The Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza, in collaboration with the Munch Museet of Oslo, will host the first major exhibition to be held on the Norwegian artist in Madrid since 1984. The presentation  will examine Edvard Much´s long and prolific career through eighty works by the painter, half of them from the collection of the Munch Museet.

Structured by themes, it will explore the representation of the human figure in various settings: the coast, the patient´s room, the abyss, the green room, the forest, night, the artist´s studio. In order to show the radical nature of his artistic language, the exhibition will study the interplay between flat and sinuous forms, the ambiguity of opposites, symbolic colour, the expressive deformation of the body and the use of experimental textures and engraving techniques. Edvard Munch will ultimately analyse the artistic strategies used by the painter to orient space towards a psychic dimension and convert his compositions into a lasting truth that symbolises the human condition.

Art study days: Edvard Munch

On 22 and 23 October 2015, the Museum´s Department of Modern Painting is organising art study days in connection with the temporary exhibition on Edvard Munch. Aimed at students and teachers, as well as the general public, they will take a new look at Munch´s work as well as vindicating his status as one of the founders of modernity.

For more information: http://www.museothyssen.org/en/thyssen/ficha_actividad/422

Discover the parallels between two iconic artists: Vincent van Gogh and Edvard Munch. Admire the many masterpieces from all over the world, including The scream by Munch and Starry night over the Rhone by Van Gogh in one spectacular exhibition.

Lectures:
From 8 November 2015 to 17 January 2016, the Van Gogh Museum is organising three lectures highlighting interesting aspects of the "Munch: Van Gogh" exhibition.
For more information: http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/whats-on/lectures

The exhibition showcases the use of hydraulic mosaic tiles, items that were intimately linked to Catalan architecture between 1890 and 1930. The show also helps to understand their origins, identify major manufacturers, analyse techniques and observe the evolution of these decorative pieces.

The exhibition "Only Those Who Fight Survive: L´École de Nancy and the Political and Social Questions of its Period" presents  l´École de Nancy through a heretofore unseen prism: that of the political commitment of Emile Galle, Victor Prouve and other members of the Art Nouveau movement in Nancy.

The relationship between art and politics is explained to a certain extent by the search for total and social art yet also by its historical context.
Firstly, visitors discover the particular dimension that Art Nouveau had in Nancy due to Lorraine´s convulsive history, the trauma that arose from losing territories annexed by Germany in 1871 and Nancy´s role as a border town and last bastion against the German threat. Then the show covers the decisive action of Émile Gallé, l´École de Nancy´s first president.
Several works illustrate his stance in favour of oppressed peoples such as the Armenians, Irish, or Romanian Jews. His commitment in the Dreyfus affair went beyond the arts. Here, we discover the intellectual Gallé and his public and political involvement. Victor Prouvé, who would succeed Gallé
as president of l´École de Nancy, had a diferent political sensibility, influenced by anarchism and his friend Charles Keller, an old communard. The exhibition reveals Victor Prouvé´s evolution and his ornamentation for buildings, in which his republican commitment is apparent. This led him to be elected municipal counsellor in 1912.
Finally, the last section covers the venture of the Nancy People´s University and People´s House. Members and sympathisers of l´École de Nancy joined his educational project and participated in several initiatives.

The show, which has received the certification of "Exhibition of National Interest"
from the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, lets us discover the intellectual modernity of l´École de Nancy, which mobilised on issues that are still topical today.

The exhibition "Modernism. Art, workshops, industries" provides a complete overview of this movement focused on the so-called decorative and applied arts and crafts that played a larger role (the stained glass, wrought iron, ceramics, artistic carpentry ... ).

Within the new concept of modern art that was formulated at the end of the 19th century, the difference and hierarchy between the various artistic genres began to become less distinct. Graphic art consequently became the subject of enormous interest and experimentation on the part of painters such as Toulouse-Lautrec, Bonnard and Mucha, among others, a fact that also benefitted specialist illustrators who began to be seen as artists. In addition, technical innovations in printmaking which allowed for increasingly rapid methods of reproduction of higher quality and in larger print runs, combined with the increasing presence of advertising as part of contemporary culture, definitively broke down the previous boundaries which had confined graphic illustration to books and magazines and this medium now took possession of the street in the form of posters.

"Alphonse Mucha: In Quest of Beauty" explores the work of the artist, around the theme of beauty - the core principle underlying his artistic philosophy. The show will include over 60 works drawn primarily from the collection of the Mucha Trust, focusing on drawings, paintings, photographs and iconic posters, such as Gismonda, Mucha´s first poster designed for the actress Sarah Bernhardt.
Like artists of the British Arts and Crafts movement, it was Mucha´s belief that beautiful works of art should improve the quality of people's lives.

On the occasion of the centenary of the death of the artist, the Museu Nacional and the Museu d´Art Jaume Morera are dedicating a solo exhibition to Xavier Gosé, one of the most international Catalan artists of the early 20th century.

Gosé´s work swings between Modernisme and Art Déco, inspired by the daily life of concert cafés, midinettes (seamstresses), prostitutes, the snobs and flâneurs of the boulevards, horse races and sportsmen. His refined and elegant hand captured the fashions and silhouettes of the finest French fashion houses such as Poiret, Worth, Paquin, Redfern, Doucet and Vionnet, and influenced geometric Cubism, Persian inspiration and Russian ballets.

"The Palace of Craftsmen" is an exhibition of photographs of the Palau Güell taken by the photographer Ramon Manent that highlight, as if through a magnifying glass, the small great masterpieces complementing the architecture of this building that cannot always be found by visitors. The exhibition takes a creative approach and is accompanied by a unique and very revealing exhibition route prepared by curator Raquel Lacuesta.

The exhibition explores Anglada-Camarasa´s interest in Japanese art, which was shaped during his years in Paris. This interest is evident in his collection of Japanese prints and books, which will be displayed in relation to his work.