Exhibition « Natures of Art Nouveau », travelling exhibition 2013-2015

Organised by the Réseau Art Nouveau Network in the framework of the European project "Art Nouveau & Ecology" (2010-2015) supported by the Culture 2007-2013 programme of the European Commission, the exhibition comprises two identical concurrent exhibitions and will begin its journey to all partner cities in October 2013 at Helsinki and Brussels.

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 The new leaflet of the network is available online!

In the framework of the project Art Nouveau & Ecology, the Réseau Art Nouveau Network created a new leaflet to introduce the 15 partners and the actions of the project as well as the 21 members of the Réseau Art Nouveau Network association.  
Seven versions and 9 languages are already available online:

English-French-German            English-Finnish-German
English-French-Dutch               English-Latvian-German
English-French-Italian              English-French-Catalan
English-French-Slovene
 

9th Barcelona Modernista Fair in Barcelona - from 31 May to 2 June 2013

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.

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 period cars tour, 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.

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The Centre del Modernisme tel. +34 933 177 652 or Cor Eixample tel. +34 934 871 243.

Presentation of the event in Spanish and Catalan

Exhibition Renaissance, a model for the École de Nancy? At the Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy – from 4 May to 15 September 2013

You may have to come back to the very beginnings of the École de Nancy to find traces of the influence of Renaissance Art. Émile Gallé and Louis Majorelle indeed inherited and transmitted during their first years of activity, the decorative traditions generated in the mid 19th century by the powerful revival of the historic styles.
A materialized journey through the collections of the museum, revealing the humanist heritage of Renaissance, especially in the work of Émile Gallé.

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The Terrassa Modernista Fair – from 11 to 12 May 2013

The great holiday of the modernism in Catalonia 
You will re-live through Terrassa and Catalonia of 1900 in a weekend full of activities.

The second weekend of May
The Terrassa Modernista Fair has become one of Catalonia’s leading tourism events, and in May each year it offers more than 100,000 visitors a weekend full of cultural and culinary events, activities for kids, shows, exhibitions etc. It is the great annual modernisme festival in Catalonia and has become the shop window for a period which has left a lasting impression on Catalan character and landscapes through the arts, architecture and industry.
Terrassa has preserved and enhanced some extraordinary architectural heritage and is one of the Catalan, Spanish and European capitals of industrial modernisme.

Circus - Art and craft fair – Gastronomy - Street shows – Dance – Concerts - Tourism routes Carnival giants - Children’s activities - Classic cars - Puppets – Music… in the historical centre of the city.

MORE INFORMATION:
Town Hall of Terrassa - Tourist Office
Raval de Montserrat, 14 - 08221 Terrassa
Téléphone: + 34 93 739 7019
E-mail: turisme@terrassa.cat
Website: www.visitaterrassa.cat or www.terrassa.cat/turisme

Presentation of the event in Spanish and in Catalan

Télérama Week-end at Musée de l'Ecole de Nancy – from 23 to 24 March 2013

Free entrance at the Museum with the Télérama Pass from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Two exceptional meetings are offered to children as well as adults on Sunday 24 March:

10.30 a.m.: “The Monsters ball”, family visit. Through the collections of the Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy, discover a fantastic bestiary. The monsters will not have secrets for you anymore at the end of the visit!

4 p.m.: „Collect Emile Gallé’s works: tour of two collectors“: presentation by Valérie Thomas, curator of the Museum, of several centerpieces in glass and wood of the artist coming from two important private collections given and acquired by the Museum.

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New permanent collection at the MMCAT in Barcelona

On the event of its third anniversary, the Museu del Modernisme Català is inaugurating its new permanent collection on 14 March. In its resolve to continue promoting and disseminating Catalan Modernisme, the museum has added almost thirty new works by the most significant artists in our cultural legacy.

Among the recent additions, highlights include two drawings in charcoal and pastel by Ramon Casas, one of which is a portrait of his model, lover and wife Júlia Peraire, in which the fashion tastes of the early twentieth century predominate. Also exhibited is the escritoire from the long-gone Casa Trinxet, a building designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch (located at Còrsega, 268, on Balmes corner, next to the railway line linking Barcelona and Sarrià). Its Solomonic-styled legs are striking, matching as they do the same style of columns in the house’s entrance hall and sitting room.

One of Gaspar Homar’s remarkable pieces is the spectacular, large umbrella stand with magnificently worked marquetry that decorates most of this piece of entrance hall furniture. Another skilled cabinetmaker and decorator, Joan Busquets, is the creator of a settle bench of exquisite refinement, which furnished the study of the famous photographer Pau Audouard, occupying the ground floor of Casa Lleó Morera in Passeig de Gràcia (today the Loewe store).

Another notable piece of artwork is the poster for the 3a Exposició internacional de Belles Arts de 1896 (3rd International Fine Arts Exhibition, 1896) by Alexandre de Riquer. It is of large dimensions and considered to be the first Modernista poster. Closing this selection of works is the delicate set of silver cups from the workshop of the Masriera brothers, the result of exact and meticulous silversmithing.

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Exhibition Vienna 1900: New Presentation of the MAK Permanent Collection in Vienna – until 17 March 2013

This presentation starts a process of renewal and renovation within the MAK Permanent Collection, with the opening of three newly designed and installed galleries (unchanged since 1993). These spaces are devoted to the development of Viennese arts and crafts between 1890 and 1938 and are intended to position the MAK and its collection as an international center of research for Viennese Modernism. The permanent exhibition display is conceived as a “work in progress.” In its first phase, designed by Viennese architect Michael Embacher, the conceptual framework developed by Christian Witt-Dörring, in collaboration with the MAK collection curators, is embodied by collection objects, which are for the most part relatively unknown to the public. In keeping with MAK’s well-known practice of basing the design of its galleries on an encompassing artistic concept, the Los Angeles based artist Pae White has been commissioned to develop an artistic intervention for the second, concluding phase of the project. It will be opened in May 2013, on the basis of this temporary presentation and object selection.

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