The Egon Schiele Jahrbuch, Vienna is organising the 4th International Egon Schiele Research Symposium that will be held on 27 November at the Albertina Museum in Vienna and on 28 November at the Galerie am Lieglweg in Neulengbach.

Call for papers and registration is opened until 5 October 2015: symposium@egon-schiele-jahrbuch.at.

Information in German. The English version will be available soon on the Symposium´s website www.egon-schiele-jahrbuch.at/index.html

The Mapfre Foundation has opened an exhibition space in Barcelona in the Modernista Garriga Nogués building, formerly the headquarters of the Godia Foundation. This initiative by the Mapfre Foundation aims to increase the number of cultural options in the city with its plans to invest an annual amount of four million euros to be able to celebrate three to four exhibitions per year.

From 10 October 2015 to 10 January 2016, the Mapfre Foundation is presenting an exhibition entitled "The Triumph of Colour: Van Gogh to Matisse. From the Orsay and Orangerie Museum Collections". The show inaugurates an extensive programme of world-class exhibitions devoted to the beginnings of modernity in the visual arts and photography.

Casa Garriga Nogués is a Modernista building that was designed by the architect Enric Sagnier between 1899 and 1905. The mansion´s spectacular marble staircase, stained glass windows, mouldings, paintings and other major architectural elements bear witness to the lifestyles of the Catalan bourgeoisie in the 19th century. The building was restored and renovated in 2007 by the architect Jordi Garcés, who transformed it into a modern exhibition venue measuring some 2,700 m2.

For further information:  https://www.fundacionmapfre.org/fundacion/es_es/campana/sala-garriga-nogues/default.jsp

The Gallery Belvedere has digitalized the magazine Ver Sacrum and it is now available as researchable PDF files.

Ver Sacrum ("Sacret Spring" in Latin)! was the publication of the Vienna Secession. Featuring drawings and designs in the Secession Style and literary contributions from distinguished writers from across Europe, Ver Sacrum was devoted to the communication and dissemination of modern art.

Published between 1898 and 1903, Ver Sacrum appeared monthly, but from the third year, it was available twice monthly with a smaller print run.

For more information:

https://www.belvedere.at/en/forschung/online-ressourcen/ebooks-der-bibliothek

The publication Jugendstil in München (Jugendstil in Munich) showcases Munich´s preeminent artists and their works. Bright colours, curving lines and floral ornaments - the Hofatelier Elvira disappeared from Munich´s urban landscape over seventy-five years ago, but its memory lives on today. Why did it vanish? Art Nouveau´s magic had long since waned in public awareness. By the eighties, Munich Jugendstil went unnoticed, its façades sadly aged and its lively colours faded. Though praised to excess during the fin-de-siècle period, this age of beauty lasted barely a quarter of a century. Stemming from the English Arts and Crafts Movement, the new style spread throughout Europe. In Germany, and above all Munich, it found its own expression, which became known as Jugendstil, a reference to the unmistakeable style of Jugend, the legendary magazine that would serve as mouthpiece for this artistic concept.

MOLLENHAUER, Bernd, 2014 (second edition) / Jugendstil in München HIRSCHKÄFER VERLAG, MUNICH
160 pp., 14.5 x 21.5 cm, colour and black and white illustrations. Published in German
Available in paperback / Euros16.90
For more information: www.hirschkaefer-verlag.de

The First Gaudí. The Mataró Warehouse reveals both the historical and architectural keys to the first building Antoni Gaudi undertook, for the Sociedad Cooperativa La Obrera Mataronense in 1883. In this book, the author reviews the building´s history from its origins to its early industrial use, the warehouse´s rediscovery after falling into abandonment for many years, and the commissioning by Mataro City Council of architect Manuel Brullet to fully restore the building.
The publication also analyses Gaudi´s contributions to the Cooperative and his application - for the first time ever - of the parabolic arch which would become such a defining element in his later architecture, both in civil and religious buildings.

GIRALT-MIRACLE, Daniel, 2014 / The First Gaudí. The Mataró Warehouse
Ajuntament de Mataró i Triangle Postals, Mataró
96 pp., 18.5 x 19 cm, colour and black and white illustrations. Text in Catalan, Spanish and English
Available in paperback / ?12
For more information: www.triangle.cat