Tomás Llorens, Key Figure in Spain’s Museum World, Has Died at 85

Tomás Llorens, an art historian and curator who became a key figure in the history of several major Spanish institutions, has died at the age of 85. El País reported that Llorens expired after a long illness.
Llorens was the first director of both the Valencian Institute of Modern Art (IVAM) and the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid, and later worked at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, also in the Spanish capital, as chief curator. Throughout, Llorens championed modern and contempo