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National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC)
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Vista frontal del Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña. Barcelona © MNAC - Museu Nacional d´Art de Catalunya
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Picture in the National Art Museum of Catalonia ©Turespaña
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Wooden carved figure of the crucified Christ. National Art Museum of Catalonia ©Turespaña
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San Clemente de Taüll Apse. Barcelona © MNAC - Museu Nacional d´Art de Catalunya
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Palau Nacional. Parque de Montjuïc s/n
08038 Barcelona
Barcelona, Catalonia
08038 Barcelona
Barcelona, Catalonia
Telephone+34 936220376 - +34 936220375
Fax+34 936220383
E-mailmnac@mnac.cat
Websitehttp://www.mnac.cat
Temporary exhibitions
One museum - 1,000 years of art
The MNAC contains works of art from the 10th to the 20th century.
The different collections at the National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC) offer a complete exhibition encompassing all art disciplines (sculpture, painting, drawing, engraving, posters, as well as photography and coin collections). It intends to give a vision of art in Catalonia throughout history, from the Romanesque period to modern times, and the avant-garde movement. The collection features works by artists such as El Greco, Zurbarán, Velázquez, Fortuny, Gaudí, Casas, Torres-García, Julio González, Dalí and Picasso.
Essential works
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San Clemente de Taüll Apse
This is one of the masterpieces of the European Romanesque. It is notable for its vivid colours and a style that tends towards geometry and abstraction.
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Apse of Santa María d’Àneu
It is notable for its complex iconography, particularly the synthesis of prophetic images of the Old Testament and the unusual presence of archangels acting as lawyers for mankind before God.
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Apostles around the empty Tomb
These wall paintings from a Romanesque church reflect the Classic style of one of the most acknowledged Baroque masters, Annibale Carracci.
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Self-portrait
Forms part of the famous gallery of portraits by Ramon Casas, one of the most important of those in MNAC's Print, Drawing and Poster Department.
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Head of Christ
Attributed to Jaume Cascalls, one of the most important 14th century, Catalan sculptors, this work is remarkable for its dramatic affect and naturalist style.
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Cala Forn
Painting by Joaquín Sunyer, and one of the most paradigmatic in the movement that involved a return to order, known as "noucentisme" in Catalonia.
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Dawn parade
This image is part of the Royal Masquerade, a key work in the history of 18th-century Catalan engravings.
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Confidente
This is a piece of furniture conceived as a work of art, albeit without forsaking its utility, which sublimates the prolific, inventive capacity of the architect, Gaudí.
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The Consecration of Saint Augustine
This panel, remarkable for its quality of composition and execution, formed part of one of the biggest Catalan Gothic altarpieces.
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Desconsuelo
Josep Llimona is considered to be the most genuine representative Catalan modernist sculpture. This work is a masterly synthesis of the symbolist vein in the modernist movement.
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Temporary exhibitions
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I work the street. Joan Colom, photographs 1957-2010
An anthological exhibition dedicated to Joan Colom that offers an exhaustive run through the work of this great moderniser of Spanish post-war photography.
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Come and visit
Timetables
Oct 01 to Apr 30
Tuesday to Saturday
Does not close at midday
10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Public holidays and Sunday
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Closed: Mondays except public holidays, 1 and 5 January and 25 December.
May 01 to Sep 30
Tuesday to Saturday
Does not close at midday
10:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Public holidays
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Closing days: Monday
Starting on 1 April 2014, the rooms housing the 19th and 20th-century collection will be closed to the public until about the end of September. During this period, a selection of the masterpieces of the period can be seen in the temporary exhibition rooms.
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General: €12
Reduced: €8,40
Free admission
People over the age of 65, the unemployed, children under 16, and on Saturdays from 3 pm, the first Sunday of every month, 18 May, and 11 and 24 September.
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