An unpublished work by the most internationally acclaimed Catalan sculptor is installed in the historic heart of Haro’s Barrio de la Estación until January 2026.
CVNE once again builds bridges between wine and art by opening the doors of its emblematic Nave II—an early 20th-century space—to host, for the first time, A Day Long, a previously unseen large-scale installation by Catalan artist Jaume Plensa. The exhibition, open until 11 January 2026, was officially inaugurated today in Haro by the artist himself, alongside CVNE CEO Víctor Urrutia, and attended by regional authorities.
Art that is heard, activated, and transformed
A Day Long consists of 24 suspended gongs, aligned like the hours of the day, each engraved with a word in English. Visitors are invited to strike them, activating their resonance and creating a personal, sensory, and emotional connection with the work. Plensa thus transforms linear time into an immersive experience, where sound, language, and human gesture converge in a unique and fleeting moment.
Choosing a winery as the exhibition space is no coincidence. “Plensa has previously worked with gongs in locations historically linked to water and liquid bodies, and there is something primal in that connection,” explains Rocío Plana Freixas, art historian and expert on the sculptor’s work. At CVNE, that bond deepens: outside its barrel-aging cellars, a gong is sounded every afternoon to mark the end of the working day.
CVNE and art: a shared legacy
With this new exhibition, CVNE reaffirms its commitment to contemporary artistic expression and continues a journey it began in 2014 with Eduardo Chillida’s El viento que no vemos. Since then, artists such as Cristina Iglesias, Anthony Caro, and Pablo Palazuelo have exhibited their work at the historic winery site.
“For us, wine and art share the same language: that of time, transformation, and emotion,” says María Urrutia, CVNE’s Marketing Director and fifth-generation member of the founding family. “Plensa embodies that dialogue between the visible and the invisible like no other. Hosting a previously unseen work of his in this space is a privilege.”