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Carme Grandas, reference in the history of art and architecture, dies
The art and architecture historian Carme Grandas has died after a long illness. Born in Barcelona in 1958, she demonstrated from a very young age a firm commitment to the study, defense and dissemination of cultural heritage. A doctorate in Art History from the University of Barcelona, she spent the first years of her career at the Picasso Museum (1980-1982), where she coordinated the large anthological exhibition commemorating the centenary of the birth of Pablo Picasso.
In 1983 he joined the Urban Planning Department of Barcelona City Council and soon assumed responsibility for the Catalogue of the city's architectural and historical-artistic heritage, a fundamental tool for the protection and valorisation of Barcelona's heritage.
On the occasion of the reconstruction of Mies van der Rohe's German Pavilion, he promoted and directed the creation of the documentation center dedicated to the architect and the Barcelona Pavilion, consolidating it as a specialized research and consultation space.
Between 1989 and 1991 he worked in Seville in the organization of the 1992 Universal Exhibition, in charge of coordinating the artistic interventions in the public spaces of the site and the scheduled exhibitions. In 1992 he collaborated with the Museum of Modern Art in New York in the preparation of the exhibition Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century , which opened at MoMA in 1994.
Upon returning to Barcelona, he rejoined the municipal area of Urban Planning, participating in the revision of the Heritage Catalogue. Since 2000, he coordinated the Catalogue of Art in Public Space, which was published online in 2004 and was awarded the ACCA Art Criticism Award for initiatives and the Ignasi de Lecea Award (2007). Within the Urban Habitat Projects Directorate, he was also in charge of the Virtual Museum of Public Art in Barcelona.
