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 […]

Centre d’Art Amatller, located in the basement of Casa Amatller, an outstanding Art Nouveau building by Josep Puig i Cadafalch in 1900, opens the installation “Sorolla: A New Dimension on February 8 2024”. It is a tribute to the Valencian artist through a new generation of technologies, with immersive 360º projections, virtual reality, digital installations, […]

Until 18 February 2024, Casa Batlló presents the second edition of its new A Winter Night visit, an immersive evening experience that transports us back to the house during a night from the last century, combined with a new heartwarming tale full of tenderness, audiovisual proposals and amazing settings. Unlike the general visit, which explains […]

From 10am to 4pm on September 30 and 1 October, and 7 and 8 October 2023, there will be free admission to the Güell Pavilions (Av. Pedralbes, 7, Barcelona), designed by Antoni Gaudí, as part of the celebrations for Festival of Les Corts neighborhood. In 1883, Eusebi Güell wanted to enlarge the vast estate that […]

Barcelona City Council’s Municipal Institute of Urban Landscape has today, 7 June 2023, commenced the second phase of restoration work at the Güell Pavilions site of the former Güell estate, which was designed by Antoni Gaudí. This phase will include the restoration of the guard’s house building, of which several studies and analyses have been […]

Barcelona Provincial Council has today staged a festive event at the Castle of Santa Florentina – renovated by Lluís Domènech i Montaner and chosen for this reason, given the fact that 2023 is Domènech i Montaner Year – to announce and promote the following ten fairs. Each has its own unique character and presents its […]

The Art Nouveau European Route is convening the IV coupDefouet International Congress on Art Nouveau, which is jointly organised by Barcelona City Council and Barcelona University and is to be held in Barcelona from 29 June to 2 July 2023. The main strand of the fourth edition of this coupDefouet Congress intends to address new […]

This temporary exhibition was created with the aim of presenting the works and objects that have entered the collections of the three Sitges museums since 2014. This date marked the reopening of the seafront, Cau Ferrat and Maricel museums. Since then the museums have incorporated 1,382 works, objects and documents, of which a selection of […]

The Government of Catalonia has approved the commemorations for the year 2023, a highlight of which includes the 100th anniversary of the death of the Modernista architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, who was also a politician, historian, illustrator, font and book binding designer. The architect of works as diverse as the Palau de la Música, […]