You can now view all the papers presented to the coupDefouet International Congress, comprising its provisional programme in 6 theme strands. These lists will be periodically updated as each paper becomes confirmed, and their corresponding downloadable abstracts posted online.
On 31 May, 1 and 2 June 2013, Cor Eixample—Trade and Professional Association for the Right Side of the Eixample—and the Barcelona City Council—are organising the ninth Barcelona Modernista Fair.
The first international congress fully devoted to the Art Nouveau style will be held in Barcelona from 26 to 29 June 2013. This congress, an activity of the Art Nouveau European Route association, is organised by the Barcelona City Council on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Art Nouveau magazine coupDefouet.
As part of its various activities, the Fundació Antoni Tàpies has organised three guided tours in early 2013 related to the history of its headquarters, the Modernista building designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner between 1880 and 1882.
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The Gaudí House Museum, located in Park Güell, will remain closed to the public for renovation from 27 December 2012 to 18 March 2013. For more information visit the website www.casamuseugaudi.org
The Beltrí Commission 2012, in charge of organising the acts for the 150th anniversary of the birth of Victor Beltrí Roqueta, the architect who brought Modernisme to Cartagena and the Region of Murcia, inaugurated an exhibition of his work on 13 December 2012. The display presents his most important buildings using a multitude of details, unpublished information and hitherto unknown photographs, and also includes aspects of his life that have been unrevealed until now.
To celebrate the centenary of finishing works on Casa Milà, 1906-1912, popularly known as La Pedrera (The Quarry), which was the project of architect Antoni Gaudí i Cornet, Fundació CatalunyaCaixa is presenting “Other Pedreres”.
Conference
Art Nouveau: the First International Modern Style. A broad look at the different Art Nouveau styles around the world, which explains how each region or city created its own style based on its local tradition, reinterpreting it through a cosmopolitan viewpoint. Delivered by Paul Greenhalgh, Professor of Modern Art at the University of East Anglia and Director of the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts.
Conference in English, with simultaneous interpreting into Catalan and sign language.
19 November 2012, at 7 pm. Auditorium of La Pedrera, passeig de Gràcia, 92 (metro: Diagonal). Free entrance, booking not required. Limited seating.
At this event, the coupDefouet International Congress will also be introduced. This is a specialised congress on Modernisme-Art Nouveau to be held in Barcelona in June 2013.
September 2012
Tibidabo’s mythical Tramvia Blau (Blue Tram), one of the 116 points in the Modernisme Route of Barcelona, will begin services again on 22 September, after a reorganisation of the service following an incident on 22 August. To celebrate the recommencement of the service, the discount offered by the Modernisme Route has changed: it will now consist of a 25% discount on the price of a single ticket. In addition, the times of the service will also vary, as indicated in the “Discounts of the Route (opening times, prices and information)” “Tramvia Blau” section of this website. The Tramvia Blau is the most beautiful and relaxed way to reach the mountain of Tibidabo and brings visitors closer to its amusement park (which also has a Modernisme Route discount), passing by stately residences designed by various Modernista architects.
August 2012
Discover Barcelona Modernisme this August with an exclusive one-time-only offer, courtesy of the Barcelona Modernisme Route and the Barcelona Hotel Guild. As customer of one of the best quality hotels in town, you shall be entitled to a special 50% off flat-rate discount to visit our most fascinating Art Noveau buildings.
The Art Nouveau European Route is organising the 1st coupDefouet International Congress, to be held in Barcelona in June 2013.
The main strands of the Congress, still to be clearly defined by the Scientific Committee featured in the image below, will be on the following topics:
•The city as the powerhouse of Art Nouveau
creativity main strand)
•The historiography of Art Nouveau
•Future challenges for Art Nouveau heritage
The call for papers will be open from February 2012. Please take note of all updates on this and other procedures that will appear in the website Art Nouveau European Route www.artnouveau.eu.
On 1, 2 and 3 June 2012, Cor Eixample—Trade and Professional Association for the Right Side of the Eixample—and the Institut del Paisatge Urbà—Barcelona City Council—are organising the eighth Barcelona Modernista Fair.
As in other years, the fair will be located on carrer Girona—between av. Diagonal and carrer d’Aragó—with leisure and cultural activities for young people, adults and the little ones. Among other activities, visitors can enjoy kids’ games, shows, workshops, a museum displaying period cars, an old train, conferences on Modernisme, a family-orientated bike tour, street entertainment and many other surprises. Other towns and organisations which also share a relationship with Modernisme will be attending, as well as a stand offering information and selling products related to Barcelona’s Ruta del Modernisme.
Furthermore, whoever comes dressed in an Art Nouveau period style will receive a gift photo of themselves and go into the draw for a trip, among other prizes.
