Barcelona exhibitions Archives

What did Picasso see as he visited Paris?

Posted on August 11, 2018 by Barcelona Guide

Pablo Picasso visited Paris for his first time in 1900. One year later he returned to the city again. What did he see during his stay? How did it influence his art?

The Picasso museum in Barcelona is a fantastic gallery for those in love with Picasso and his works. But, if you decide to visit the museum sometime between September 21st and January 6th, you can enjoy a temporary exhibition consisting of works made by lots of other painters. Why?

*The Blue Room, painted by Picasso in 1901 – Source*

To answer the question what Picasso saw in Paris in 1900 and 1901, you need to look at the works of the painters who had their art exhibited in Paris at that time. Some of the artists you will meet as you come to check out this exhibition are Bartholomé, Carrière, Delacroix, Manet, Toulouse-Lautrec, Capiello, Degas, Cézanne, Steinlen and Gauguin.

The exhibition is a cooperation with Musee d’ Orsay in Paris from whom they get most of the exhibited paintings. To return the kindness, the Picasso museum in Barcelona will let Musee d’ Orsay in Paris borrow some of the pictures from the permanent exhibition in Barcelona for the same period of time.

Doesn’t this sound like an interesting temporary exhibition to check out in Barcelona? You can read more about it at the official site.

The entry to the temporary exhibition alone is 6,50 Euro. To visit the permanent exhibition and the temporary exhibition together the price is 14 Euro.

Picasso in the kitchen [Exhibition]

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Barcelona Guide

What did Picasso think of the kitchen? In what way did food, restaurants and the kitchen inspire Picasso? Come to Barcelona and discover this temporary exhibition in the Picasso museum between May and September in 2018.

In this exhibition, you can discover more than 200 works of Picasso, and they will all give you some insight into how food inspired Picasso. Not only will the exhibition show food pictures, but it will also give you insight as to how he ate, what he ate, where he ate, and in what way food influenced his senses and the kitchen gave space for dreams and pleasures.

The exhibition will open on May 25th and it will remain available until September 30th.

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Magnificent portraits made by Picasso

Posted on December 2, 2016November 11, 2016 by Barcelona Guide

A cooperation between the National Portrait Gallery in London and the Picasso museum in Barcelona has led to this temporary exhibition on Picasso portraits in the Picasso museum in Barcelona.

Since this is a cooperation between the National Portrait Gallery in London and the Picasso Museum it is only fair that the exhibition can be enjoyed in both museums. That is why this exhibition will first be on display in London between October 5th in 2016 and February 6th in 2017, before it will come to Barcelona to be displayed in the Picasso museum between March 17th in 2017 and June 25th in 2017.

It is a fact that Picasso loved making portraits and also caricatures. That is why this exhibition is a fantastic opportunity to see a mixture of his funny side with his more serious side as you discover his portraits and caricatures.

Some more info about the exhibition (source: Picasso museum website)

The National Portrait Gallery and the Museu Picasso de Barcelona are organising a major exhibition exploring the place of caricature in Picasso’s portraiture, a subject that has not previously been explored in detail. The exhibition will contain paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints from all periods of the artist’s long career. It is being curated by Elizabeth Cowling, Professor Emeritus of History of Art at Edinburgh University, and an independent scholar and exhibition curator.

For even more information on this exhibition take a look at the video beneath.

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Picasso and mythologies

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Barcelona Guide

Did you know that Picasso was very interested in mythologies? Did you know that the first Picasso painting that was preserved was of the legendary hero Hercules?

In the period between November 24th in 2016 and the 20th of March in 2017 you can get to know so much more about Pablo Picasso and his attraction to mythology. Here you can watch some of his amazing creations portraying for example Hercules, Apollo, Calydon, Cephalus, Meleager, Nestor, Pollux, Poseidon, the Minotaur and Zeus. In addition you can watch other beings and feelings he portrayed such as centaurs, fauns and muses, and they explain trivial facts about everyday life, prowess, pleasures, pain, tragedy, etc.

Based on this it might even be something you can bring your kids to, because they do for sure love fauns, centaurs, muses and of course super heroes like Apollo, Nestor and Pollux.

If you would like to know more about the exhibition then you can visit the homepage of the Picasso museum!

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Picasso doing ceramics

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Barcelona Guide

We all know Picasso as a painter, but he also sanctified time to ceramics. In this exhibition you can see photographs of Picasso as he works with ceramics.

In September the International Ceramic Academy will host its 47th congress in Barcelona. As a result the Picasso museum in Barcelona has decided to host this exhibition which shows photos of Picasso as he works with ceramics. He got this interest after the Second World War. He worked with ceramics from then until the mid 60s.

The photographs exhibited in this temporary exhibition in the Picasso museum have been made by famous photographers such as Marcos Chamudes, David Douglas Duncan, Roberto Otero and André Villers.

Picasso, Photography and Ceramic

Picasso Museum
June 23rd – October 30th

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An exhibition a different way

Posted on December 16, 2014December 16, 2014 by Barcelona Guide

The exhibition With Your Own Hands will be on display from December 2014 until next year, March 2015 at the Fundació Joan Miró.

