As every year, on Mondays in October and November, we celebrate the cycle of lectures on Art Nouveau Portal del Modernismo, which this year are not held at the Pavellons Güell (Güell Pavilions) as usual, but at the Casa Elizalde Cultural Center. The places are sold out but you can enjoy the lectures on the […]

The third edition of the Modernista Fair of the Castilian city of León will be held in the streets around the city’s Casa Botines, designed by Antoni Gaudí (1891 and 1894), from 6 to 8 September 2024, organised by the Casa Botines Museum together with shopkeepers from the area The Fair’s packed programme includes activities […]

This August, CaixaForum Macaya is organising guided tours of its headquarters, Casa Macaya (1898), an architectural jewel by the architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch, featuring sculptural works by his regular collaborators Eusebi Arnau and Alfons Juyol. A tour of its two façades, entrance, courtyard, staircase, former coach houses and noble hall that also includes an […]

June 10 is considered the International Day of Modernisme, commemorating the death of two great architects of the modernist movement: Antoni Gaudí, who died at the Hospital de la Santa Creu on June 10, 1926, and the Hungarian architect Ödön Lechner, died on the same day in 1914. On the occasion of the International Day […]

Next Friday and Saturday, the Gelida Art Nouveau Fair will be held, with the aim of promoting the Art Nouveau heritage of this town (40 kms from Barcelona). The programme of the fair will be filled with several activities. This year it will be devoted to clothing, for this reason and among other activities, there […]

On May 24, 25 and 26, 2024, we will celebrate a new edition of the Fira Modernista i del Comerç de Barcelona, on Carrer Bruc between Avenida Diagonal and Carrer Consell de Cent, and both activities will also take place in the central lane of the Diagonal Avenue You can consult the program and sign […]

Next weekend comes a new edition of the Terrassa Modernista Fair, the oldest and most complete of the Modernistes Fairs and Festivals in Catalonia. This edition of the Fair is dedicated to the textile industry, with a strong presence in the history of this city. Unique characters, historical recreations, traditional artisans, visits to the main […]

Photo: members of Llum i Color del 900 and ANEM, National Association of Modernistes Entities, at the Provincial Council event Last Friday, April 26, the Provincial Council of Barcelona organized the meeting of Modernistes Fairs in the province of Barcelona, in an event held at the Casa Alegre de Sagrera in Terrassa The fair calendar […]

Casa Batlló (1904-1906), by Antoni Gaudí, has begun the first comprehensive restoration of the building’s rear façade and its courtyard, the private garden of the Batlló family. Gaudí conceived the rear façade as a vertical garden. It symbolises a flowering plant that climbs from both sides to meet at the top with an explosion of […]

Modernista Fair will take place on 24, 25 and 26 May 2024. This year it will be dedicated to the playwright and poet Àngel Guimerà (1845-1924) to commemorate the centenary of his death. The fair, which will be held in carrer Bruc, between Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer València, is jointly organised by the Municipal Institute […]