For more information: The Centre del Modernisme tel. +34 933 177 652 or Cor Eixample tel. +34 934 871 243.
From February 2012, visitors can enjoy guided tours of the building housing the Hotel Espanya (Sant Pau 9-11, Barcelona), opened in 1859 and renovated in 1903 by the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. Once again, such gems as the Saló de les Sirenes (Mermaids Room), with paintings attributed to Ramon Casas, or the alabaster fireplace by Eusebi Arnau, among others, will be on view for the general public.
The Hotel Espanya is part of the Barcelona Modernisme Route and the Let’s Go Out guide, listing a selection of Modernista bars and restaurants located mainly in Barcelona, but also in Catalonia (on sale in all Modernisme Centres).
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24.9.11
The Historical Conclave of the Hospital de Sant Pau is hosting a new exhibition covering some of the most important historical moments of the construction of the Modernista complex. It also focuses on the restoration project which is currently underway. You can visit the exhibition by following the guided routes of “Sant Pau en obres” (Saint Paul Under Construction) which are offered every morning from Monday to Sunday.
From 11 July 2011, the guided tours of the Modernista complex of Hospital Sant Pau will also include a section of the tunnels built by Domènech i Montaner that linked together the various Modernista pavilions that formed part of the hospital premises. With this new addition, the tour’s itinerary will now include the renovated Sant Jordi Pavilion, which houses an exhibition on the past, present and future of the institution, the hospital church, Sant Rafael Pavilion and a section of the aforementioned tunnels, as well as a stroll through part of the complex’s former gardens. The tours are guided and all visitors must wear a reflective helmet and vest, which are provided to each visitor at the beginning of the tour.
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On 3, 4 and 5 June 2011, Cor Eixample—Trade and Professional Association for the Right Side of the Eixample—and the Institut Municipal del Paisatge Urbà—Barcelona City Council—are organising the seventh Barcelona Modernista Fair.
18.3.11
On 25 March, coinciding with celebrations for its first anniversary, the Museu del Modernisme Català (Museum of Catalan Modernisme, Balmes, 48, Barcelona) will present its new permanent collection.
The museum is partially renewing its collection with sixty new works, half of which form part of the museum's stored works, which up until now have not been shown to the public. The other half are recent acquisitions and donations of the grand masters of Catalan Modernisme. www.mmcat.cat
A photographic exhibition on the work of three great European Art Nouveau architects can be seen in the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia from 23 January to 28 February 2011: Victor Horta (Brussels), Antoni Gaudí (Barcelona) and Ödön Lechner (Budapest). Entrance is completely free and there are no time limits, because the exhibition can be found outdoors on the fencing that encloses the perimeter of the Basilica located on Carrer Provença. The initiative has been organised by the Hungarian Embassy in Madrid, Consulate General of Hungary in Barcelona and Basilica of the Sagrada Familia.
29.10.2010
Over the next few months, Barcelona City Council will be carrying out works aimed at improving the facilities in the Park Güell. Specifically, the work will consist of repairs to the surrounding wall and railings, installation of new lighting, and increased safety measures, with new handrails and barriers. Picnic areas and children’s playgrounds will also be provided.
29.9.10
For the first time, Barcelona will join cities around the world as they showcase their best architecture during a 48-hour open house at emblematic buildings on 16-17 October 2010.
The times for guided tours of the Modernista complex of Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau changed from 1 July 2010, with considerably longer duration. The tours show visitors this World Heritage Monument and the restoration work currently being done to return this work to the splendour that Lluís Domènech i Montaner had imagined. The tours include the interior of several buildings, landscaped grounds, magnificent meeting room and an exhibition on the past and the future of this 600-year old Barcelona institution. The duration of each tour is approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.
The new times are:
Monday to Sunday
10.00am ENGLISH
10.30am French
11.00am ENGLISH
11.30am Spanish
12.00pm ENGLISH
12.30pm Catalan
1.00pm ENGLISH
On 28, 29 and 30 May 2010, Cor Eixample, the Association of Retail Traders and Professionals of the Right Eixample district, and the Municipal Urban Landscape Institute of the Barcelona City Council are holding the Sixth Modernista Festival of Barcelona.
The historical Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau will be holding Open Days on 24 and 25 April 2010. Cultural and recreational events for young and old alike will be organised by the Hospital Foundation — with the support of Barcelona City Council — in order to show the public the rehabilitation and refurbishing work being carried out in the pavilions of this World Heritage Site designed by architect Domènech i Montaner. A jewel of Modernista architecture, with sculptures and mosaics by artists of the stature of Pablo Gargallo, Mario Maragliano and Eusebi Arnau, the hospital complex is considered one of the best examples of Modernisme in the world, and the current work is restoring it to its former state, as conceived by Domènech.
