Barcelona Moderna: From Gaudí to Picasso
Late nineteenth-century Barcelona saw the rise of Catalan modernism, a singular movement that encompassed not only art and architecture, but also music and literature. The exhibition, the first in Germany to explore this theme, presents the pulsating metropolis and its cultural landscape from ca. 1880 to 1914.
Along with famous names like Antoni Gaudí and Pablo Picasso, the show features lesser-known protagonists such as Ramon Casas, Santiago Rusiñol, Isidre Nonell, Joaquim Mir, and Hermenegildo Anglada-Camarasa. In their pursuit of an artistic identity of their own, they drew inspiration from medieval Catalonia and the Spanish Old Masters, from avant-garde movements in Paris and European Art Nouveau, from the social-political tensions of the city and the paradisical landscapes of Mallorca.
Lenders include the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya and the Círculo del Liceo, Barcelona, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Es Baluard Museu d’Art Contemporani de Palma, the Colección Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza, and other international public and private collections.
In cooperation with the Kunsthalle München in Munich, where the exhibition will be on view from October 23, 2026 to February 21, 2027.