About us
The Glòria Soler Foundation is a non-profit entity founded in 2015 by Josep Suñol Soler, in memory of his mother. The Glòria Soler Foundation is based in Barcelona, from where it develops programmes which aspire to global relevance. Remaining loyal to its founder’s vision, the Foundation collaborates in research for global health and projects conceived to bring art closer to individuals, two areas of activity that are held to be fundamental for all of society.
Josep Ildefons Suñol i Soler (Barcelona, 1927–2019), the son of Josep Suñol i Garriga and Glòria Soler Elias, was a businessman, lawyer and collector of contemporary art. He had a long and fruitful career as a philanthropist, both as a collector and patron of the arts, and for his contributions to social advancement and art promotion through his two foundations: the Glòria Soler Foundation and the Suñol Foundation.
Alighiero Boetti, I sei sensi,1974-1975
The Foundation encourages networked activity. Through research, creativity and the spread of knowledge, it seeks the scalability of all its initiatives so that they might benefit the greatest number of individuals.
Since 2015, it has contributed to various programmes in the field of health, amongst which feature: support for the Paediatric Palliative Care Unit of the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu; support for the development of a therapeutic vaccine and clinical trials to fight HIV/AIDS, as led by the IrsiCaixa team; and collaboration with Project Ari of the Hospital Clínic in Barcelona, focused on the treatment of leukaemia.
Since 2020, given the exceptional health emergency situation generated by the global pandemic, the Glòria Soler Foundation has focused its efforts and resources on improving knowledge of the new SARS-CoV-2 virus, as well as helping the most vulnerable population. Collaboration is essential to advance the treatment and prevention against COVID-19 and to alleviate the effects of the economic and social crisis on the population.
In the field of art, the Glòria Soler Foundation works together with the Suñol Foundation, a private non-profit organisation which in 2002 opened the collection of Josep Suñol to the public, taking on a fundamental societal role in the cultural context through the promotion of contemporary art.
Both Foundations, working together, encourage public programmes and educational projects in contemporary art that are conceived for a diversity of societal groups, in dialogue with a broad range of cultural and social agents and share the legacy of the Suñol Soler Collection.
The Glòria Soler Foundation is committed to the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs cover the social, economic and environmental dimension of sustainability and address five major areas: planet, people, prosperity, peace and alliances.
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Board
President
Rodrigo Navia-Osorio Vijande
Board of Trustees
Silvia Noguer Figuerol
Jorge Viladomiu Peitx
Sandra Jáuregui Eguía
Misión
The Glòria Soler Foundation is engaged with the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) from United Nations.
The SDG cover the social, economic and environmental dimension of sustainability and adress five board areas: planet, people, propsperity, peace and partnerships.
More information in Sustainable Development Goals (United Nations).
Suñol Foundation
The Suñol Foundation is a non-profit organisation created in 2002, which opened to the public the Suñol Soler Collection and, at the same time, it has taken on a fundamental role in the cultural context through the promotion of contemporary art. The Glòria Soler Foundation shares board and headquarters with Suñol Foundation. The two foundations unite art and philanthropy working together in the field of art and citizenship as a motor of social transformation.
Anna Irina Russell's performance at the Suñol Foundation, Santi Periel (2019)
Over the years, it has been a meeting point and testimony to the changes that have occurred in our society through more than a hundred art exhibitions focused on the last three decades of the 20th century, while supporting the emerging creation.
The Suñol Foundation is also home to a Library featuring more than ten thousand publications related to contemporary art, including theoretical volumes, specialised magazines, exhibition catalogues and monographs dedicated to individual artists. It is open to the public and can be consulted by arranging a visit with Foundation staff.
Suñol Foundation, Roberto Ruiz (2019)
Suñol Soler Collection
Over more than 40 years, Josep Suñol has built up the collection through friendships with artists, museum directors, gallery owners and other professionals in the art world. Drawing on this spirit, the Suñol Soler Collection forms a personal memory but also a collective one.
Fundació Suñol, Roberto Ruiz (2019)
The Suñol Soler Collection offers the possibility of outlining multiple pathways through artistic creation from the years 1915 to 2006, while revealing a unique way of understanding the art of collecting.
The Collection allow us to articulate a very broad vision of avant-garde creation throughout the 20th century through some of its national and international references such as Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, Fontana, Man Ray, Tàpies or Chillida, among others.
The Glòria Soler Foundation and the Suñol Foundation collaborate permanently with other national and international cultural institutions with the aim of disseminating the collection as well as contemporary art.
For more information about the collaborations visit the website of the Suñol Foundation.
Arte de épocas inciertas. María Luisa Caturla. In the foreground, the sculpture of Suñol Soler Collection Burgeon sur coup (1966), de Jean Arp. Exhibition at Museo Nacional de Escultura of Valladolid, 2021.
