Meet Vincent Van Gogh

Day 18: These banners were seen in Barcelona to advertise a traveling pop–up exhibit called “Meet Vincent Van Gogh.” I looked it up online and the exhibit looked very interesting so Britt and I bought tickets for it.

Meet Vincent Van Gogh

We didn’t realize that the exhibit was not right at the Van Gogh Museum in the Port Vell area so we had to walk a distance to it after our taxi let us off. The exhibit was in a special tent, shown in the photo. The exhibit was more than great. It was put together by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. The exhibit is no longer in Barcelona. It has been in Beijing and Seoul in order to introduce Van Gogh to Asian countries. I couldn’t find any schedule of where the exhibit will be in the future.

Sitting on a Haystack

The Meet Vincent Van Gogh exhibit features a 3–D experience with screen projections of his artworks, headphones for audio, and recreated scenes from some of his paintings or subjects. In the room in the photo, you can sit on one of Van Gogh’s haystacks.

Sitting in a Cafe

You can sit in a cafe like the ones Van Gogh painted. The video screens kept changing.

Van Gogh’s Mother

Screens in the cafe featuring Van Gogh’s mother.

Self-Portraits

One of a number of self–portraits of Van Gogh in the exhibit. You are definitely reminded of who the artist is.

The Yellow House

The Yellow House from his painting of the same name.

“The Yellow House”

Van Gogh’s famous painting of “The Yellow House” on a large screen.

“The Bedroom in Arles”

Van Gogh’s famous “The Bedroom in Arles” on a big screen.

The Bedroom in Arles

A 3–D mockup of The Bedroom in Arles.

Corridor of the Asylum at St. Remy

You walk through the corridor of the asylum at St. Remy where Van Gogh was treated.

“Corridor in the Asylum (St. Remy)”

Van Gogh’s painting of the “Corridor in the Asylum (St. Remy).”

Gravestones

A photo in the exhibition of the gravestones of Vincent Van Gogh and of his brother Theodore.

I have put my photos of the Meet Vincent Van Gogh experience on a slideshow. Go to http://www.peggysphotos.com/meet–vincent–van–gogh/ (Slide Shows, Western Europe, Spain–1, Barcelona, “Meet Vincent Van Gogh”).

Bicycle Rickshaw

To get from the Meet Vincent Van Gogh exhibit at Port Vell to our next destination, we hired a bicycle rickshaw, more expensive than a taxi but much more fun.

Along Port Vell

Vendor after vendor on the sidewalk of Port Vell.

Along Port Vell

Large cloths for sale.

Along Port Vell

Brightly colored large cloths for sale.

Sculpture Along the Waterfront

We drove along the Barcelona waterfront, past “La Gamba” by Javier Mariscal of a lobster or a crayfish.

“La Gamba”

Closer–up view of “La Gamba.”

Gothic District

Getting closer to our destination in the Gothic District of Barcelona.

Soho House

We found the Soho House Barcelona after a bit of detective work (we asked some locals exactly where it was at). Its outside was so nondescript with only a small nameplate on it that we thought that our rickshaw driver took us to the wrong building. Soho House is a hotel chain and a group of private members’ clubs for those in the arts and media and also those with creative souls. Britt, my daughter, belongs to the Chicago Soho House. Anyone can eat at the Barcelona Soho House’s restaurant, but you need to have an international membership to take advantage of its hotel, gym, etc., in cities other than your own. We had a very good lunch here. It was also quiet and the seating was very comfortable.

Palau de la Musica Catalana

This evening we saw a choral concert at the Palau de la Musica Catalana. However, we thought we had bought tickets for the show in the regular concert hall, but we found that we had bought them for the show at the Petit Palau, a small underground concert hall. We were disappointed but the show was good. I think that we were the only tourists attending it. There was another show in the regular concert hall that night, but it was a private party show. The Palau de Musica opened in 1908 and is designed in the Catalan modernista style.

Palau de la Musica Catalana

We didn’t see the main concert hall that night but Britt took a tour of it a couple of days later. One of her photos of the Palau de la Musica Catalana.

Palau de la Musica Catalana

More of the Palau de la Musica Catalana.

Palau de la Musica Catalana

More of the Palau de la Musica Catalana.

I have put Britt’s photos of the Palau de la Musica Catalana on a slideshow. Go to http://www.peggysphotos.com/palau–de–la–musica–catalana/ (Slide Shows, Western Europe, Spain–1, Barcelona, “Palau de la Musica Catalana”).

Tapas at Tosca

We had dinner this night across from the Palau de la Musica at Tosca. The tapas were very good, the best we had had so far. However, Britt went back there for lunch and said they weren’t as good at that time.

Barcelona Cathedral

Day 19: This Sunday morning we went to the Barcelona Cathedral to see the Sardana dancers in front of it at 12 p.m. During the summer, you can also see them at other places on Sunday evening. Photo: the Barcelona Cathedral. Its construction began in 1298 and was finished in 1420. Its architecture is Gothic Revival.

The Sardana Dancers Band

The band is playing on the cathedral’s steps. To hear the band well, you should also stand on the cathedral’s steps. The music doesn’t extend much past them into the square.

The Sardana Dancers

The Sardana Dance is a Catalan dance and a symbol of Catalan unity and pride.

The Sardana Dancers–MOVIE

A movie of the Sardana Dancers.

Youtube: https://youtu.be/8BCKR–rm1jU

Barcelona Cathedral

Inside the Barcelona Cathedral.

More Tapas

We wanted to visit the Mercat de Santa Caterina with its multicolored wavy roof, but it was closed as it was a Sunday. We had very good tapas at the restaurant in the white building in the photo.

On the Way to the Picasso Museum

From the restaurant, we started to walk in the wrong direction to the Picasso Museum. We turned back and saw this very interesting building.

On the Way to the Picasso Museum

I was trying to remember how we got from the Barcelona Cathedral to the Picasso Museum on my trip to Barcelona in 2006. I thought that we had walked there from behind the cathedral.

Roman Walls

My memory was really not that good and we had to use Google to find the museum. However, we did get to walk through old Roman walls and through these two defense towers.

Picasso Museum

We did find the Picasso Museum. We had advance tickets but the museum was very crowded. One of the paintings in the museum: “Nana.”

Picasso Museum

“Figure with a Fruit Dish.”

Picasso Museum

“Head of Dead Woman.” The paintings in the museum was representative of the various styles of Picasso’s paintings.

Picasso Museum

A special exhibition called “The Picasso, Photographer’s Gaze” was at the museum.

I have put my photos of the Barcelona Cathedral, the Sardana Dancers, and the Picasso Museum on a slideshow. Go to http://www.peggysphotos.com/sardana–dancers–barcelona–cathedral–picasso–museum/ (Slide Shows, Western Europe, Spain–1, Barcelona, “Sardana Dancers, Barcelona Cathedral, Picasso Museum”).