One of the most influential names in international contemporary art will visit Castelló this week to discuss a project that, at first glance, seems distant from the major museums and art centers with which he has built his career. Valencian cultural manager and curator Vicent Todolí will participate on Thursday, June 4th, at 7:30 PM, in a talk-colloquium at the Sala Sant Miquel of the Fundació Caixa Castelló, where he will converse with the entity's cultural technician, Alfredo Llopico, about his latest book, Quisiera crear un jardín (y verlo crecer). Entre el arte y la tierra.

Born in Palmera (La Safor) in 1958, Todolí is considered one of the most relevant figures in European cultural management in recent decades. A graduate in Art History, he has developed a career linked to some of the main international museum institutions and has contributed to redefining the role of museums and contemporary curatorial practice.

However, the conversation he will lead in Castelló will focus on a less known but increasingly relevant facet of his activity: the creation of a citrus garden in his hometown, conceived as a space for research, conservation, and reflection on the territory.

Far from being a personal project disconnected from his work in the artistic field, Todolí presents this garden as an extension of his way of understanding culture. It brings together botany, agriculture, landscape memory, and the observation of natural rhythms, forming a living laboratory where diversity and knowledge are cultivated in the long term.

The experience, documented in his latest book, also opens a reflection on issues increasingly present in contemporary debate, such as the relationship between culture and ecology, the connection between institutions and territory, or the dialogue between creative processes and the materials that sustain them.

The event will provide firsthand insight into the vision of a professional who has developed a significant part of his career internationally and who, in recent years, has found in the land and citrus fruits a new way to explore the questions that have always accompanied his work: how we observe the world, how we build knowledge, and what is the relationship between culture and the environment we inhabit.

The talk will take place in the Sala Sant Miquel of the Fundació Caixa Castelló, located at Enmedio street, 17, with free admission until full capacity.