Picasso's Museum - Barcelona
The Picasso museum is "the" museum to visit in Barcelona. Imagine in Montcada street, in the Gothic area, five medieval palaces linked together to make a museum. So charming to visit and a very fast immersion in Catalan ambient. Concerning Pablo Ruiz Picasso the museum is indispensable for understanding its formative years. The genius of the young artist is revealed through the more than 3,500 works that make up the permanent collection. It also reveals his relationship with Barcelona: an intimate, solid relationship that was shaped in his adolescence and youth, and continued until his death.. You will remember “corrida” drawing. To see as well some oils and drawings from Picasso's Barcelona period and even some works from later stages in his career. The Museum also has a set of 42 pieces of ceramic (vases, dishes and plates) made in the 1950s and bequeathed by Jaqueline Picasso in 1982. You will appreciate the open-air terrace café restaurant and the bookshop.
Location
Address : C/ Montcada, 15-23 Zip code : 08003 City : Barcelona - Spain Area : El Born Email : [email protected] Website : http://www.museupicasso.bcn.es/ Opening hours : Tuesdays to Saturdays from 10am to 8pm and Sundays from 10am to 3pm Prices : Admission 9€
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Phone : 00 34 93 256 30 00 Phone 2 : Fax 00 34 93 315 01 02 Metro/Bus : Metro: Jaume -Arc de Triomf - Liceu / Bus: 17,40, 45 Laietana - 39, 51 Passeig Picasso - 14, 59 Pla del Palau Future Exhibitions
Devouring Paris. Picasso 1900-1907
Date: from 1 July to 16 October 2011 Curator: Marilyn McCully, an independent curator specialising in Picasso Organization and production: Van Gogh Museum of Amsterdam and Picasso Museum of Barcelona This exhibition, coproduced by the Picasso Museum with the Van Gogh Museum of Amsterdam, will present Picasso’s artistic evolution from his arrival in 1900 to Paris, where he discovered a thriving international art community, to 1907, when he assumed the role of leading the vanguard in the French capital. His first direct contact with the works of the artists who were at the forefront of Paris’ artistic scene was a revelation for the painter. His reaction was immediate, as was reflected in both his discovery of new painting and graphic techniques and his adoption of new subject matter based on his own experiences of life and modern art. This exhibition will bring together works by Picasso made in different media and works by artists such as Cézanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, Bonnard, Rodin, Steinlen, Gauguin and, in particular, Van Gogh, among others, whose work was at the height of its power in this period in Paris, and it aims not to compare them with each other but to give an idea of the visual stimulus that Parisian life and art represented for Picasso during the first decade of the 20th century.
Miro Museum – Barcelona
Be there once is an obligation. The building designed by Josep Lluís Sert offers you a moment of calm and beatitude: experience of light and beautiful spaces. Among the trees, you will have a stunning sightseeing of the city and a particular moment to see again or discover the work of Miró who throughout his life took a particular interest in the diversity of materials, forms and colours. It led him to explore and experiment with different art forms such as painting, sculpture, printing techniques, ceramics, theatre and tapestry. A central work exposed in this permanent collection.
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Location
Address: Parc de Montjuïc Zip code : 08038 City : Barcelona - Spain Area : Sants / Montjuïc Website : http://www.fundaciomiro-bcn.org/exposicions.php?idioma=4 Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 10.00 - 19.00 (October - June) /Tuesday to Saturday, 10.00 - 20.00 (July - September)/Thursdays, 10.00 - 21.30/ Sundays and public holidays,10.00 - 14.30 / Closed on Mondays (except public holidays) Prices : 8 € Phone : 00 34 93 443 94 70 Phone 2 : fax: 00 34 93 32 98 609 / 00 34 93 32 99 007 Metro/Bus : On Montjuïc "mountain". Take bus 50 from Pl. Universitat or Plaça de Espanya.
MNAC (Catalan National Art Museum) Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
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The MNAC embraces all the arts (sculpture, painting, objects d'art, drawing, engraving, posters, photography and coinage) and has the task of explaining the general history of Catalan art from the Romanesque period to the mid-twentieth century. In the case of the Romanesque and Gothic collections, this discourse is characterized by the Catalan provenance of most of the pieces, although, particularly in the Gothic, comparisons are made with art from other provenances. With regard to the Renaissance and Baroque collections, the works included lead to a more international discourse, with the work of great painters, such as El Greco, Zurbarán, Velázquez, Cranach, Rubens... The MNAC art collections from the end of the nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentieth century are once again mostly made up of the work of Catalan artists, forming a discourse which explains Modernisme, Noucentisme and the Avant-garde, always taking into account all the arts.
