Montserrat Abbey exhibits a Kandinsky from 8 October
Published on 10/11/2026 at 05:17 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSKey points in brief
- Montserrat Abbey has shown a Kandinsky painting since 8 October 2026.
- The Museu de Montserrat is displaying Pintura con tres manchas, n. 196 until January 2027 as part of an exchange with Madrid.
- The exhibition is located within the museum route at Montserrat Abbey in Monistrol de Montserrat, Spain, from 8 October 2026.
Montserrat Abbey (Abadia de Montserrat) has placed a Kandinsky painting in its museum from 8 October 2026, giving visitors to Montserrat in Spain a new reason to include the collection in their visit.
The exhibition is the first time the Museu de Montserrat has shown a work by Wassily Kandinsky and forms part of an exchange with the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid.
Montserrat Abbey puts a Kandinsky on display from 8 October
The oil on canvas Pintura con tres manchas, n. 196 was painted in 1914 and has been on display at the Museu de Montserrat since 8 October 2026. The museum says the work will remain within its exhibition route until January 2027, in dialogue with the permanent collection. The official announcement describes it as the first Kandinsky work ever shown by the museum.
The exchange also sends Salvador Dali's Composición con tres figuras. Academia neocubista to Madrid on temporary loan. It will form part of the Thyssen-Bornemisza exhibition El universo freudiano de Dali from 20 October 2026 to 24 January 2027. The announcement of the Kandinsky exhibition and its opening date appears in the official exhibition announcement.
The Kandinsky enters a museum founded on biblical collections
The museum sits within the Benedictine complex and presents art and archaeology alongside the sanctuary. Its collection began with materials from the biblical East gathered by Father Buenaventura Ubach, then expanded to include European painting and other works.
The Abbey of Montserrat was founded in 1025 on the orders of Abbot Oliba, according to the Catalan heritage profile. The visit begins at the sixteenth-century basilica, which retains Romanesque remains and a Gothic structure. The complex was reshaped during a major nineteenth-century renovation led by Josep Puig i Cadafalch.
That history gives the temporary loan a precise setting: an early twentieth-century work approaching abstraction is being shown inside a museum whose holdings grew from the monastery's religious, archaeological and artistic traditions. Visitors therefore encounter the Kandinsky alongside, rather than separate from, the collection that documents Montserrat's wider cultural role.
Visiting Montserrat Abbey: what travellers from Western Europe should know
- The Kandinsky exhibition began on 8 October 2026 and is scheduled to continue until January 2027 within the Museu de Montserrat exhibition route.
- The work is part of the museum visit and is shown in dialogue with the permanent collection; the announcement does not state a separate entrance or a special access restriction.
- The venue is the Museu de Montserrat at the Abbey of Montserrat, in Monistrol de Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain.
- The wider site includes the sixteenth-century basilica, the Plaça de Santa Maria and paths through the sanctuary and surrounding mountain landscape.
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Frequently asked questions about Montserrat Abbey
When does the Kandinsky exhibition take place at Montserrat Abbey?
The exhibition began on 8 October 2026 and is scheduled to run until January 2027.
What is being shown at Montserrat Abbey?
The Museu de Montserrat is showing Wassily Kandinsky's 1914 oil painting Pintura con tres manchas, n. 196, the first work by the artist displayed there.
Where is Montserrat Abbey and how do you get there?
The abbey and museum are in Monistrol de Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain, within the Montserrat sanctuary complex.
