Exhibitions in Barcelona

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European Prize for Urban Public Space 2026

Dec 10, 2025 to Oct 15

Last weeks

This exhibition showcases the 25 projects selected for the 13th European Prize for Urban Public Space, highlighting interventions that democratize urban spaces and address contemporary challenges like climate change and social inequality. It features five finalist projects recognized for their formal rigor, environmental sensibility, and urban integration, offering insights into innovative urban planning and design.

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MEAM – Museu Europeu d'Art Modern

Guillermo Lorca, La casa de arena

May 28 to Oct 25

This exhibition showcases a decade of work by contemporary painter Guillermo Lorca. His large-format oil paintings explore themes of beauty and unease, childhood and threat, and the coexistence of the human and animal, intimate and monumental. The exhibition highlights Lorca's unique pictorial universe, characterized by intense psychological tension and symbolic force, reflecting his growing international recognition.

Guillermo Lorca

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Fundació Joan Miró · Espai 13

Maintenance

Jul 17 to Oct 25

Ghislaine Leung's exhibition 'Maintenance' explores the concept of mutual dependence within institutional structures. The artist uses scores and bullet-point instructions to reveal the limitations and vulnerabilities inherent in these systems, prompting a re-examination of how we navigate them. The exhibition highlights the often-invisible aspects of artistic production and reception.

Ghislaine Leung

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Disseny Hub Barcelona (Museu del Disseny) · Disseny Hub Barcelona

Disseny en acció. Premis ADG Laus 2026

Oct 1 to Nov 1

Free

This exhibition showcases contemporary design through the award-winning projects from the ADG Laus Awards 2026. It highlights the transformative power of graphic design and visual communication in shaping identities and relationships with the environment. The display features selected projects from the 56th edition, including Grand Laus, Young Talent, and Gold Laus awards, offering a panorama of current design practices.

Pilar Villuendas · Editorial GG

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MEAM – Museu Europeu d'Art Modern · MEAM (Palau Gomis)

MEAM Hall

International small-format group exhibition

Jul 10 to Nov 1

MEAM presents its eighth edition of MEAM Hall, an international group exhibition focused on small-format contemporary figurative and realist art. The exhibition showcases a diverse range of works, all limited to 20x20 cm, challenging artists to condense their intentions and techniques into a minimal space. This year, larger format pieces are also included, expanding the exhibition across two venues in Barcelona and Madrid.

Samereh Heiri · Alberto Artigas Azcoaga · Alberto Pitalúa · Alejandra Hochstrasser · Alicia Malesani · Alison Deas

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CCCB

The Cult of Beauty

May 21 to Nov 8

From €8

This exhibition explores the historical evolution of beauty ideals, questioning societal norms and reclaiming marginalized forms of beauty. It critically examines how aesthetic canons are constructed through art, society, politics, religion, and medicine, and analyzes the influence of the cosmetics industry and marketing. The show features a diverse range of artworks, historical documents, and contemporary installations.

William Hogarth · Angelica Dass · Laura Aguilar · Juno Calypso · Zed Nelson · Shirin Fathi

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Museu Marítim de Barcelona · Vestibule

Archive Drops: “We are the Shipyards”

Mar 20 to Nov 20

This exhibition showcases a selection of documents from the Royal Shipyards of Barcelona, held within the Maritime Museum of Barcelona's Archive. It offers a glimpse into the historical significance of these shipyards through archival materials. Accessible formats like Braille and audio descriptions are included.

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Fundació Joan Miró · Archive of the Fundació Joan Miró

Opening the Archive 08. Le gros orteil.

Jun 18 to Nov 29

This exhibition showcases "Untitled" (1930), a recent addition to the Fundació Joan Miró Collection. It features the drawing itself, along with preparatory sketches, likely inspired by Georges Bataille's article 'Le Gros Orteil'. The display explores Miró's creative process and the potential influences behind this significant work.

Joan Miró

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Disseny Hub Barcelona (Museu del Disseny) · Disseny Hub Barcelona

Premis Enjoia't 2026

Sep 17 to Nov 29

Free

The exhibition 'Premis Enjoia't 2026' showcases 30 selected pieces from the 29th edition of the Contemporary Jewellery Awards. It offers an international overview of current trends, materials, and languages in contemporary jewelry, featuring creators from over a dozen countries. The display includes 15 works from the Professional category and 15 from the Student category.

Yaning Liu

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MACBA

A museum outside the museum

The MACBA Collection in unexpected places. A project by Catalonia’s Visual Arts Centres

Jun 19 to Nov 30

This exhibition presents works from the MACBA Collection in various unexpected locations across Catalonia, as part of MACBA's 30th anniversary. It questions the boundaries of the museum and explores new ways of experiencing art in everyday spaces like a dentist's waiting room or a bakery. The project aims to foster a dialogue between art and life beyond traditional museum settings.

