Terrassa Burgeois residence

World Art Nouveau Day: Only on June 10 or all year long?

We welcome the World Art Nouveau Day next Sunday, and the activities that will take next weekend in cities like Szeged, Budapest, Aveiro, Terrassa or Vienna. On such special dates the buildings of this musical style are filled with people and it is difficult to appreciate the wonderfulness of this art. At the same time We…

Architecture in the Danube Region - exhibit FUGA Budapest

Waves of Art Nouveau – Architecture in the Danube Region – Budapest up to June 18

The exhibition Waves of Art Nouveau: Architecture in the Danube Region can be visited from today until June 18th in Budapest. FUGA, Budapest Center of Architecture, displays material that will transport you in a spectacular journey into the Art Nouveau architecture of the Danube region. The Danube flows nearly almost 3,000 kilometres from the Black Forest to the…

St Petersburg - Alexander Gassel

Exhibition: The Art of Alexander Gassel – St Petersburg from May 20

The Museum of Russian Icons presents the contemporary paintings of Russian-American artist and designer Alexander Gassel. Blending the avant-garde with traditional Russian iconography, combining ancient symbols with contemporary subjects, the artist creates surrealist works that reflect his cultural heritage alongside his experience of life in America. The exhibition will start on May 20, 2018 and end on…

Gustav Klimt Digital exhibition

Gustav Klimt Digital exhibition – in Paris, until November 11, 2018

The work of art nouveau painter Gustav Klimt is being brought to life by digital technology in Paris. In an amazing experience for Art Nouveau lovers, visitors can walk into and over paintings projected around a warehouse in a 35 minute moving sequence. Organizers say the gallery is the biggest of its kind in the world….

Alphonse Mucha’s Slav Epic Exhibit in Japan had 657k visitors in 2017

Origins One of the most important figures in the Art Nouveau movement was Alphonse Mucha. Alphons Mucha spent many years working on The Slav Epic cycle, which he considered his life’s masterwork. The Slav Epic is a series of twenty monumental canvases (the largest measuring over 6 by 8 metres) depicting the history of the Slav people and civilisation….

Guided visit The awakening of La Pedrera

La Pedrera (Antoni Gaudí) a masterpiece of nature – new vídeo

We want to show you a very inspiring video clearly representing the inspiration of Gaudí about the elements of nature. It is well known that Nature was the inspiration for the work of Antoni Gaudí. Some quotes that have been attribute to him are: There are no straight lines or sharp corners in nature. Therefore,…

William Morris and the Arts & Crafts movement in Great Britain

Two exhibits, in Riga in Barcelona, about the influences of Art Nouveau

We welcome two temporary exhibits about movements that influenced Art Nouveau, one in Barcelona (on display and open until the 21st May) and the other one in Riga (starting the 4th of May). “William Morris and the Arts & Crafts movement in Great Britain” in Barcelona, from 22nd February to 21st May The Arts and Crafts movement,…