Jujol, by Perejaume

From 26 November 2026 to 29 March 2027, the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) on Montjuïc devotes a large exhibition to Josep Maria Jujol (Tarragona 1879 – Barcelona 1949), the architect best known as Antoni Gaudí’s close collaborator. It is not a classic retrospective: the show is a project by the Catalan artist and poet Perejaume, born in Sant Pol de Mar in 1957, who already took over the museum in 2014 with Mareperlers i ovaladors.

The starting point is Jujol’s archive, more than 10,000 papers, objects and pieces of furniture that his family donated to the Architects’ Association of Catalonia (COAC) and to the MNAC. Works from that collection hang alongside loans from other public and private collections, including the carved entrance door of the Sagrat Cor church in Vistabella (La Secuita, 1918–1923), the lamp Jujol made for the same church in 1923, his letter J and the tapestry for the 1907 Jocs Florals poetry contest.

Perejaume also places Jujol next to other makers: Gaudí, the German architect Bruno Taut, the Russian constructivist Vladimir Tatlin and Henri Matisse. The result shows Jujol as more than Gaudí’s assistant, an inventive designer who worked with scrap, colour and everyday materials. The exhibition is part of Barcelona World Capital of Architecture 2026, co-organised with the Museu d’Art Modern de Tarragona and the COAC.

The exhibition is included in the MNAC general ticket (€12), which also covers the permanent collection and the rooftop viewpoint. Entry is free for under-16s, on Saturdays from 3 pm and on the first Sunday of each month, with online booking required. From October to April the museum opens Tuesday to Saturday 10 am–6 pm and Sundays 10 am–3 pm; it is closed on Mondays. The Palau Nacional is reached from Espanya metro (L1, L3) by the outdoor escalators.