Repsol YPF

Cultural action

Repsol YPF supports projects related to dissemination of culture, including music and plastic arts. In this way, Repsol YPF collaborates with museums, exhibitions and initiatives in disciplines such as photography, painting and sculpture. It should also be mentioned that Repsol YPF is collaborating with local councils in the areas where its activities are centred in the development of activities such as the promotion of local culture or the artistic heritage.

In Argentina, Argentina Pinta Bien is an art programme on a national scale which Repsol YPF planned together with the Centro Cultural Recoleta of Buenos Aires and the Asociación Amigos with the aim of promoting and expanding the work of visual artists in various provinces of Argentina. Starting with a survey of all the plastic works of art carried out in conjunction with the cultural institutions of each province and the curator’s team of the Centro Cultural Recoleta, works are selected for the exhibition. An interesting contribution in the second stage of the programme is the incorporation via invitation of a curator from each province which enriches the work considerably with the variety of viewpoints which are presented.

Argentina Pinta Bien has been underway since December 2003 and has already travelled through eleven provinces of Argentina. In order to bring the exhibition closer to the public, complementary activities are organised such as workshops, conferences with the artists, guided tours and presentations addressed to a large audience. The first stage covered the provinces of Córdoba, Chubut, Mendoza, Neuquén, Río Negro and Santa Cruz. By way of closing this stage, a large exhibition was held which encompassed all the local exhibits and which took up the whole of the Centro Cultural Recoleta in the city of Buenos Aires. The second stage of the programme, started halfway through 2005, covered the provinces of Corrientes, Jujuy, Salta, San Juan, Tierra del Fuego and shortly the province of Tucumán. In the near future, to close the second stage, it is planned to hold another large exhibition in the Centro Cultural Recoleta of Buenos Aires, which will take place during the first half of 2008.

Apart from the satisfaction of being able to carry out such a programme for so many years while maintaining the commitment and enthusiasm of all participants, special mention should be made of the indirect achievements such as the links among institutions, artists and new projects which arise from these links. It is neither easy nor common to find such an ambitious project as this developed in conjunction with the private and public sectors. Fortunately, Argentina Pinta Bien is, at least in this sense, a good example of what is possible.

For more information, see the: Corporate Responsibility Report 2007