SINCE 2006 MAKING BARCELONA COME ALIVE FOR YOU
Yes: Barcelona is a city for architecture lovers. But Art lovers have their space too, and a very exciting one by the way! If you like paintings and sculpture, in this tag you’ll find all our blog posts related to the Fine Arts, and that includes of course masters such as Picasso (who spent his youth in town), Miro (born in Barcelona), and Salvador Dali (from a town just 1.5 hours away, whose main museums can be easily visited in a day trip. Besides that, we also have a spectacular Museum of National Art of Catalonia that would be consider a gem in any other city where it didn’t have to compete against Gaudi and the other masters we mentioned. And a lot of smaller museums that will delight any art lovers.
THE DALI WORKS YOU SHOULDN’T MISS WHEN VISITING THE THEATER MUSEUM The other day I read an article about the Dali Museum in a magazine aimed at Russian tourists coming to Barcelona. To my surprise, they said there weren’t any Salvador Dali famous paintings there, and it wasn’t too worth it. Whaaaat? After doing some …
5 MASTERPIECES OF THE MNAC YOU SHOULDN’T MISS The Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya is the largest museum in Barcelona, heart of the Barcelona art scene and a must for any art lover. It is divided in two floors, featuring collections that cover almost 1000 years of Catalan art: from the Romanesque paintings all the way …
MNAC HIGHLIGHTS: TOP WORKS OF THE MUSEU NACIONAL D’ART DE CATALUNYA Read More »
STORIES ABOUT THE BIOGRAPHY OF PABLO PICASSO YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT One of the most important museums in Barcelona is the Picasso Museum. And you might be wandering why do we have a Picasso museum if the artist was born in Malaga and lived most of his life in France? Well, he actually spent his …
5 INTERESTING PABLO PICASSO FACTS (PLUS A BONUS) Read More »
SALVADOR DALI FUN FACTS, FUNKY FACTS AND CURIOUS FACTS Many facts about Salvador Dali will help you understanding better his works and their symbolism. Some are fun facts, some other are quite interesting, and a few can be even disturbing. They talk about live, love, fear and passions, and knowing about them will open your …
5+1 BARCELONA ART MUSEUMS YOU SHOULDN’T MISS Barcelona is art. Art is here represented in many ways: open-air sculptures, monuments, buildings, art galleries, museums… If you are an art lover and art is one of your passions, you need to visit our best Barcelona art museums. It’s a fascinating way to understand our culture through any …
TAKE THE MOST OUT OF YOUR VISIT TO THE MIRO MUSEUM IN BARCELONA The Joan Miro Foundation is one of the best museums in Barcelona, together with the Picasso Museum and the MNAC, and one advantage of the Miro Museum versus the Picasso Museum, is that it follows the whole evolution of Miro from his …
JOAN MIRO FOUNDATION: WORKS AND PAINTINGS YOU MUST CHECK OUT Read More »
TOP MUSTS FOR ANY ART GALLERY LOVER COMING TO TOWN The best art galleries in Barcelona are gathered around a few blocks on Consell de Cent street, but some other great ones are hidden in the alleys of the Old Town. Finding them can be a huge time investment unless you know exactly where you …
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TAKE THE MOST OUT OF YOUR VISIT TO THE BARCELONA PICASSO MUSEUM You might be disappointed if you visit the Picasso Museum of Barcelona on your own: I have heard a lot of people complaining saying that they didn’t find there the kind of paintings they were looking for. and that’s correct, the Picasso Museum …
