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A selection of the original graphic art by Joaquim Chancho, produced between 1972 and 2013, composed of serigraphs, etchings and lithographs, can be seen at Espai d’Art Pere Pruna in Montserrat’s Museum (MDM) from 10th November to 15th March 2015. The exhibition –named Estampes (Prints) - is made up of forty pieces produced from different techniques – some of them in collaboration with artists and different graphic art workshops in Barcelona. According to curator Ant&ogr...

Montserrat’s Museum presents, until Nov. 2nd, an unprecedented exhibition of Coptic textiles. It is the completion of a long process of work, study and restoration, which started after they were donated to the Monastery in 1999 by Soler Vilabella family. The exhibition ‘The Coptic Textiles of Montserrat’s Museum: The Soler Vilabella collection’ has worth beyond the textile typologies it gathers. Its importance lies especially in all the historiography that contextualize...

Espai d'Art Pere Pruna at MDM houses a small retrospective exhibition with various sculptures by Josep Maria Subirachs, offering a representative sample of his different artistic periods. The Barcelonian artist, who passed away last April 7th, has been one of the most emblematic Catalan sculptors. He has led a solid, world-renowned career. The show –open until autumn- contains a small group of feminine figures that still give off the ‘Noucentisme’ movement’s influences of...

Montserrat’s Library has promoted a version of Montserrat’s Bible in ePUB, one of the most popular standards for most e-book readers. Therefore, by entering http://www.bibliotecademontserrat.net/cat/html/bibliaepub.htm, anyone can download Montserrat’s Bible using this format, which is supported by most mobile devices and computers (Windows XP/Vista/7, Windows 8, Mac OS, iOS iPhone and Android). Montserrat’s Bible is already accessible through iSilo software since 2007....

Montserrat’s Museum shows two paintings by Hermen Anglada-Camarasa (Barcelona, 1871 - Pollença, 1959) until September 2013. Originally from Madrid’s Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, they are an exchange for the lending of Dalí’s Neocubist Academy, propriety of Montserrat. These paintings are The gypsy of the pomegranates (1904), oil on canvas, 114,5 x 147,5 cm, and Portrait of Sonia de Klamery, Countess of Pradère (1913), oil on canvas, 188...

Saturday, June the 30th at 9 pm Concert of Gregorian chant and organ Jean Baptiste Robin, Chapel of Versailles Palace organist Capella de Música de Montserrat Saturday, July the 14th at 9 pm Sopranos concert and Organ duo Martha Matheu, soprano Marta Infante, soprano Miguel Gonzalez, organist Saturday, August the 11th at 9 pm Single organ concert Simon Johnson, organist of Saint Paul's Cathedral in London Saturdau, Septembre the 8th at 9 pm Single organ conce...