‘BARCELONA AND MODERNITY’ ON VIEW AT METROPOLITAN MUSEUM TO JUNE 3

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NEW YORK CITY — The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents “Barcelona and Modernity: Gaudi to Dali” through June 3.

The first comprehensive exhibition of its type ever mounted in America, “Barcelona and Modernity: Gauidi to Dali” explores the diverse and innovative work of Barcelona’s artists, architects and designers in the years between the Barcelona Universal Exposition of 1888 and the imposition of the Fascist regime of Francisco Franco in 1939.

The exhibition offers new insights into the art movements that advanced the city’s quest for modernity and confirmed it as the primary center of radical intellectual, political and cultural activities in Spain. Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Salvador Dali and Antoni Gaudi are among the artists who contributed to the creative vitality of Barcelona.

On view are some 300 works in a range of media: paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, posters, decorative objects, furniture, architectural models and design. The exhibition was organized by The Cleveland Museum of Art and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in association with Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, and is accompanied by a catalog.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is at 1000 Fifth Avenue. For information, 212-535-7710 or www.metmuseum.org.