Dora García · Mabel Palacín · Mirko Mejetta · Joan Brossa · Martí Anson · Jesús Carrillo

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Disseny Hub Barcelona (Museu del Disseny) · Disseny Hub Barcelona

Mater is the ultimate punk: The Analogue Rhizome

Sep 29 to Dec 17

Free

This exhibition showcases a collective installation by eight students from the Master in Design and Technology in Fashion at Bau. It explores contemporary fashion challenges, focusing on mass production and digitalization, and proposes new ways to understand the connection between the body, technology, and nature. The displayed collections use biomaterials, 3D printing, and artisanal techniques to promote sustainable design models.

Cristina Muntané · Daniela Jimenez Hernández · Edith Steinhorst · Gabriela Lucía Cartagena · Merve · Sara Akhtiyar

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Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC) · Room 68

Sim Acquisition, Drawing and War

May 7 to Dec 31

This exhibition showcases drawings by José Luis Rey Vila, known as Sim, a prominent visual chronicler of the Spanish Civil War. The collection features nearly one hundred drawings, many created from life during armed confrontations. Sim's work captures the universal aspects of war, from soldiers and battles to civilian experiences, using a rapid, sketch-like line.

Sim

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Museu Marítim de Barcelona · El Mirador

Barcelona School of Architecture in shaping everyday life in the city (1875–2025)

Sep 18 to Jan 11, 2027

Free

This exhibition explores how the Barcelona School of Architecture has shaped daily life in the city from the late 19th century to the present. It features works and writings by ETSAB faculty, offering a critical view of urban development, architecture, and landscape, with a special focus on maritime connections.

ETSAB faculty

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MACBA

Anna Moreno. The Third Twist

Feb 5 to Jan 17, 2027

This exhibition showcases recent works by Anna Moreno, exploring themes of temporality through utopian architecture and speculative imagination. The central piece, 'The Terminal Beach', is part of a trilogy that juxtaposes Ricardo Bofill's architectural projects with James Graham Ballard's short stories. The film documents an unfinished settlement in the Algerian Sahara, highlighting the contrast between the utopian dreams of its era and the realities of modern colonial legacies.

Anna Moreno

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MACBA

Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme

Prisoners of Love: Until the Sun of Freedom

Feb 14 to Jan 17, 2027

This exhibition showcases the work of Palestinian artists Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, who explore themes of violence, memory, and resistance through a multidisciplinary practice. It features their audiovisual installation 'Prisoners of Love: Until the Sun of Freedom,' inspired by the resilience of former Palestinian prisoners, alongside earlier works spanning nearly two decades of their practice.

Basel Abbas · Ruanne Abou-Rahme

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Fundació Joan Miró · Foyer of the Fundació Miró

Divided

Photography in the Foyer

Jul 14 to Jan 17, 2027

This exhibition features an intervention by artist and publisher Camilla Wills in the Fundació Joan Miró's foyer. Wills' work focuses on circulating discourses and literature from art and academia, aiming to distribute emerging ideas in paperback form. Her contribution connects artists, the publication, the museum, and the city.

Camilla Wills

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MACBA

Spiral of Time – Plaça dels Àngels – MACBA

Jul 10, 2025 to Jan 17, 2027

Spiral of Time is a site-specific sound installation by Edwin van der Heide that records the ambient sounds of Plaça dels Àngels. The work constructs a sonic and temporal narrative of the space, revealing imperceptible patterns through cyclical sound recordings. It also includes recordings from the Amazon rainforest, inviting a nuanced understanding of human and non-human habitats.

Edwin van der Heide

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La Pedrera

Anselm Kiefer

Oct 2 to Jan 24, 2027

€16

This exhibition at La Pedrera presents the first major show in Barcelona dedicated to Anselm Kiefer, a prominent figure in contemporary art. It features around forty pieces from the private collection of Hans Grothe, alongside other works from private collections, exploring the symbolic and material complexity of Kiefer's artistic production through painting, sculpture, installation, photography, and artist's books. The exhibition delves into themes of memory, matter, and knowledge.

Anselm Kiefer

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Museu Marítim de Barcelona · Vestíbul (Nova entrada)

A Journey Through Time at the Royal Shipyards of Barcelona

Jul 9 to Mar 31, 2027

Free

This exhibition explores the history and origins of Barcelona's Royal Shipyards, a significant medieval civil Gothic architectural complex. It traces the evolution of the shipyards from their 13th-century beginnings through centuries of expansion and modification, highlighting their status as the best-preserved and largest medieval shipyards globally.

