The originality of Catalan Modernisme is the result of an apparent contradiction between tradition and modernity. It represented the re-examination of Catalonia’s own history and traditions by a society that wanted to be cosmopolitan and modern. During the decade of the 1890s, architects and designers revived the past with styles which were simultaneously medieval, archaic… Read more »
The Réseau Art Nouveau Network is delighted to announce the opening of memberships to its association to individual members.The annual membership fee amounts to 50 Euros and will give new advantages to the RANN Friends.
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The exhibition sheds light on Gaudernack’s work process and offers a comprehensive presentation of his artistic oeuvre, including works never shown in public, both from the museum’s holdings and from private collections, as well as a selection of his beautiful watercolour sketches.
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the RANN, urban.brussels, founding member of RANN, is hosting an international symposium in Brussels, co-organised by RANN and urban.brussels in partnership with the Horta Museum and CIVA, on the theme “Interiors of the Art Nouveau period : analyse, restore, make accessible”.
Following its restoration, come and celebrate the reopening of Villa Majorelle! Free Admission and entertainment at the Villa Majorelle, the Ecole de Nancy Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Nancy and the Government Palace.
To celebrate the reopening of Villa Majorelle, a friendly and festive program awaits you!
The fourth Brussels Art Nouveau & Art Deco (BANAD) Festival will take place from 14 to 29 March 2020. The programme will include guided tours of exceptional Art Nouveau and Art Deco interiors, guided walking, bike and coach tours, exhibitions,lectures, family activities, etc.
To celebrate this event, RANN and its members are preparing activities that will take place throughout the year: a special World Art Nouveau Day, an international conference, a new website… More information soon.Picture: RANN’s logo © Réseau Art Nouveau Network
The Réseau Art Nouveau Network is delighted to announce that it has been approved for certification as a Council of Europe Cultural Route by the Governing Board of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes (EPA), following the final defense which took place on 11 April 2014 in Luxembourg. Through numerous activities (travelling exhibitions, colloquiums, publications, activities for children…),… Read more »
The Nature of Art Nouveau reveals the role that nature had in the Art Nouveau and how much it was the source of inspiration for the artists at the turn of 19th to 20th century. Conceived by the Catalan art historian Teresa-M. Sala, The Nature of Art Nouveau is an exhibition based on both encyclopedic information and individual… Read more »
The Nature of Art Nouveau reveals the role that nature had in the Art Nouveau and how much it was the source of inspiration for the artists at the turn of 19th to 20th century. Conceived by the Catalan art historian Teresa-M. Sala, The Nature of Art Nouveau is an exhibition based on both encyclopedic information and individual… Read more »
Sustainable protection and promotion of Art Nouveau heritage in the Danube Region The Réseau Art Nouveau Network is glad to take part to this ambitious project as a technical associated partner! Throughout the Danube region, Art Nouveau is a defining feature of many urban landscapes. Art Nouveau movement in this area mainly stemmed from the… Read more »
At the Threshold of a New Era The complex development and re-foundation of the Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest Opened in 1896, the museum building is one of the chief works of visionary architect Ödön Lechner, who created a new style in architecture. Unfortunately, the building was severely damaged during the wars of the twentieth… Read more »
Fabric and wallpaper in Brussels houses Art Nouveau was a very significant period for the creation of wallpaper and fabrics. Inside Art Nouveau buildings, both Victor Horta and his contemporaries gave meaning to the concept of total art and revolutionised the applied arts, abolishing the hierarchy between different forms of plastic art. Original motifs, complex… Read more »
This new interpretation center aims to offer visitors a wider range of explanations for all audiences (ages 7 to 77) of all nationalities. An animated movie, freely inspired by Monty Python, tells the life and work of Victor Horta.Archival images will come to life in a sometimes offbeat universe, sometimes faithful to the master’s one.… Read more »
This A listed building is internationally recognised as the only surviving Tea Rooms designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and where he had complete control over both the interior and exterior design. It is also regarded as one of the finest examples in the world of a complete Art Nouveau scheme. The building has undergone extensive… Read more »
After several years of closure, the György Ráth Villa of the Museum of Applied Arts (1068 Budapest, Városligeti fasor 12.) can be visited again from 14 September 2018, where a new permanent exhibition titled Art Nouveau – a Hungarian Perspective, displaying the finest selection of the Museum of Applied Arts’ Art Nouveau collection, can be visited.… Read more »
Hôtel Aubecq is one of Victor Horta’s finest achievements, as regards both the built result and the relationship that the architect had with the client, Octave Aubecq, throughout the conception of the project. Aubecq was authoritarian and peremptory, Horta stubborn and clever: both men hit it off wonderfully! Hôtel Aubecq was sold in 1948 with… Read more »
New horizons in Central Europe, 1914-1938 The end of WWI and the Austro-Hungarian Empire also meant the revival of major developments in the art world. Political and economic shifts led to artistic migrations, new ideas and perspectives and new artistic networks sprang up all over the place. Artists met up in arts centres and international… Read more »
Monet · Van Gogh · Klimt The 2018 autumn exhibition in the Kunstforum is devoted to “Japomanie” – the West’s passion for the aesthetics and world of images of the Far East. The exhibition traces its development, starting with the fascination for the exotic and the new and the first stirrings in the 1860s to… Read more »
