Concha Ibáñez. The Evocation of Landscape
“The Evocation of Landscape” is the first exhibition in Catalonia dedicated to Concha Ibáñez after her death, in 2022, and coincides with the centenary of her birth. Far from being an anthological exhibition, it aims to focus on the theme in which the artist excelled and to which she devoted herself most diligently throughout her […]
Instruments of the soul. Matter and spirit in medieval Catalonia
The exhibition is an exhibition project, promoted by the MEV, the Museum of Lleida, the Diocesan and Regional Museum of Solsona and the Girona Art Museum, within the framework of the Network of Art Museums of Catalonia; which reflects on how, throughout the Middle Ages, material objects were a means of connecting with the divine. […]
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 […]
Masters of Catalan Art of the 20th Century. Bassat Collection
The Museu d’Art de Girona presents the exhibition “Masters of Catalan Art of the 20th Century. Bassat Collection”. This exhibition brings together a selection of works from the extensive Carmen and Lluís Bassat collection, built as a mosaic representing various periods of 20th-century Catalan art. Despite some absences, the exhibition allows visitors to follow a […]
One of a kind is nothing. A visual tribute to Roser Bru
The work and spirit of the legendary Chilean Taller 99, the printmaking workshop founded by Nemesio Antúnez in 1956 in Santiago de Chile and in which Roser Bru participated throughout her life, was a source of inspiration for the Valencian artist Paula Bonet, who founded her own workshop in Barcelona in 2018: La madriguera. Following […]
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 […]
Another art. Informalism in Catalonia 1956-1966.
Informalism is one of the most significant movements in Catalonia during the second half of the 20th century, due to what it represented in terms of creative freedom and a break with representational constraints. As a tendency, it emerged in Europe after the Second World War and was defined through concepts such as art autre […]
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. […]