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The Municipal Exhibition Hall presents ALTRES, an exhibition that revisits a singular episode in the recent history of Valencian art. It recovers "Els altres 75 anys de pintura valenciana", a counter-exhibition organized in 1976 by a group of artists from the Col·lectiu de Pintors del País Valencià as a critical response to "75 anys de pintura valenciana", held the previous year, in 1975, in the same city hall venue. Using that event as a case study, the exhibition brings together works, documents, and artistic trajectories that reveal some of the tensions that shaped the period. Five historic paintings made by the Col·lectiu de Pintors del País Valencià for the counter-exhibition and now shown again are presented alongside three works by Sorolla, Pinazo, and Fillol from the official 1975 exhibition, creating a confrontation around representation, cultural legitimacy, and collective organization. The exhibition opens with a room that sets out the context of the period and the work being produced by both leading Valencian artists and more contemporary figures. It includes works by Juana Francés, a pioneer of the Spanish avant-garde; Javier Calvo, represented by Rectángulos verdes; Jordi Teixidor, with Dos triángulos con azul; and also pieces by Hernández Mompó, Artur Heras, Rosa Torres, Antoni Miró, Anzo, Arcadi Blasco, and Juan Genovés, among others who played a decisive role in the artistic renewal of Valencia in the 1960s and 1970s. Another room places the 75 years of Valencian painting exhibition in dialogue with the works of the Col·lectiu de Pintors del País Valencià. A further section is devoted to documentation and press coverage, highlighting the public significance of an exhibition that lasted only five days. The presentation concludes with recorded testimony from some of the artists and gallery owners involved in the event, together with contributions from art and culture professionals including Pablo González Tornel, Marta López Ricarte, Lydia Frasquet, José Martí Martínez, and Ramón Esteve, among others. Overall, ALTRES brings together works by some of the most notable Valencian artists of the 20th century, including "Historia natural del siglo XX" by Josep Renau, "Preneu i mengeu" by Rafael Armengol, "Conde Duque" and "La familia de Carlos IV" by Equipo Crónica, and "Reflejos" by Eusebio Sempere, one of the key figures of Spanish geometric abstraction.