A museum is made by its collections, but, as well as conserving them and being responsible for them, it also has to spread knowledge of them, as well as having to make known everything related with research, both from the point of view of art history and museology (conservation, restoration, documentation and diffusion).
As a result of the application of the Museums Law, up to now three Catalan museums have become the Museums Section of the MNAC. Thus, between the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, the Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer in Vilanova i la Geltrú, the Museu Cau Ferrat in Sitges, and the Museu Comarcal de la Garrotxa in Olot, a link has been established that completes the exhibiting discourses of these centres, with the aim of offering a better understanding of Catalan art.
Location
Address : Parc de Montjuïc Zip code : 08038 City : Barcelona - Spain Area : Sants / Montjuïc Email : [email protected] Website : http://www.mnac.cat/index.jsp?lan=001
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Opening hours : Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday: 10am - 7pm; Thursday: 10am - 9pm; Sunday & holidays:10am - 2:30pm. Prices : 8,50 € Phone : 00 34 93 622 0360 Metro/Bus : Metro: Espanya
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The Mexican Suitcase
Date: 6th of October 2011 - 15th of January 2012 Curator: Cynthia Young, Assistant Curator at the ICP. Organization and production: Exhibition co-produced with the New York ICP
The Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, in partnership with the International Center of Photography in New York, announces the presentation in Barcelona of the photographs taken by Robert Capa, Gerda Taro and David Seymour ('Chim') during the Spanish Civil War, which had been lost without trace since 1939. These extraordinary images, many of them unpublished, make up what is known as the 'Mexican suitcase' and are undoubtedly the most important group of 20th-century recovered negatives.
When Robert Capa left Paris in 1939, he was leaving behind him the war and three boxes containing the negatives of 126 rolls of film, a total of some 4,500 pictures taken during the Spanish Civil War by Capa himself, Gerda Taro and David Seymour 'Chim' between May 1936 and March 1939, as well as a small number of photographs taken in the French capital by Fred Stein. The material was given up for lost until it reappeared in Mexico in 1995 and after a roundabout journey the negatives reached the ICP in New York in 2007, where they were exhibited from September 2010 to January 2011.
Amongst the negatives are previously unknown portraits of such figures as Federico García Lorca, Dolores Ibárruri (known as 'La Pasionaria') and Ernest Hemingway. The negatives discovered in the 'Mexican suitcase' also mean that photographs which were published at the time and went on to become iconic photographs of the Spanish Civil War can be seen with the complete series they formed part of. The images can now be viewed in the order in which they were taken, providing fascinating details about crucial moments of the conflict and about the people taking part. At the same time, they shed light on the working methods of these three photographers who pioneered the field of photojournalism. In researching the images it has also been possible to confirm or reattribute the authorship of some of the photographs.
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Some of the contents of the 'Mexican suitcase' were presented at the MNAC in the summer of 2009, on the occasion of the highly successful exhibitions This is War! Robert Capa at work and Gerda Taro organised by the Museum.
The exhibition has a two-volume companion catalogue which contains studies by specialists such as Paul Preston, Simon Dell, David Balsells, Michel Lefebvre, Bernard Lebrun, Brian Wallis, Cynthia Young and Kristen Lubben, as well as reproductions of the 4,500 negatives found in the suitcase.
The exhibition The Mexican Suitcase and its catalogue have been made possible thanks to the collaboration of the National Endowment for the Arts, Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts, Frank and Mary Ann Arisman, and Christian Keesee. It has also been supported by Sandy and Ellen Luger.
MAM - Museum of Modern Art of Barcelona
The Museum of Modern art of Barcelona (MAM) is located in the Ciudadella park, the collection is devoted to Catalan art from the mid 19th century to early 20th century. The collection has works of Fortuny, Russiñol, Casas..
