Museo Fran Daurel, Contemporary art museum in Barcelona, Spain.
The Museo Fran Daurel is a contemporary art museum in Barcelona that displays paintings, sculptures, photographs, and multimedia installations from Spanish and international creators. The museum organizes its collection to offer visitors a view of different artistic approaches and mediums.
The museum was inaugurated on 1 December 2001 on the initiative of collector Francisco Daurella (Barcelona, 1927), a lawyer and businessman who was Spain's first Coca-Cola franchisee and founded the Fran Daurel and Amyc foundations. It occupies building no. 62 of the Poble Espanyol, a reproduction of the Posada de las Ánimas de Ronda. In 2004 the complex was extended with a 5,000 m² sculpture garden beside the Romanesque monastery, holding 41 works by 27 artists.
The museum is housed in building 62 of the Poble Espanyol, a replica of the Posada de las Ánimas inn from Ronda. Its roughly 80 artists span Picasso, Miró, Dalí, Tàpies and Barceló, covering movements from surrealism and informalism to hyperrealism and conceptual art. Since 2004 a sculpture garden beside the Romanesque monastery holds 41 outdoor pieces by 27 sculptors.
The museum offers guided tours and educational workshops with full wheelchair accessibility throughout its spaces. Visitors should check current exhibitions and opening times before their visit to plan their experience well.
The sculpture garden added in 2004 covers about 5,000 m² beside the Romanesque monastery, holding 41 works by 27 artists, among them Sergi Aguilar, Robert Llimós, Marcel Martí and Pablo Atchugarry. It followed the example of the sculpture garden at the Joan Miró Foundation, also on Montjuïc.
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