Exhibition experiences

Les Nabis: From Bonnard to Vuillard

From March 6, 2026 to June 28, 2026

The Nabis group – a word derived from the Hebrew neviim, ‘prophets’ – wanted to bring a new creative vision and generate an artntotal conceived in perfect resonance with modern life.

Active between 1888 and 1900, the group was formed around Paul Sérusier, originally, with students of the Académie Julian in Paris: Paul-Élie Ranson, Pierre Bonnard, Édouard Vuillard and Maurice Denis, and was soon joined by Henri-Gabriel Ibels,

Georges Lacombe, Aristides Maillol, József Rippl-Rónai, Ker-Xavier Roussel, Félix Vallotton and Jan Verkade. Despite their differences, the Nabis remained united around the idea of ​​returning to painting its decorative character. Eager to re-establish the unity of art, its representatives practiced all the techniques – painting, drawing, engraving, sculpture, photography – and many, in addition to painting, worked in fields such as the design of wallpapers, tapestries, screens and manufactured objects, and interior decoration, with the intention of beautifying everyday life with works that represent the reconciliation between the artist and the craftsman.

The exhibition, organized in collaboration with the Musée d’Orsay, will present the context of the period, the aesthetic principles, influences and concepts that characterize the art of the Nabis, and, through a wide selection of works, will show the beauty, diversity and creativity of this movement, which played a key role in the transition between Impressionism and the early avant-gardes of the 20th century.

Curator: Isabelle Cahn

Anselm Kiefer

From October 2, 2026 to January 24, 2027

Since the 1980s, glass cases have played a decisive role in the work of Anselm Kiefer (Donaueschingen, 1945). Inside, he has arranged objects, materials and symbols that act as time capsules, and that synthesize central themes of his work related to history, mythology, identity and individual and collective memory.

Kiefer’s glass cases are condensed symbols and often combine opposing concepts: they are transparent and dense, light and heavy, and the objects they contain are at once easy to recognize and enigmatic. Kiefer uses materials as varied as lead, cement, glass, stones, wire, pieces of cloth, tree roots or burnt books, which represent ideas such as remembrance, renewal, hope and loss. The materials collected are, therefore, artistic transformations of spiritual beliefs and ideas, and the disorienting display cases encourage thought and inspire new interpretations.

This exhibition, with works by Kiefer from the Grothe collection and other private European collections, is the artist's first solo show in Spain dedicated exclusively to this set of works, entitled Opus Magnum. Thus, La Pedrera will present a selection of these display cases with books, objects and installations, complemented by a cycle of paintings on the English scholar and poet Robert Fludd (1574-1637).

Curator: Walter Smerling