The Minister for Innovation, Universities and Enterprise for the Catalan Generalitat Government, Josep Huguet, inaugurated the new information centre of the Colònia Güell on Sunday, 18 October 2009, coinciding with the IX edition of the Colònia’s Modernista Festival.
The Cerdanyola Art Museum was opened on 10 September 2009 in the Can Domènech Modernista building designed by the architect Gaietà Buïgas, with later additions and changes by his nephew Eduard Maria Balcells, who in his dayincorporatedsome outstanding stained glass windows into the building that have now been restored. In order to house the museum, the Cerdanyola City Council carried out restoration work on the Modernista building, which was almost in ruins, between 2004 and 2009. This intervention involved the reconstruction of its façade, the restoration of Balcells’ stained glass windows and adapting the building to be able to function as a museum.
A must for lovers of Art Nouveau architecture and culture is this charming festival, which is celebrated in Bad Nauheim in September every year. The 2009 is themed “Jugendstil moves Bad Nauheim” and will take place from 5-13 September 2009.
List of prize-winners of the draw Vine vestit d’època a la Fira (Come to the Fair in period dress). See whether you’re going to Germany!
8.6.2009
The Fifth Barcelona Modernista Fair, organised by CorEixample and Barcelona Council’s Urban Landscape Institute, was held in Carrer Girona, between the Diagonal and Carrer València, on 22, 23 and 24 May with a lot of participation by the public in all the activities. Click on this news item to read a report and see images of the Fair and all the activities.
On 30 June 2009, the mayor of Girona and president of the Rafael Masó Foundation, Anna Pagans, and the chief executive officer of Barcelona City Council’s Institute of Urban Landscape and Quality of Life, Antoni Sorolla, signed an agreement for Girona City Council and the Rafael Masó Foundation to join the Art Nouveau European Route - Ruta Europea del Modernisme.
Since May 2009, Sant Feliu de Llobregat has its Modernista Route, for which more than 20 buildings and groups of buildings have been selected, of which those designed by the architects Gabriel Borrell, Josep M. Jujol and Antoni Coll are of special note. The route follows the line of the Expansion Plan drawn up in 1902 by Gabriel Borrell, who was the municipal architect at that time. The Route is therefore particularly interesting because of the location of the buildings within the newly enlarged section of the town.
On 22, 23 and 24 May 2009, Cor Eixample, the Association of Retail Traders and Professionals of the Right Eixample district, and the Municipal Urban Landscape Institute of the Barcelona City Council are holding the fifth Modernista Festival of Barcelona.
21.11.08
On 20 October the Francisco Godia Foundation, dedicated to the Barcelona entrepreneur, collector and racing driver of the same name (1921-1990), opened its new headquarters in the former Casa Garriga Nogués (1899-1905) at Carrer Diputació 250, a Modernista work by the architect Enric Sagnier. To celebrate the occasion, the Foundation is holding a temporary exhibition of a large part of its private collection, with a total of 260 works of mediaeval, Baroque and 19th-20th century art, including Modernista works, and a montage consisting of a selection of ceramics from several production centres throughout the Iberian Peninsula. The Foundation plans to offer a permanent exhibition, and also two temporary exhibitions a year with material from private collections.
The documentary Art Nouveau and Society (Modernisme i Societat in the Catalan version) was given its Barcelona premiere on 22 October 2008 at Hotel Casa Fuster and will be shown in the hotel’s carriage entrance until 22 November. Art Nouveau and Society was produced by the Réseau Art Noveau Network -of which Barcelona City Council is a founder member- with the support of the European Union’s Culture 2000 programme.
In 2008, Casa Fuster (1908-1911; Passeig de Gràcia, 132) by the Modernista architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, which now houses Hotel Casa Fuster, is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the start of work on its construction.
Esplugues de Llobregat Town Council is inaugurating this exhibition which will be open to the public in the local Pare Miquel library from 22 October to 23 November. As a town that was in the forefront of Modernista ceramic production, Esplugues is part of these nine Modernista routes organised by Barcelona Provincial Council’s Network of Municipalities and, in particular, the one entitled El Baix Llobregat: de Gaudí al Modernisme popular (El Baix Llobregat: from Gaudí to Popular Modernisme) together with Sant Joan Despí.
On 17, 18 and 19 October 2008, Associació La Colònia Modernista and Santa Coloma de Cervelló Town Council, are again staging the Modernisme Festival which will include various activities to do with the municipality’s heritage. On these days the public will be able to visit the grounds of the industrial village’s old textile mill and the house of the village’s owner and founder, the industrialist and patron Eusebi Güell. Other attractions include an exhibition about Gaudí, a Modernista fair with a variety of stalls, on Saturday and Sunday morning, and a lot of people in period dress re-creating the Modernisme years.
