Fundació Antoni Tàpies

The Fundació Antoni Tàpies is a cultural center and museum, located in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain), dedicated mainly to the life and works of the painter Antoni Tàpies.

The Fundació was created in 1984 by the artist Antoni Tàpies to promote the study and knowledge of modern and contemporary art. It combines the organisation of temporary exhibitions, symposia, lectures and film seasons with a range of publications to go with the activities and periodic shows of Antoni Tàpies’ work. The Fundació owns one of the most complete collections of Tàpies’ work, mostly made up of donations by Antoni and Teresa Tàpies.

The Fundació opened its doors in June 1990 in the building of the former "Montaner i Simon" publishing house, a work of the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, restored and refurbished by the architects Roser Amadó and Lluís Domènech Girbau. Constructed between 1880 and 1885, at an early stage of the evolution of Catalan Modernisme style, the building was the first in the Eixample district to integrate industrial typology, combining exposed brick and iron.

External links

* [http://www.fundaciotapies.org/site/spip.php?rubrique65 Fundació Antoni Tàpies] Official website
* [http://www.fundaciotapies.org/site/article.php3?id_article=2933 ] Images of the building
* [http://www.muselius.com/spain/barcelona/fundacio-antoni-tapies/en/ Fundació Antoni Tàpies - Muselius]