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Fundació Joan Miró · Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona

Joan Miró. Circles

Mar 13 to Mar 12, 2028

This exhibition explores the inseparable relationship between Joan Miró's works and the spaces that define them. Drawing from his archive of drawings from the late 1950s and early 1960s, the display reinterprets his ideas about space and time to foster a new connection between art, its environment, and the viewer. The architecture of Sert plays a key role, with the opening of the Cypress Garden to create a dialogue between interior and exterior.

Joan Miró

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MACBA · Atrium of the Meier Building

Aurèlia Muñoz’s Birds-Kites

From Apr 13

This exhibition features three reconstructed sculptures from Aurèlia Muñoz's iconic 'Birds-Kites' series, originally created in the early 1980s. The works are displayed in the MACBA Atrium, echoing Muñoz's intention for them to interact with natural light and create a sense of expanded space. The exhibition celebrates the centenary of Muñoz's birth, highlighting her pioneering role in contemporary textile art and her innovative use of traditional techniques.

Aurèlia Muñoz

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MACBA

Counter-Information: Video-Nou / Servei de Vídeo Comunitari

From Jul 9

This exhibition explores the Video-Nou collective and its evolution into the Servei de Vídeo Comunitari, active in Catalonia from 1977 to 1983. It examines how they used video as a tool for political intervention and social change during Spain's Transition period, challenging official narratives. The display highlights their practice of community engagement and critical debate, questioning dominant media structures.

Servei de Vídeo Comunitari · Video-Nou

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MACBA

Echoes: Videos from the Han Nefkens Foundation Donation

From Jul 9

This exhibition showcases a selection of video works from the Han Nefkens Foundation donation, enriching the MACBA Collection. The featured pieces explore contemporary artistic practices with moving images, moving beyond traditional documentary forms towards more fragmented and associative constructions. Visitors will experience video as a medium for critical listening and reflection, where poetic and documentary elements intertwine.

Aziz Hazara · Hao Jingban · Thao Nguyen Phan · Bárbara Sánchez Barroso · Erkan Özgen · Gabriel Mascaro

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MACBA

Pere Portabella: The Committed Gaze

From Jul 9

This exhibition showcases films by Pere Portabella, a significant figure in Spanish cinema known for his radical and politically charged filmmaking. It explores how cinema can reveal hidden realities and serve as a form of resistance, offering an alternative perspective on historical and political contexts. The program highlights Portabella's unique approach where form itself becomes a political statement.

Pere Portabella

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Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC) · Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya

Wounded Militiaman: The Recovery of an Irredeemable Painting

From May 7

This exhibition focuses on Francisco Mateos's painting 'Wounded Militiaman,' a powerful piece created during the Spanish Civil War to denounce its brutality and promote solidarity. Originally intended for the 1937 Paris International Exposition, the painting has remained unseen since 1938 due to its severe and irreversible deterioration. The exhibition explores the challenges of preserving this artwork, showcasing how AI is used to recreate its original appearance and message, given that physical restoration is impossible.

Francisco Mateos

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Fundació Joan Miró · Exhibition rooms

Charlotte Perriand. Free to Rethink the World

Oct 9 to Feb 28, 2027

This exhibition explores the work of Charlotte Perriand, a pivotal 20th-century designer. It highlights her role in modern architecture and design, emphasizing her belief in the inseparability of art, architecture, and design. The show traces her formative years and her significant period at Atelier Le Corbusier, showcasing designs that transformed living spaces.

Charlotte Perriand

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Disseny Hub Barcelona (Museu del Disseny) · Disseny Hub Barcelona

André Ricard. Design in use

Oct 29 to Mar 14, 2027

From €6

This exhibition focuses on André Ricard, a key figure in contemporary design, showcasing objects designed for daily use and their social impact. It explores his iconic pieces, functional clarity, and enduring relevance, as well as his theoretical work and promotion of Catalan and Spanish design. The exhibition presents design as a committed discipline, linked to social responsibility and critical thinking, emphasizing coherence, ethics, and public service.

André Ricard

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MEAM – Museu Europeu d'Art Modern

6th Barcelona Art Biennial

International exhibition

Oct 30 to Nov 1

The 6th Barcelona Art Biennial is an international exhibition taking place at the MEAM museum. It showcases a variety of artworks, offering a glimpse into contemporary artistic expressions from around the world.

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Disseny Hub Barcelona (Museu del Disseny) · Disseny Hub Barcelona

Asunción Bastida

Nov 4 to Mar 14, 2027

€6

This exhibition celebrates Asunción Bastida Pibernat, a pivotal figure in 20th-century Spanish haute couture and the only woman in its most prominent circle. It explores her career from its beginnings in Barcelona in 1925, through the establishment of her couture house, and her international recognition, including authorization from Christian Dior to reproduce his designs. The exhibition showcases her innovative use of materials, embroidery inspired by Catalan modernism, and references to traditional dress, highlighting her pioneering role in fashion.

