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The exhibition The Meaning of Vacuum collects 70 works that examine “the fragility and intimacy accompanying the personal iconography, usually tragic, sometimes ironic, that invite us to take a breather for meditation”, as expressed by Àlex Mitrani, the exhibition’s guest curator. Father Josep de C. Laplana, director of Montserrat’s Museum, explains that, despite his age, Joan Furriols “amazes for his modernity; the most humble and every-day things become,...

Great artists, choral and chamber music ensembles gather around Montserrat’s organ in order to offer the great classical and contemporary repertoire. Financed by Montserrat’s Abbey and " Obra Social Caixa Penedès”, the international festival has been directed by F. Jordi-Agustí Piqué, under the guidance by organist Miquel González. F. Manel Gasch, Montserrat’s abbey administrator, coordinates the whole project.   Catalunya M&uacut...

The German artist Waltraud Maczassek, who settled down in Barcelona and resides now in Penedès area, shows the exhibition Parallel Universes –at Montserrat’s Museum’s Sala Pere Daura until June 9th – a collection of thirty mixed-technique works –sculpture / acrylic- through cuttings carved with her fingers, leaving traces. Waltraud Maczassek’s work, mostly pictorial, draws its inspiration from nature to depict interior landscapes, and is closely align...

The retrospective Jordi Fornas, painter, aims to be a well-deserved homage to this artist who, for many years, was the head graphic designer of magazine Serra d’Or. Best known as a designer, Jordi Fornas Martínez belongs to the leading group of artists and intellectuals who contributed to modernise the Catalan culture during the Sixties, in his case through pop style. This exhibition focuses exclusively on both his paintings and his sculptural work, less well known. The exhibition...

Montserrat’s Library has promoted a version of Montserrat’s Bible in ePUB, one of the most popular standards for most e-book readers. Therefore, by entering http://www.bibliotecademontserrat.net/cat/html/bibliaepub.htm, anyone can download Montserrat’s Bible using this format, which is supported by most mobile devices and computers (Windows XP/Vista/7, Windows 8, Mac OS, iOS iPhone and Android). Montserrat’s Bible is already accessible through iSilo software since 2007....

Jordi Fornas, painter , From March 4th at Espai d'Art Pere Pruna Montserrat’s Museum (MDM) is preparing an exhibition about the graphic designer Jordi Fornas – Jordi Fornas, Painter -, at Espai d'Art Pere Pruna from March 4th to June 9th, curated by Sílvia Muñoz d'Imbert. Jordi Fornas Martínez was, for many years, the head graphic designer of magazine Serra d’Or. Best known as a designer, he belongs to the leading group of artists and intellectuals w...