Location
Address : Parc Ciutadella City : Barcelona - Spain Area : Barceloneta Opening hours : Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00am to 7:00pm.Sundays & holidays from 10:00am to 2:30pm. Phone : 93 319 57 28 Metro/Bus : Metro: Arc de Triomf Barceloneta
La Pedrera by Antoni Gaudi - Barcelona Photo Guide
La Pedrera (1905) can be found at No 92 Passeig de Gràcia at the junction with Carrer Provenca. The Pedrera which means "Quarry" because of its stone like appearance was originally called Casa Milà. La Pedrera was constructed to house apartments and offices however the owner had difficulty renting the apartments because prospective tenants thought they would have problems furnishing the rooms as they were irregularly shaped.
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La Pedrera is now a museum and is open to the public for viewing and tours.
Location Adress: No 92 Passeig de Gràcia City: Barcelona- Spain Metro: Diagonal (Green Line, L3) Opening hours: 09:00 (closing varies according to season) Entrance Fee: 10 Euros Web site: http://www.gaudiallgaudi.com/EA009.htm
CaixaForum / Casa Ramona – Barcelona
CaixaForum, the Cultural and Social centre of La Caixa’s Community Projects, is housed in what was once a factory, designed in the Art-Nouveau style by the architect Puig i Cadafalch, and it has become one of Barcelona’s most dynamic, active and lively cultural centres. Through visits to the building, a gem of Barcelona’s industrial legacy, and to the exhibitions devoted to artists such as Dalí, Rodin, Freud, Turner, Fragonard, Hogarth and Cartier-Bresson, and thanks also to the concerts, lectures, literary events, multimedia art and many other activities put on there, CaixaForum has become a prominent beacon in the life of Barcelona.
Location
Address : Av. Marquès de Comillas, 6-8 Zip code : 08038 City : Barcelona - Spain Area : Barceloneta
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Website : CaixaForum / Casa Ramona Phone : 93 476 86 12 Metro/Bus : Metro : España, líneas 1 y 3. Bus : Líneas 13, 50 con parada en Av. M. de Comillas, delante de Caixa Forum Líneas 9, 27, 30, 56, 57, 65, 79, 91, 105, 106, 109, 153, 157, 165, con parada en Pl. España. Líneas L72, L80, L81, L86, L87, L95 con parada enPl. España. Web site: http://obrasocial.lacaixa.es/nuestroscentros/caixaforumbarcelona/caixaforumbarcelona_es.html
Museo de la Ciencia de Barcelona
Como muchos otros museos de la ciencia, su interés reside en sus exhibiciones interactivas que se organizan a lo largo del año. Muy interesante para niños. También puede visitar el planetarium.
Location
Dirección : C/ Teodor Roviralta, 55 Ciudad : Barcelona - España Area : Barceloneta Horario : Martes a Sábado de 10:00h a 20:00h. Cerrado los Lunes. Teléfono : 93 212 6050 Metro/Bus : Avda. Tibidabo Web site: http://www.mnactec.cat/
Barcelona contemporary Art Museum (MACBA)
Combining straight lines and curves in a continuous dialogue between the interior spaces and the light outside, the building, inaugurated in 1995, is a work by Richard Meier. It's about what is more interesting in this museum. MACBA (Barcelona contemporary Art Museum) is dedicated to works from the second half of the 20th century. There are few works in the permanent collection and once in a while interesting temporary exhibitions.
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In1959 the art critic Alexandre Cirici Pellicer believed in the need to create a museum of contemporary art in Barcelona. Between 1960 and 1963, Cirici and Cesáreo Rodríguez Aguilera headed a group of individuals who began to put together a collection with the objective of constituting the basis for the future museum.In February 1963, the opening of the exhibition El arte y la paz, with a clear political commitment, exposed the narrow limits of what was then permissible. In 1986 Barcelona City Council, invited the North American architect Richard Meier to take charge of the project for the new museum. The City Council's Department of Culture commissioned the art critics Francesc Miralles and Rosa Queralt to draw up a report which would serve to define the philosophy of the future museum. In 1987 the MACBA Foundation brought private enterprise into the project. The MACBA was officially inaugurated on the 28th of November of 1995.
