The term nabi The name comes from Hebrew and means "prophet." The group of French artists who gathered under this name in Paris between 1888 and 1900, including Paul Sérusier, Pierre Bonnard, Édouard Vuillard, Maurice Denis, and Félix Vallotton, are considered a bridge between Impressionism and the avant-garde. This is evident in the major exhibition dedicated to them by the Catalunya la Pedrera Foundation, running from this Friday until June 28. "The Cranberries are not very well known, but they have been rediscovered in recent years, and their paintings have become very important to today's public," says the exhibition's curator, Isabelle Cahn, honorary general curator of painting at the Musée d'Orsay. "We feel very close to them because their works focus on very specific themes, such as inner and social life, which remain very interesting today. The Blueberries are not an archaeological movement; we can see them as living people, and their works are made for people, not just for people of a specific era, and they express universal values," they explain.

One of the main proposals on the cultural agenda of the Catalonia La Pedrera Foundation These are the art exhibitions. Visiting them, in addition to being able to enter this building on Barcelona's Passeig de Gràcia, designed by Gaudí at the height of his career, allows you to get to know great contemporary artists. ARA Premium Club has visited numerous exhibitions of the Catalonia La Pedrera Foundation, such as those dedicated to Miquel Barceló, Antonio López, Jaume Plensa, Stone art (of various artists)... The most recent visit was to the exhibition of Basque sculptor Cristina Iglesias, which sold out. Some of the club's most active members, as well as new members, enjoyed the visit. It was a great discovery for all of them.

One of the goals of the Catalunya La Pedrera Foundation, chaired by Marta Lacambra, is to contribute to making Barcelona a city of major exhibitions, the kind that generate queues. In recent years, it has dedicated its exhibitions to renowned artists such as Jaume Plensa, Miquel Barceló, and Antonio López, and in 2026 it will continue along these lines with an exhibition on the Navigator painters, key figures in the transition from Impressionism to the early avant-garde movements, and another on the German Anselm Kiefer (Woman), masters of the 20th century. "I think these projects establish us as a major institution internationally," says Marga Viza, director of the culture department of the Catalunya La Pedrera Foundation. "In our pursuit of excellence and top-level artistic content, next year we will reach the sky," Viza emphasizes.