Antoni Tàpies Foundation

Antoni Tàpies is a very important abstract expressionism painter from Barcelona, and his foundation has been closed for two years in order to refurbish the building. The Antoni Tàpies Foundation has been opened two days ago, and it is a very interesting place to visit for many reasons, let me tell you some of them:

1.The building is beautiful, white, clean and peaceful. The Tàpies Foundation is situated in the Modernista (Art Nouveau) building of a publishing house, Editorial Montaner i Simon, designed by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, the architect of El Palau de la Música Catalana, L'Hospital de Sant Pau, La Casa Fuster...,and restored by the firm of architects Ábalos + Sentkiewicz

2. The collection is great, even if you do not like contemporary art, because they have exposed not only Tàpies paintings. They have organized the collections in a very clever way in order to bring closer to the visitors the works by Tàpies. They have spread the collection  in two sections:

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  In the first place: situated at the basement of the foundation, where you have the opportunity of seeing diferents objects owned and loved by Tàpies, objects  that have influeced the painter and his artistic development.
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  In the second place: a very good selection of Tàpies paintings, that show us the evolution of the artist for more than 60 years of career.

3. The sock, (el Mitjó) the controversial sculpture that was designed for the MNAC (National Museum of Catalan Art) in 1992, but finally refused due to political reasons, display in the the terrace of the Foundation, in the middle of the courtyard of the block of houses.