The Museu Nacional is working to incorporate into the collection the art of the period dating from the post-war years and the Franco dictatorship to the return of democracy and the beginnings of Post-modernism, a period that has been called the second Avant-garde and has been little studied to date.

Based on an intense process of research, the museum is performing a task of heritage enhancement in order to configure the collection covering this period. The works that have been admitted, thanks to donations, long-term loans and purchases, will be exhibited in the rooms at the end of the Modern Art collection, as a prolongation of the permanent collection’s discourse.

The quality and the interest of Catalan art in those years, in both its connections with the major international trends and its singularities, lead to the configuration of a varied and complex collection, which will include renowned artists and many figures as yet undiscovered or waiting to be rediscovered.

During this programme of heritage enhancement and admission to the permanent collection of Catalan art of the post-war years and the second Avant-garde, in 2019 works by Aurèlia Muñoz, Joan Claret, Ramón Llovet, Magda Bolumar, Fin (José Vilató), Francesc Todó and Messa (Francesc Sempere Fernández de Messa) will be presented.

This is a collection under construction that will grow, since more additions are planned during the year.

Curator: Àlex Mitrani, modern art curator
Dates: January – March 2019