The "Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias" is the most important art museum in Asturias. is the most important art museum in Asturias, occupying three historic buildings in the city of Oviedo: the Palacio de Velarde, the Casa de Oviedo-Portal, and the extension in the Casa de Solís-Carbajal, in the streets of Rúa and Santa Ana.
It has works by different artists such as Francisco de Goya, El Greco, Pablo Picasso, Carreño Miranda, José de Ribera, several Flemish and Italian altarpieces, as well as works by contemporary artists.
It was inaugurated in 1980 from the art collection owned by the former Provincial Council of Oviedo. It currently depends on the Regional Ministry of Culture of the Principality of Asturias and is financed by the Principality and Oviedo City Council.
The Museum currently has a collection of almost 15,000 works, including painting, sculpture, drawing, engraving and industrial arts, although it actually has a permanent exhibition of 800. It contains paintings by Spanish artists, especially Asturian, and foreign artists, including Italian and Flemish painting, as well as sculptures, photographs and glass and earthenware objects. In 2017 the collection has been notably enriched with 33 important works, donated by Plácido Arango Arias.
In 2015, after eight years of renovations interrupted by the discovery of Roman and medieval remains, the museum's extension, designed by the Navarrese architect Francisco Beloqui Mangado, was inaugurated, doubling its surface area. With this, the museum now has a façade facing Oviedo Cathedral square. Access to the museum is free and it also has temporary exhibitions, film cycles and workshops.