The Bagués Hotel in Barcelona features 27 Émile Gallé vases

Located on La Rambla, the establishment of the Derby Hotels Collection reinforces its connection to art nouveau with a permanent exhibition of 27 vases by the prestigious Émile Gallé and contemporary artists. Since its opening in 2010 right on La Rambla, the Hotel Bagués has stood as a tribute to modernism. This ambition of the…

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Art Nouveau: A Celebration of Nature’s Beauty

Flourishing from roughly 1890 to 1914, Art Nouveau was an international artistic movement that embraced organic forms and rebelled against the rigid styles that dominated 19th-century art. Central to Art Nouveau was the sinuous line, mimicking the flowing curves of plants and flowers. This organic aesthetic found its way into various mediums, transforming everyday objects…

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Can you distinguish Art Nouveau and Art Deco? (test your skills)

Art Nouveau is based on the agile, the fluid, on the movement provided by curves and asymmetry. Art Deco seems obsessed with geometric shapes, with straight lines and angles, with mass and symmetry as constant values. But there is more than that. Although they are two styles with very different characteristics, often are confused. Both Art…

Lost and Found: Klimt’s rediscovered masterpiece in Vienna

Imagine a painting missing for nearly 100 years suddenly resurfacing and being put up for sale for 49 million euros. Well, that just happened. The “Portrait of Fräulein Lieser,” painted by Gustav Klimt, was rediscovered in the private possession of an Austrian citizen and will be auctioned on April 24th in Vienna. It is considered…