The Barcelona of Antoni Tapies, at your own pace

There are artists who leave their mark on the cities in which they were born. We would say this of Gaudí, for example, and also of much more modern artists, such as Antoni Tàpies, who not only left his mark on Barcelona's Eixample with the imposing building that houses his Foundation, but also scattered all over the city works of art that still form part of the urban landscape. Do you know them all? Now you can explore them at your leisure with a guide that has just been published by the architects' cooperative El Globus Vermell.

With special links to institutions in the city such as the Fundació Joan Miró and the Museu Tàpies itself, El Globus Vermell is a cultural association founded in 2009 and driven mainly by architects. Its aim is to contribute to the formation of a citizenship respectful of the urban environment and to make it a key factor in transforming cities into healthier and more sustainable spaces.

Now, they have focused on Antoni Tàpies' role in Barcelona's urban landscape and have just published a guide entitled La Barcelona de Tàpies / Tàpies in Barcelona, which proposes you to explore the city at your own pace, with a paper map in your hands, as if you were born before Google Maps.

No one here will make you run if you want to linger a little longer at any of the stops along the route, because you are the only passers-by and the only ones who receive the documented explanations offered at each point along the way.

The map (4 €, you can find it at the Museu Tàpies or on the website of El Globus Vermell) is published in Catalan, Spanish and English, and is a compendium of Tàpies' relationship with his city, an urbs in which he has left a legacy. Here you can retrace the scenes of Tàpies' life (his childhood in Ciutat Vella, his arrival in Sant Gervasi...), as well as the works he installed in the city. ), as well as the works installed in urban spaces, including the monument to Picasso, a work that decorates the Parliament of Catalonia, the Reflection Room on the Ciutadella campus of Pompeu Fabra University and, of course, the building that houses the Fundació Antoni Tàpies, now the Tàpies Museum.

If you would like to make your own personal tour through the life and work of Antoni Tàpies, consult a copy of the guide La Barcelona de Tàpies / Tàpies in Barcelona... and walk! For more information, visit the website of El Globus Vermell.