William Morris and the Arts & Crafts movement in Great Britain
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Temporary exhibition room 1
Tab Group Exhibition The Arts and Crafts movement, linked to design and decorative arts, was born in Great Britain around 1880 and it was developed until the First World War. It spread rapidly throughout America and Europe until reaching Japan. Its maximum ideologist was the artist and writer William Morris (1834-1896) and took its name from the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, founded in London in 1887.
It was a movement born from ideals, the concern for the effects of industrialisation in design, in know-how and in everyday life. It advocated a reactivation of traditional arts and crafts, a return to a simpler way of life and an improvement in the design of ordinary domestic objects.
The exhibition would be the first by Morris and the Arts & Crafts to be held in Spain and will present the masterpieces from this artistic movement. It will come to Barcelona after its exhibition in Madrid, from October 6 2017 to January 21 2018, at the Fundación Juan March .
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On the occasion of the exhibition a small intervention has been made in room 69 of Modern Art Collection that includes a Gothic altarpiece and two bookbinders of the early XX century. These works illustrate the connections established with the Arts & Crafts movement.
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Free entry
22/02/2018
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Included in the admission price
03/03/2018
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Free entry
21/03/2018 25/04/2018 16/05/2018
Activity based on the exhibition
Free entry
15/05/2018