On 12 and 13 September 2008, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., you will be able to enjoy two open days at Finca Sansalvador, designed by the architect Jujol, giving everyone the chance to see the restoration work that has been carried out on it and discover the artificial caves excavated inside it in the early 20th century.
Finca Sansalvador
Passeig de la Mare de Déu del Coll, 79
Friday 12th, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday 13th, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
On 23, 24 and 25 May 2007, Cor Eixample, the Association of Retail Traders and Professionals of the Right Eixample district, and the Municipal Urban Landscape Institute of the Barcelona City Council are holding the fourth Modernista Festival of Barcelona.
Palau Güell was partly opened to the public again last February, after being closed for restoration in late 2004. The partial visit is free and takes in the main façade (which has recovered its original appearance), the ground floor and the stables.
A Gallery of Creators is a small encyclopaedia of the leading figures who created Modernisme in Barcelona. Architects, painters, sculptors, writers, cabinet makers, graphic artists, and also developers, patrons, financiers, etc., all of them people who, through their efforts and with their passion for creating a “new art”, were responsible for Barcelona’s being regarded today as the world capital of Modernisme.
The Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Former Montaner i Simón Editor’s project of Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1881-1886), will be closed for renovation work during the first half of 2008. The renovation will adapt the building to comply with new safety and evacuation regulations and meet the needs of individuals with reduced mobility. It also plans to remodel the entrance of the museum in order to improve the current bookshop and reception areas.
During this period of closure, the Fundació Antoni Tàpies will present some exhibitions and series of activities in other institutions.
The Palau de la Música concert hall was commissioned by the Orfeó Català choral society in 1904 from the Art-Nouveau architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. The foundation stone for the building was laid on Saint George’s day in 1905, and the hall was officially opened on 9 February 1908. The centenary celebrations will be launched on its hundredth birthday, over the weekend of 9-10 February 2008. The Orfeó society has been busy making the building ready for this occasion by refurbishing the concert hall and renovating its seating, as well as restoring the outside walls.
The Gaudí Centre was opened to visitors on 27 June 2007, and is a place for interpreting the work of architect Antoni Gaudí. Through interactive displays, projects, designs, personal objects and items, visitors can better understand the work and the life of the brilliant architect. A visit to the centre takes about two hours and there are audio guides available in several languages. The Reus Tourist Office is now located on the ground floor of the building. Moreover, with the Gaudí Centre, Reus is contributing to its Modernism Route. (Click on the news item for more information).
Actor and film director Woody Allen visited the Church of the Holy Family on 12 June during his search for locations for his next movie, which will be shot in Barcelona and Oviedo. The film will narrate the experiences of a tourist from the United States visiting the city. This will not be the first time that Modernism has been used as a set in a cinema production, for example, the Casas Ramos houses, in plaza de Lesseps, where Pedro Almodóvar filmed scenes in the movie Todo sobre mi madre (All about my mother).
The 422 boxes were found by a team of researchers from the Arxiu Nacional de Catalunya (Catalonian National Archive) on 16/11/2006, when they were working at the modernist designer and architect’s house. He designed, Casa Amatller, the Palau del Baró de Quadras and Casa de les Punxes and other buildings. The documents have been acquired by the Autonomous Government of Catalonia for 1.4 million euros. This purchase guarantees public ownership of the material, which will soon be made available to researchers from the Catalonian National Archive.
On 18, 19 and 20 May 2007, Cor Eixample, the Association of Retail Traders and Professionals of the Right Eixample district, and the Municipal Urban Landscape Institute of the Barcelona City Council are holding the third Modernista Festival of Barcelona.
As of 1 October 2006 the Route voucher book, provided free on purchase of the guidebook, will include a new discount on the price of all CaixaForum activities.
After General Primo de Rivera’s coup d’état, Josep Puig i Cadafalch hid a series of documents belonging to the Region of Catalonia, of which he was President, to safeguard them from the dictatorship. In July 2006, these documents, together with several architectural drawings and projects, were discovered by chance when a historical search was organised at his home in calle Provença, 231 in Barcelona.
One of the new features of the Modernisme Route are guided tours of Palau Montaner, Pavellons Güell and the grounds of Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. Previous booking visits are also possible.
The Let’s go out guide of the Barcelona Modernisme Route invites you to discover the city’s heritage whilst having a pleasant time in fourteen establishments that preserve their original beauty after a hundred years.
On 4, 5 and 6 May 2006, Cor Eixample, the Association of Retail Traders and Professionals of the Right Eixample district, and the Municipal Urban Landscape Institute of the Barcelona City Council are holding the second Modernista Festival of Barcelona.
