The magnificent collections at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC), covering from the 11th to the 20th century, illustrate, amongst others, two outstanding periods in Catalan art: the Romanesque, with a collection unique in the world; and Modernisme, featuring outstanding works by such artists as Antoni Gaudí, among others. The museum site also commands spectacular views over the city.
© Photo M.A.S
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02 December 2009 - 11 April 2010
Guests of Honour
Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the MNAC
It is now 75 years since the inauguration of the Museu d’Art de Catalunya, and the MNAC is celebrating it by bringing together 75 masterpieces of Catalan art belonging to private collections, Catalan, European and American museums, and ecclesiastic patrimony. The show enables us to journey through the history of Catalan art from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century, through works of great artistic quality from the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods, the nineteenth century, and the first three decades of the twentieth century. Exceptionally, some of these works have left their usual place in the churches and cathedrals of Catalonia for the first time to be included in this commemorative exhibition.
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05 January 2010 - 02 May 2010
The Iberians: Culture and Coinage
The coins struck by the Iberians are a magnificent testimony to the history of these peoples who, from the 6th to the 1st century BC, developed one of the most important cultures in the Iberian Peninsula.