Since 1974

About us

Galería Valanti opened in 1974 with an exhibition by the artist Rafael Fernández, and began as a gallery promoting only Costa Rican artists, for 10 years.

In 1980, the gallery began offering art classes taught by the best artists in Costa Rica, among them Gonzalo Morales, Rafa Fernández, Margarita Bertheau, Francisco Amighetti, and others. It also began taking Costa Rican artists to art fairs in Miami, Colombia and Venezuela, among others.

Starting in 1984, artists from all over Latin America joined the gallery, and that has been its path to this day.

Since 1995, Galería Valanti has organized an Annual Latin American Art Seminar with Dr. Bélgica Rodríguez, writer, art critic and former president of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA).

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