Barcelona is brimming with exhibitions across museums, art centers, galleries, and spaces where culture manifests itself in its many forms. You can find everything from the works of world-renowned artists to the most innovative works by emerging Spanish artists with international potential, as well as fascinating educational exhibits that are perfect for the whole family.
So, if you’re wondering what exhibitions to see in Barcelona today, we’ve rounded up the city’s most interesting art and science exhibitions so you can make the most of Barcelona’s cultural offerings.
The Cult of Beauty
The Barcelona Center for Contemporary Culture (CCCB) never fails to make us reflect. This exhibition takes us on a fascinating journey through aesthetic canons, exploring how society has understood, constructed, and consumed beauty over time. It’s a comprehensive and highly relevant exhibition that challenges the viewer and leaves you thinking long after you’ve walked out the door.
Jean-Luc Godard. The Fraternity of Metaphors
Right on the Rambla, the Palau de la Virreina is dedicating one of its most compelling thematic focuses this year to the legendary filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard. This is the season’s major exhibition at this venue—a true free treat for lovers of cinema and visual culture—that invites you to disrupt the world through the metaphors and language of the master of the Nouvelle Vague.
IDEAL Barcelona is opening its new temporary venue at the Palau Victòria Eugènia with an exhibition that blends original archaeological artifacts with immersive virtual reality technology. The exhibition explores the daily life and customs of the Roman city before the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD buried it under volcanic ash.
“Recovered from the Enemy.” The Franco-era Deposits at the MNAC
The National Art Museum of Catalonia presents a compelling and much-needed exhibition that sheds light on the blind spots in our cultural heritage. The exhibition focuses on the true story of those works of art that were confiscated or deposited by Franco’s authorities after the Civil War and ended up in the museum’s storage facilities and galleries. An exercise in historical memory through art.
The Banksy Museum in Barcelona brings together all of Banksy’s street art experiences through more than 130 of the artist’s works. It does so by creating a setting perfectly suited to the atmosphere of street art. Inside, visitors stroll through an urban landscape that takes them from city to city and from era to era, allowing them to discover up close both the iconic and sometimes lesser-known works of this street artist.
Minor White
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The KBr Photography Center of the MAPFRE Foundation presents a spectacular retrospective on one of the 20th-century American masters of photography, Minor White. The exhibition explores his deeply spiritual vision of photography, full of contrasts, abstractions, and black-and-white images of an almost mystical beauty.
Matter Matters. Designing with the World
How will we live when there are no more materials left to make things? The DHub answers this question with its new permanent exhibition. It’s a fascinating journey that spans from colonial extractivism to today’s wildest solutions: furniture made from mushrooms, fabrics woven from seaweed, and extreme recycling. With over 700 pieces, this exhibition shows us that design isn’t just about making beautiful things, but about finding ways to avoid destroying the world in the process.
Picasso Cyprus. Encounters with Mediterranean Ceramics
The Picasso Museum introduces us to a fascinating facet of the Malaga-born genius: his relationship with ceramics. This unprecedented exhibition explores how ancient Mediterranean artisans—and specifically Cypriot art—inspired Picasso in his work with clay. It’s a golden opportunity to see how modern art engages in a dialogue on equal terms with history and archaeology dating back thousands of years.
Anna Moreno. The Third Twist
This exhibition by artist Anna Moreno is a true visual reflection on utopian architecture and the spaces we inhabit. A groundbreaking project that plays with time, design, and structural forms to invite us to think about how we envision the future of our cities. MACBA proves once again why it is the heart of the avant-garde in Barcelona.
Chez Matisse: The Legacy of a New Style of Painting
Last few days to enjoy this must-see exhibition. The exhibition allows you to delve into Henri Matisse’s colorful universe and understand the profound influence his painting has had on subsequent generations. It’s a fantastic overview for understanding the mastery of form from the perspective of one of the great masters of the 20th century.
Aliens
The Science Museum invites us to explore the cosmos from a fascinating and thoroughly educational perspective. This temporary exhibition explores the real probabilities of finding life beyond Earth, blending insights from astrophysics and biology. It’s the perfect outing for the whole family to discover the mysteries of what awaits us beyond the stars before the month ends.
