Museo Valenciano de la Ilustración y la Modernidad

This guide to the Museo Valenciano de la Ilustracion y la Modernidad in Valencia turns on the spring of 2010, when director Roman de la Calle, six years into sharpening one of Spain's respected museums, walked out of the job and never returned. It traces the dispute back to a photography show touching on the Gurtel corruption scandal, and the order from the regional government that pulled it before the public saw it. The building itself, designed by Guillermo Vazquez Consuegra in raw concrete, was built to celebrate the Enlightenment's stubborn faith in reason and free thought.