Tucked away on the top floor of the Arenas Shopping Center (across from Plaça Espanya), we find one of Barcelona’s most unique venues: IKONO. This experience, featuring more than 10 immersive rooms, is a place whereart and fun come together, and where visitors—rather than just spectators—become part of each artwork. If you want to be amazed by the IKONO experience, you can get your tickets here.
Summer in Barcelona is sweltering, so both adults and children want to stay cool without sacrificing fun. IKONO Barcelona is the perfect option for the whole family to escape the high temperatures: inside this space, we’ll stay cool and entertained, enjoying its various installations—some of which are exclusive to the Barcelona location (IKONO also has locations in Madrid and other European cities).
Summer Deals at IKONO Barcelona
We’ll tell you all about what IKONO Barcelona has to offer in a moment, but first, some good news. To celebrate Friendship Day on July 20, the museum is offering an exclusive promotion: buy two or more adult tickets and get 25% off.
This offer is valid from June 20 to 26 and can be applied to all available sessions for visiting IKONO. To take advantage of it, simply enter the code AMI26BCN when paying for tickets on the Fever website or app.
Art and inspiration in more than 10 fully immersive rooms
As soon as you walk into IKONO Barcelona, you’ll find a ball pit where adults are more than welcome— Purple Metal. This alone is a clear statement of intent: here, as a visitor, you come to give it your all, to be an active participant in the experience, and to never stop playing. And what follows continues in this vein: more immersive rooms filled with fully interactive art.
For example, Darklight Street, a “street” that’s pure futuristic aesthetic, with metal, synthetic fibers, and neon lights that evoke science fiction classics like *Blade Runner*. And this very street leads us to different rooms that are like independent universes with one thing in common: you, too, can be art—or create it.
The Koi Lounge is a room with patterned walls that invites us to disappear into them, and at Lantern Sanctuary, we’ll be captivated by the atmosphere created by hundreds of lanterns suspended in the air, in the true spirit of Thailand’s Lantern Festival (not surprisingly, the idea for IKONO came about after a trip to Asia).
Light Painting deserves a special mention, as it pays homage to a historic collaboration: in the late 1940s, Pablo Picasso teamed up with photographer Gjon Mili in the south of France, and together they explored the seemingly magical art of drawing in the air. Just like the genius from Málaga himself, at IKONO we can emulate this technique and even take a souvenir home with us.
As we mentioned, every IKONO is unique, and the Barcelona location features rooms exclusive to this city. One is the aforementioned Lantern Sanctuary. The others are Cyberpunk (the name says it all) and Retro Arcade, a grand finale that taps into our ’90s nostalgia.
Although its creators don’t like to define IKONO as a museum, there’s plenty of art in this space. Each room has been designed by a different artist, and in the case of Barcelona, we can mention names like Caroline Wendelin, Kimerly Leahey, Inshita Banerjee, and Heather Bellino.
Want to explore the rest of the immersive rooms at IKONO? We don’t want to spoil any more surprises: head up to the third floor of Arenas and let yourself be amazed by everything it has to offer.