The With Your Hands exhibition let all the visitors to experience the exhibition of Rita Ponce de León in a new and unique way. The exhibition tries to show art and the approach of art from a new perspective by letting the visitors discover the exhibited objects in a new and unusual way. At the exhibition visitors will be free to interact with the architecture and the other objects that are presented. This way new opportunities for creativity will open for the visitors where they can experience an exhibition in a different way. The exhibited objects can be moved and touched which gives a free space and let the visitors to be closer to the artist and to art as well. The exhibition With Your Own Hands will take place at the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona, Spain. The exhibition will be held from 19th December 2014 until 15th March 2015.

Fundació Joan Miró
Parc de Montjuïc s/n 08038 Barcelona – Spain

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Picasso and Dali exhibition

Posted on December 11, 2014December 11, 2014 by Barcelona Guide

This exhibition will show the works of Dali and Picasso from next year March until June in the famous Picasso Museum in Barcelona.

Salvador Dali was a Spanish Catalan surrealist painter who was born in 1904 and he died in 1989. Pablo Picasso was also a Spanish painter who was born in 1881 and he died in 1973. Both of them had a big impact on art and both of them are one of the most influential painters on the whole world. The exhibition will show the works of the two Spanish painters. Dali was on a trip to Paris in the spring of 1926 when he visited the studio where Picasso was preparing for his exhibition after Dali returned from the trip he started a serious work on reflecting Picasso’s work. In 1936 both Picasso and Dali were reflecting on the Spanish Civil Wars with powerful art works. The exhibition on Dali and Picasso will be held from 19th March 2015 until 28th June 2015. The exhibition will take place at the Picasso Museum in Barcelona.

Picasso Museum
Carrer Montcada, 15-23, 08003 Barcelona, Spain

If you want to know more on the exhibition and the museum check the official site for more information.

In our eyes this will be one of the coolest and most interesting exhibitions in all of Europe in 2015. If you are looking for another highlight in the world of exhibitions in 2015, then maybe the Munch and Van Gogh exhibition in Amsterdam and Oslo can be compared to this one!

The story of the European medals

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Barcelona Guide

This exhibition shows the development of the medals in Europe between the 17th and 19th century. The exhibition illustrates the changes medals went through the centuries and displays a wide range of various medal works from the different kings and rulers in Europe.

At the exhibition visitors have the chance to have a closer look on these rare and unique master pieces and you can also discover more on the exhibited objects history as well. The exhibition displays several medals to the audience and some of them have never been exhibited before. First the medals were commemorated the biggest and most important events of the life of the emperor such as diplomatic success, family success, constructions of public buildings and victories at wars and so on. The exhibition shows medals from the period of Louis XIV of France, Frederic the Great of Prussia and Napoleon. The exhibition Stories in Metal. Art and Power in European Medals is shown at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya in Barcelona and it is held from 17th October in 2014 until 18th October in 2015. The entrance fee for the exhibition is for € 3.50.

Museu Nacional d’Art Catalunya
Palau Nacional, Parc de Montjuïc, s/n, 08038 Barcelona, Spain

If you want to know more on the exhibition and the museum check the official site.

Exhibition on Casagemas

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Barcelona Guide

The exhibition on Carlos Casagemas is on display at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya from this year October until the beginning of next year.

Carlos Casagemas was a Spanish art student and poet who was born in 1880 in Barcelona and he died in 1901 in Paris. Casagemas is best known for his friendship with Pablo Picasso. This exhibition shows in total 38 art works of the painter including 7 oil paintings and drawings. Although Casagemas died at an early age (he was only 20 when he committed suicide in Paris) his work had a great influence both on the Catalan art and on Picasso as well. At the exhibition visitors have the chance to have a closer look on Casagemas works and learn more about the friendship between Picasso and Casagemas. The exhibition on Carlos Casagemas takes place at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya in Barcelona. The exhibition is held from 31st October 2014 to 22nd February 2015. The entrance to the exhibition is for € 4.

Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya
Palau Nacional, Parc de Montjuïc, s/n, 08038 Barcelona, Spain

For more information on the museum and the exhibition check the official site.

Neutral Zone: Exhibition

Posted on October 21, 2014October 14, 2023 by Barcelona Guide

The exhibition Neutral Zone shows the art works from the period of the First World War.

The exhibition presents a wide range of works from different painters from that time and through their pictures visitors will have the chance to have a closer look on the war, politics and every day life in the world. The exhibition will take place in one of the most visited cities in Spain, Barcelona. It is concentrating on the most outstanding Spanish painters such as Pablo Picasso, Milo, Togores, Manolo Hugue.

At the exhibition visitors can explore the foreign painters art works as well such as Picabia, Otto Loyd, Olga Sacharova and so on who escaped to Spain, to Barcelona during the war. During the First World War the catalan painters started discovering a new style and way of painting the avant grade. All the political, cultural, the every day life tension are reflected in the works, the posters, magazines, advertising, stickers, postcards and in the cinema as well.

The exhibition Neutral Zone will take place in Barcelona at the Fundació Joan Miró. It will be shown from 25th October 2014 until 15th February 2015.

For more information on the museum and the exhibition click here.