Location
Address : Pl. dels Angels, 1. Zip code : 08001 City : Barcelona - Spain Area : El Raval Website : http://www.macba.cat/controller.php Opening hours : From 25 June - 25 September, Monday, Wednesday & Friday: 11am - 8pm; Thursday: 11am - 9pm; Saturday: 10am - 8pm; Sundays & holidays: 10am - 5pm; Tuesday: closed. Prices : 7,5 euros Phone : 00 93 412 08 10 Phone 2 : Fax +34 93 412 46 02 Metro/Bus : Catalunya Pl. Universitat
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Future Exhibitions
In the labyrinth. Àngels Ribé, 1969-1984. 15/07/2011 - 12/10/2011
A labyrinth, ten metres in diameter, whose transparent yellow plastic walls permit veiled vision of the same, and which visitors can walk around. This piece, which will open Àngels Ribé’s exhibition at the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, a reconstruction of the work that the artist presented in 1969 at Verderonne Castle in France. It also forms the gateway to Ribé’s artistic trajectory between the late- 1960s and the mid-80s. Indeed, this exhibition forms part of the Museum’s initiative to recover aspects of important artists in our country, focusing on works that are little known but nevertheless play an important role, both in the careers of the artists themselves and in the development of Catalan contemporary art. In Ribé’s case, the period selected by MACBA is particularly significant, as it corresponds to the beginning of her artistic activity and her consolidation of a personal language that, using different supports and materials, she has continued to develop until the present.
It was precisely in 1969 that Ribé moved to Paris, and it was in the French capital that her interest in art, in form and volume and intervention in the public space, began to develop. She installed a sculpture in a park, inviting children to participate and handle the work, making passers-by a part of the Labyrinth. Her interest soon started to centre on actions that included elements and materials in nature, work on space, the presence of her own body and that of the spectator as narrative elements and the use of geometric forms as a fundamental part of her discourse.
In the 1970s, she moved to the United States, firstly to Chicago and later to New York, where she lived for several years. In both cities, she frequented galleries and venues that had emerged to propose alternatives to more conventional institutional policies, and which encouraged more innovative artistic activity. Here, Ribé’s work was based on exploration of the space as environment, as journey or as medium, the use of such unconventional materials as foam, water, light and shade and her interest in the chance meeting of ephemeral elements and the narrative potentialities of the environment itself. At the same time, she was active in the field of performance and installation, which enabled her to enrich her use of nuance and to explore the intervention of the subconscious and subjectivity in perception. She also began to incorporate singular aspects and to analyze the contradictions in terms of information, as well as aspects relating to her status as a woman and her personal experience. The exhibition also includes sculptures and a selection of drawings from early-1980s, seen here for the first time.
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Chocolate Museum in Barcelona Spain
The Chocolate Museum is a "delicious" museum in Barcelona which wants us to travel through the history of this excellent product, since its origins as a spicy drink to its delight as a French sweet. Chocolate has always been seen with different purposes: as a medicinal element, an aphrodisiac product, a nutritional value and element located between a legend and reality. They offer different workshops for youngest and adults. Come to the sweetest museum of the city!
Location
Address : Comerç, 36 Zip code : 08003 City : Barcelona - Spain Area : Barceloneta Email : [email protected] Website : http://www.pastisseria.com/es/PortadaMuseu Opening hours : From Monday to Saturday from 10.00 h to 19.00 h and Sunday from 10.00 h to 15.00 h. Prices : Entrance: 4,30 €. Group: 3,50 €. Free for less than 7 years old. Phone : +34 93.268.78.78 Phone 2 : Fax +34 93.268.78.79
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Egyptian Museum in Barcelona Spain
The Egyptian Museum in Barcelona has a monographic collection on Ancient Egypt, a unique museum in Spain. Thanks to its around one thousand exhibits it gives us the idea of life and customs of this ancient civilization. The museum has three main exhibition areas with temporary and permanent exhibitions, lecture rooms equiped with I.T. systems and a library with over 10,000 documents. It is recommended to be guided by an Epgytologist to learn ad understand everything about this culture, for that you'll have the possibility to ask for a guided visit in the museum. It is considered one of the best Egyptian Museums in Europe!
Location
Address : València, 284 Zip code : 08007 City : Barcelona - Spain Area : Eixample right Email : [email protected] Website : http://www.museuegipci.com/ Opening hours : From Monday to Saturday between 10:00 and 20:00 hours (It does not close at midday).Sundays between 10:00 and 14:00 hours The Museum is closed on the 25th and 26th of December and on the 1st of January. The Museum offers guided visits on Saturdays at 11:00 hours (in Catalan) and at 17:00 hours (in Spanish) that are included in the entry fee. Prices : Adults: 11,00 €. Students and pensioners: 8,00 €. Groups: special prices. Phone : (34) 93 488 01 88
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