Institut Ramon LLull

"Ferran Adrià: Notes On Creativity", in 2015 at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City

Gastronomy.  Kansas City, 28/02/2015

Catalan master chef Ferran Adrià consistently employs visualization and drawing as tools in the formation of his innovative cookery and overall creativity. Notes on Creativity is the first major art exhibition for Ferran Adrià, emphasizing the role of drawing, language and symbol in his quest for new gustatory experiences.




For over 20 years, Adrià oversaw Spain's most famous destination-restaurant, elBulli. There he created an innovative multi-sensory vocabulary and structure that expanded the ways in which we encounter, consider and judge our relationship to food and art.

Through sketches, models and diagrams Notes on Creativity charts the origins of Adrià's intellectual and philosophical ideas about gastronomy that have forever changed how we understand food. New York Times critic Roberta Smith, writing about Notes on Creativity, likened the chef to a culinary Salvador Dali: "Visually striking, Adrià and his collaborators thwarted expectations, confused the senses and tickled the mind with their transformations and disguises." As one of the most important avant-garde chefs of the twenty-first century, Adrià pushes culinary boundaries with knowledge and wit, transforming the craft of cuisine into an art form all its own.

Ferran Adrià: Notes on Creativity. Curated by Brett Littman. Organized by The Drawing Center, NY. Dom Pérignon is the presenting partner of Ferran Adrià: Notes on Creativity. Additional support is provided by the Institut Ramon Llull, Acción Cultural Española (AC/E), and Lavazza.

Additional support in Kansas City provided by the Leadership Committee: Ann and Kenneth Baum, Christy and Bill Gautreaux, Paul DeBruce, Nancy and Rick Green, and Shirley and Barnett Helzberg, Jr.

The first major art exhibition for Ferran Adrià

This website only uses session cookies for technical and analytical purposes. It does not compile or assign users’ personal data without their consent. This website does, however, use third-party cookies for statistical purposes. You can obtain further information or manage or reject cookies by clicking on "+ Info".