foundation where we find a catalog with photographs of the building and the artistic collection of the Foundation, as well as an explanation of the work GIRO Constante around the whole of Aina Maria Lliteras. Guided tours are given in Catalan, Spanish, English and German. The duration of the visit has a certain elasticity with a minimum of 20 minutes. The current exhibition space is approximately 900 square meters. The Foundation also offers the possibility of renting its spaces to organize cultural events.