Francisca Rius i Sanuy (1891-1967). Design and life
EXTENDED UNTIL JUNE 28 Francisca Rius i Sanuy (Barcelona, 1891-1967), artist and woman, was one of many who had to navigate, and survive, in an era and environment that was not very favorable for female professional development. Her incipient artistic career showed a special sensitivity and technical and conceptual skill, and her early work seemed […]
Calamicleos Misery and glory
Vicenç Huedo (Socuéllamos, 1955) is an essential artist on the Girona artistic scene. Throughout his life, he has participated in a committed way in the social and political life of Girona and has been an active member of the artistic scene: he was a member of the Democratic Assembly of Artists of Girona (ADAG) and […]
Feeling / Expressing. An Artistic Reclaiming of Emotions
Just as the viewer, when looking at a work of art, projects their emotional experience onto it, the artist, in a way, also projects their own sensory experience when creating it. What passes through the senses is transformed into feelings, emotions that the artist needs to express in a tangible way, turning them into matter—the […]
Rose Bru. Overcome the distance
The exhibition is dedicated to the work and figure of the Catalan-Chilean artist Roser Bru i Llop (Barcelona, 1923 – Santiago de Chile, 2021). Roser Bru was born in Barcelona and, at a very young age, experienced her first family exile in Paris during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera. Upon returning to Barcelona, the […]
Flashes of an instant, 90’s. The contribution of artists to the Art Collection of the newspaper Avui
The X-ray of an instant, in feminine In 1975, the process of creating the newspaper Avui began, the first Catalan-language newspaper to be published since the Spanish Civil War. In order to increase the founding capital, the journalistic company Premsa Catalana, SA called on artists in the country to donate a work of their own. […]
The sparkle of a moment in time, 70’s. The contribution of women artists to the art collection of the Catalan newspaper Avui
The radiography of a moment, in the feminine When the first issue of the newspaper AVUI saw the light on Sant Jordi’s Day in 1976, the newspaper’s art collection already counted a substantial body of artworks, close to 600 pieces, donated by artists as direct support for the project of publishing the first newspaper in […]
Costa Brava. The discovery of paradise (1870-1936). From Blanes to Cap de Creus, identity of a landscape.
From Blanes to Cap de Creus, identity of a landscape The exhibition at the Girona Art Museum, subtitled From Blanes to Cap de Creus, identity of a landscape, is the result of more than three years of research and proposes an itinerary arranged geographically by the moments and places from which artists contributed, voluntarily or […]
Ferresa of silence. The artists in Feminal magazine (1907-1917)
Presentation Pilar Montaner and Maturana. Next to the screen [La modela or Sa Pollencina]. 1908. Private collection Feminal was the first magazine directed and written by women to be published in Catalonia. It was published monthly in Barcelona as a supplement to La Ilustració Catalana from 1907 to 1917. It was promoted by women from […]
Postectura. The construction of tomorrow
The years of Francoism were, in many ways, dark and difficult years. Also in the field of the arts. The main artistic institutions of the country were directly controlled by the Franco regime and, consequently, very specific plastic options were defended, in accordance with the political interests of the dictator, who defended a return to […]
Celso Lagar and Hortense Bégué. The Catalan Years (1915–1918)
The exhibition we present is the first attempt to review the life and work of the Salamanca painter Celso Lagar Arroyo (Ciudad Rodrigo, 1891 – Seville, 1966) at a key moment in his career, which covers the years he spent in Catalonia between 1915 and 1918. During this period (in which, as we will see, […]