Archive for category: General

For a long time, the Drogueria Boter -opened in 1924, just a hundred years ago, and popularly known as Can Boter-, located on Carrer de Mar de Badalona, ​​has supplied the Museum with all kinds of materials and specialized products, especially intended for the conservation and restoration of the funds held by our institution. For this reason, we want to echo the recognition that Can Boter has recently received from the Catalan Society of Chemistry, which has singled it out as a historical site representative of chemistry in the Catalan-speaking territory.

Congratulations, Drogueria Boter!

 

 

Drogueria Boter. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

 

Gerard Sala i Rosselló (Tona 1942-Badalona 2024) has died. This artist can be considered to be from Badalona, ​​since he resided for many years in our city, although he spent long periods in Sant Joan de les Abadesses, where he had his workshop from the middle eighties

It was precisely in Sant Joan where, between March 9th and June 9th this year, you could see his last exhibition, which showed the pictorial work that, accompanied by a text, he had presented in 1985 as a doctoral thesis at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Barcelona, ​​where he was a professor. This thesis was a real innovation due to the fact that it gave pictorial practice a greater prominence than the theoretical study, and it obtained the highest qualification.

Dedicated mainly to painting and graphic work, but also to sculpture, scenography and poetry, Gerard Sala held about fifty individual exhibitions and participated in more than a hundred collective ones, some of international scope.

His work, which was the object of the interest of critics and scholars, can be found in museums and collections in different cities, such as Barcelona, ​​Girona, Sabadell, Ibiza, Madrid, Jaén and Seville.

At the Badalona Museum, which also preserves his work, he exhibited individually in 1985 and 2005 (in the latter case, a catalog was also published, entitled, like the show, Els ulls del mar). In addition, he is the author of the sculpture La porta del mar, which can be seen in Carrer de Sant Anastasi, and which was inaugurated in 2003.

Rest in peace, Gerard. We will miss you.

Suite horitzons del mar, 1974
Acrylic, pigments and lead pencil on Guarro watercolor paper, 59.5 x 48.5 cm
Inv. MB 8796

Jordi Andreu Fresquet, painter and engraver known as Andreu Fresquet, died last Thursday, born in Badalona in 1940. Formed in Llotja between 1955 and 1962, he began exhibiting in 1959. In 1967 he traveled to Paris to continue -forming, and he lived there in May 1968, which would leave a deep mark on him. He gained international attention, especially in the United States, where he worked especially in the state of Florida, and his work can also be found in museums in South America and, within Europe, in Italy or the Museum of Art Contemporary from Barcelona.

Although he settled in Barcelona, ​​where he had a studio in the Gràcia neighborhood, he never left Badalona, ​​where he was born. In this sense, the individual exhibition that he held at the Museum of Badalona in 1987 stands out. On the occasion of this collaboration, the Museum acquired the self-portrait that we reproduce, a painting that recalls the style of Francis Bacon, who was his headline artist. Seven works by him are preserved in the Museum’s collections, and he is also the author of the cover of issue 9 of Carrer dels Arbres magazine (March 1980). In addition, at the moment, the family, to whom we offer our condolences, is considering donating part of his work to the Museum, as he would have wanted. Thank you for everything, Jordi Andreu Fresquet. Rest in peace.

VIEW COVER NUMBER 9 CARRER DELS ARBRES

 

Jordi Andreu Fresquet. Self-portrait. 1987. Acrylic on paper. 80 x 60 cm. Inv. MB 2395

 

In Badalona, ​​summer smells like aniseed! Once again, an essential proposal from our city’s July agenda arrives: the Museum’s Summer Nights at the Anis del Mono factory.

An activity that invites you to discover this jewel of the heritage of Badalona, while going through the history and the countless anecdotes that have made Anís del Mono the most famous aniseed in our country. And as always, you can also enjoy a concert accompanied by an anise-based cocktail, in the fresh air of the factory patio.

Let yourself be lulled by the music and the sea breeze and come spend an unforgettable evening with us.

Ticket price: €15. Maximum 4 tickets per person.
The ticket includes the guided tour of the factory and the concert.

Tickets on the website of the Museum of Badalona (www.museudebadalona.cat) from Tuesday 18th June, at 10 am.

For capacity reasons, entrance to the venue will be staggered depending on the group. You will not be able to enter the factory outside the allotted time.

Entrance group 1. Tour in Catalan: 20:30 h
Entrance group 2. Tour in Catalan: 20:45 h
Entrance group 3. Tour in Spanish: 9 p.m

 

Friday 5th July
Marian Barahona trio
From Billie to Ella

Tribute to two great figures of vocal jazz: Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) and Billie Holiday (1915-1959). Pioneers and creators of a style that has been maintained generation after generation. The memory of both is the spirit of this proposal and beats in every note of the repertoire. A selection of emblematic standards, fresh, refined, intimate and festive, which distills the essence of vocal jazz and which comes to us interpreted by a personal voice and with a forceful base that moves between swing, jazz and bossa nova.

Friday 12th July
Swing Engine Sweet Trio

This band of swing and classic jazz, formed on this occasion by violin, guitar and double bass, will fill the corners of the factory with a suggestive and drawn-out rhythm that will invite us to dance, to the beat of such well-known music as those of Stuff Smith, Louis Armstrong or Charlie Christian.

Friday 19th July
Canela N’Drama

Festival of songs, versions and own themes that fuse the sweetness and singing of Yolanda Bretó’s voice with the passionate and eclectic guitar of Alexis Bass. A proposal that will take you from the tranquility of a secluded cove, with the sound of an havanera, to the revelry of a summer party. Because every performance of this duo is always a unique and unrepeatable encounter that make them won not only fans, but many friends!

 

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This year it will be 90 years since the discovery of the Venus de Badalona, one of the most emblematic Roman pieces preserved and exhibited in our Museum.

Last Friday, May 10th we were able to enjoy a first preview of this commemoration with the recreation in the sky of the profile of this sculpture, during the technology and lights show that preceded the fireworks. Those responsible for this spectacular effect were 200 drones that filled the sky of the city with unique shapes and with references to the symbols and icons of our city, among which this magnificent sculpture could not be missing.