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The Stämpfli Foundation finalizes its project and opens its expanded facilities

| 22 March 2019
The Stämpfli Foundation christens its new facilities with a fresh selection from its collection and an exhibition of 25 works by Peter Stämpfli, the Swiss artist who, along with his wife, Anna Maria, has carried out the ambitious project of opening a contemporary art museum in Sitges. With its...view ›

The 'Galeria blanca' of Rusiñol and 'Platja de Sitges' by Miró i Argenter recover their light

| 19 March 2019
One of the oil paintings that Santiago Rusiñol painted in his first years in Sitges, Galeria blanca , and one of the most emblematic paintings by Joaquim de Miró i Argenter, Platja de Sitges (1895), have gone through the restoration workshop of the Heritage Consortium of Sitges, where the paintings...view ›

Fortuny, Rodin, Klee, Matisse, Picabia, Picasso, Dalí and Miró enter the Maricel Museum

| 13 March 2019
The ground floor of the Maricel Museum puts the red carpet to receive the works of some of the most important and well recognised artists of the second half of the 19th and the first haff the 20th centuries. Names such as Marià Fortuny, Auguste Rodin, Edgar Degas, Joaquín Sorolla, Pablo Picasso,...view ›

The sculptures by Pere Jou at Maricel are now accessible in 3D

| 11 March 2019
Las esculturas de Pere Jou, uno de los elementos artísticos más importantes de la fachada de Maricel, son accesibles en 3D gracias al proceso de digitalización llevado a cabo por iniciativa del Consorcio de Patrimonio de Sitges. Se trata de un conjunto de 24 piezas accesible desde la plataforma...view ›

The visits to the Palau de Maricel and the Parish propose a journey through the history of Catalan art

| 7 March 2019
The guided visits to the Maricel Palace and the Parish of Sant Bartomeu and Santa Tecla return this spring to the program of heritage activities and will be held periodically until the fall. Two of the most emblematic buildings of the town open to the public, on the initiative of the Sitges...view ›

Pere Izquierdo assumes the provisional direction of the Museums of Sitges

| 6 March 2019
The archaeologist and museologist Pere Izquierdo i Tugas (Gavà, 1963) has been appointed managing director of the Sitges Heritage Consortium, with provisional character until April 30. In this way, the job position, which had been vacant past February 15 for the retirement of Vinyet Panyella, who...view ›

The rehabilitation and museization of Palau Maricel will update one of the most emblematic buildings of Sitges

| 4 March 2019
The project for the integral reform, rehabilitation, restoration and museization of Palau de Maricel is a key element in the Mandate Plan (2015-2019) that acts as a driving force of the government of Sitges. The project, developed by the Sitges Heritage Consortium with the support of the City...view ›

From Tokyo to Espluga: the traveling works of the Museums of Sitges

| 27 February 2019
The National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo, the National Art Museum of Catalonia, the Mapfre Foundation, the CaixaForum from Lleida and Girona, the Valls Museum, the Rural Life Museum of Espluga de Francolí and the Foundation Josep Pla de Palafrugell have been the recipients of the works cessions...view ›

Vinyet Panyella leaves the direction of the museums after seven years of growth and projection

| 19 February 2019
Vinyet Panyella i Balcells today leaves the direction and management of the Sitges Heritage Consortium, during her 65th birthday. It does so leaving the museums of Sitges with the maximum projection achieved and with different projects on their way to reinforce the map of the heritage of Sitges...view ›

The Stämpfli Foundation receives the works that extend its collection

| 7 February 2019
The facilities of the Stämpfli Foundation have received today 25 works that expand their collection and will be exhibited in the three rooms won with the new enlargement. These are pieces, above all, by Pere Stämpfli, but also by other artists, such as Michel Tysblat, who have arrived from several...view ›

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