Words similar to fundació
Example sentences for: fundació
How can you use “fundació” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
On carrer d’Aragó between Passeig de Gràcia and Rambla de Catalunya is the Fundació Antoni Tàpies, a museum dedicated to the work of Spain’s foremost living artist, the abstract materialist from Catalonia.
The building’s owner, the cultural foundation Fundació Caixa de Catalunya, has transformed the second floor into a sumptuous exhibition space for a variety of impressively curated shows (entrance is free).
Farther up Montjuïc, turn left where the Avinguda de l’Estadi (the Olympic Ring boulevard) becomes the Avinguda de Miramar, to see the simple and elegant Fundació Joan Miró.
In addition to Tàpies’s work, the Fundació has interesting rotating international exhibits, but at least half the reason to visit is to see the gorgeous 1880 Domènech i Montaner building that houses the museum (one of the first examples of modernisme) and Tàpies’s whimsical, tangled wire sculpture (called “Cloud and Chair”) on the roof.
The Catalan surrealist painter Joan Miró was a longtime resident of this area, and the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró displays a fine selection of his work, as well as his studio as he left it, and his living quarters.