Salamanca's 10 Art Galleries and Museums You Should Visit — theculturetrip.com

Moving outside of the city centre, DA2 is undoubtedly a key venue for contemporary art fans in Salamanca as a whole. Built in a former prison to celebrate the city's year as European Capital of Culture (2002), its focus is on individuals' work, with regular showcases by the very best young artists from Spain and beyond. Notable past contributors have included Mona Hatoum, Sam Taylor-Wood, Franz Ackermann and Chris Cunningham. The centre is also involved in promoting work from the Castilla y León region and collaborates on various projects to that end.Perhaps the highlight of its work, however, is the once- or twice-yearly collective exhibition centred around a theme. Choices of theme have been diverse, ranging from Niños ('Children') in 2003, to Laocoonte Devorado: Arte y violencia política ('Laocoön Devoured: Art and Political Violence')in 2006 to 2014's Uno de cada ('One of each'), which explored the diverse mediums that interest today's artists by displaying works made in everything from iron to ceramics to watercolour.

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