What would lead an art-loving couple to set up a photography gallery in the town of Anyós in the Pyrenees principality was initially a matter of speculation. But the exhibition space in the town, located 1,342 meters above sea level, quickly revealed that the location was not only not an obstacle, but also had special qualities for receiving works. Silence, natural scenery, solitude have all become part of the experience offered by the founders of Galeria Alta, Pancho Saula and Michelle Ferrara. In fact, artworks are also associated with thoughts, stories, and feelings, and this has been noticed by art collectors, curators, and artists in recent times. In the four years since its founding, nearly two dozen exhibitions have taken place; eleven in the Andorran center and twelve abroad. Under the title Alta On Tour, the gallery has traveled to Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Ibiza, Prague, Monaco and Madrid, and even debuted as a participant in Paris Photo last year.
The gallery's current exhibition, open until November 7, 2025, showcases its collecting and art trading practices through works by Berenice Abbott, Bruce Davidson, Saul Leiter, Weegee, Frank Horvat, Joel Meyerowitz, Vivian Maier, Steven Meisel, Sarah Moon, Ryan McGinley, Jessica Lange, and Spanish artists such as Ramón Masats and Txema Yeste, among others. Despite his young age, the curator, Max Saula, undoubtedly helped the dialogue between the works and the spirit of the place with his sensitive selection. The Inheriting Dreams exhibition also seeks not only to present famous, in most cases now canonized names, but also attempts to represent what it means to inherit a vision, or how a collection of images can become a point of view worthy of further reflection.