Asunción Bastida Pibernat

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MACBA

Aurèlia Muñoz. Beings

Nov 5 to Mar 29, 2027

Free

This exhibition offers a comprehensive look at the work of Aurèlia Muñoz, a key figure in contemporary textile art. It features her early collages and embroideries, large-scale macramé structures, iconic kite-sculptures, and recent paper installations, alongside previously unseen drawings and models. The exhibition explores over fifty years of her practice, highlighting her unique legacy and engagement with ecological themes.

Aurèlia Muñoz

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CCCB · Exhibition galleries

World Press Photo 2026

International Photojournalism Exhibition

Nov 6 to Dec 13

The World Press Photo 2026 exhibition showcases the winning photographs and multimedia productions from the prestigious global photojournalism competition. It features works, many new to Spain, offering diverse perspectives on critical current affairs issues such as politics, gender, migration, conflict, and climate change. The exhibition presents 42 winning authors across six global territories and three categories: Singles, Stories, and Long-Term Projects.

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Disseny Hub Barcelona (Museu del Disseny) · Museu del Disseny

Aurèlia Muñoz. El tèxtil com a pretext

Nov 10 to Mar 14, 2027

Free

This exhibition focuses on the early textile works of Aurèlia Muñoz, a key figure in contemporary textile art. It showcases three pieces from the Museu del Disseny collection, including the 1961 tapestry 'La Barcelona gòtica' and two altar cloths from 1962. These works highlight Muñoz's early exploration of material expressiveness, textures, and the plastic possibilities of textile art, using materials like jute burlap.

Aurèlia Muñoz

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Fundació Joan Miró · Espai 13

Victor Ruiz Colomer

Nov 11 to Jan 17, 2027

This exhibition explores Victor Ruiz Colomer's interest in thermodynamics and its relation to movement within the Fundació Joan Miró's architecture. The artist proposes systems and structures that experiment with perceptual relationships, focusing on materiality, value circulation, and energy consumption.

Victor Ruiz Colomer

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Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC) · Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya

The Reverse Journey. A Sound Fresco through Romanesque Art

Nov 12 to Apr 30, 2027

This exhibition explores Romanesque murals by recreating the soundscapes and sensory experiences of their original church environments. It aims to reconnect the detached artworks with their context, highlighting the interplay between the sacred and the rural, and the impact of time and nature on these ancient pieces.

Ona Balló

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Disseny Hub Barcelona (Museu del Disseny) · Disseny Hub Barcelona

Vectors. Art digital per pensar el futur

Nov 25 to Mar 14, 2027

Vectors explores the ecosystem of contemporary digital art through the work of artists using computational technologies to imagine possible futures. It examines themes like coexistence with non-human species, critique of digital infrastructure, generative art, and hybridization with physical reality. The exhibition questions science and technology, offering a space for surprise, complexity, beauty, and thought in a world mediated by algorithms.

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Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC) · Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya

Jujol, by Perejaume

Nov 26 to Mar 29, 2027

This exhibition, curated by artist Perejaume, explores the work of architect Josep Maria Jujol. It features Jujol's creations from his recently donated documentary collection, alongside works by other notable artists and architects. The exhibition aims to celebrate Jujol's unique artistic vision while carefully presenting his fragile and dispersed works.

Perejaume · Josep Maria Jujol · Antoni Gaudí · Bruno Taut · Vladimir Tatlin · Henri Matisse

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CCCB

The Atomic Age

Nov 26 to May 17, 2027

The Atomic Age exhibition explores the profound and lasting impact of the atomic era, beginning with the 1945 New Mexico test. It examines how scientific discoveries, political events, and cultural shifts have been interpreted through art from the late 19th century to the present day. Visitors will see nearly 250 works, including paintings, photographs, and installations, that reflect diverse artistic responses to nuclear science and its controversies.

Hélène de Beauvoir · Henri Becquerel · Bruce Conner · Eduardo Chillida · Salvador Dalí · Marcel Duchamp

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MACBA

Stan Douglas

Jul 22, 2027 to Feb 27, 2028

Free

This exhibition explores how technology and media influence our perception and collective memory through the work of Stan Douglas. It examines his investigations into the construction of reality and history via images, questioning linear narratives and highlighting how human actions shape historical processes. The show also delves into his use of music to address issues of race, class, and inequality, and his new project exploring the appropriation of cultural manifestations.

Stan Douglas

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