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“God’s Architect” Antoni Gaudí Could Be Made a Saint
Pope Francis declared venerable the giant of Catalan Modernisme, who infused motifs from nature and Christianity into his Sagrada Família and other landmarks.
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Art
AI Artwork Projected on Historic Gaudí House Draws Nearly 100K People
Sofia Crespo’s artwork for Casa Batlló in Barcelona was a rainbow of stimuli alluding to a narrative of searching, awakening, and religious ecstasy.
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For Just $1, You Can Live in a Gaudí Masterpiece for a Night
Casa Vicens was Gaudí's first-ever commission in Barcelona and one of the first buildings of the Art Nouveau movement.
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Hunting for Dragons in Antoni Gaudí’s Barcelona Masterpieces
The dragon pops up as a recurring motif in Gaudí's famous works, and this is no coincidence.
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Gaudy Gore and Artful Architecture in a Gaudí Graphic Novel
The book follows a fictional murderer through the iconic architectural creations of Antoni Gaudí.
In Brief
Sagrada Familia Among Sites Targeted by Barcelona Terrorists
According to court testimony given by one of the suspects in last week's attacks, the cell had originally planned to detonate vans filled with explosives at three crowded sites, including Gaudí's spectacular church.
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First House Built by Antoni Gaudí Will Become a Museum
Following a major two-year restoration, Casa Vicens is opening to the public for the first time in the building's 130-year-old history.
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Chile Will Erect Antoni Gaudí's First Building Outside of Spain
Antoni Gaudí may have died nearly nine decades ago, but a never-built chapel the architect designed in 1915 is finally coming to life.
Art
Two Films Capture the Genius of Gaudí
Can a film program be too Gaudí? Graced with Stefan Haupt’s efficient, if a little odd, documentary on the architect’s famously unfinished church, Sagrada Família, the Film Society of Lincoln Center (and at least one other theater) saw a match made in Barcelona and paired it with Hiroshi Teshigahara
Opinion
Has Gaudí's Sagrada Familia Grown Out of Touch?
You might say that Antoni Gaudí was an architect of the cloth. From 1883 until his death in 1926, the Catalonian master oversaw the construction of the Roman Catholic basilica Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain.
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Gaudi's Sagrada Familia Damaged in Arson Fire
On April 19, Barcelona's iconic Sagrada Familia Basilica, designed by famed architect Antoni Gaudi, caught fire. A fire burned inside the structure for over 45 minutes before firefighters could put it out, destroying the church's sacristy and badly damaging the crypt.