Exhibitions in
Barcelona
Exhibitions in
Barcelona
A MONTHLY OVERVIEW
EXHIBITIONS IN BARCELONA
On this page you will find detailed information about the most important exhibitions and events that take place in Barcelona every month. Just click on the desired month and find information about exhibitions, festivals and other activities. Have fun browsing!
December
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January
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February
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March
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April
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May
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June
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July
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August
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September
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October
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November
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Who writes and tests the exhibitions for you?
We are Céline & Jacqueline, and we are testing the exhibitions in Barcelona for you!
Céline is always busy picking out the highlights of the months for you and we both go to the museums and visit the exhibitions! And of course, we love doing that 🙂
So have fun browsing and visiting!
December 2024
Top 3 Exhibitions
1) KBr Fondacio Mapfre
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Watch out, watch out, watch out!
until 26 January 2025
We have been there! Here is our Blog-Post!
2) Picasso Museum
From Montmartre to Montparnasse. Catalan artists in Paris (1889-1914)
until 30 March 2025
3) CCCB
World Press Photo 2024
until 15 December 2024
We have been there! Here is our article!
OTHER EXHIBITIONS
in December
Caixa Forum
Alice’s worlds. Dreaming of Wonderland
until 23 February 2025
Can Framis
ELISAVA: El bosque (the forest)
bis 31 January 2025
Paula Bonet: The Eel. Flesh as painting and painting as a mirror
until 19 January 2025
Casa Vicens
The first house. The house of the architect. The house of the manifesto.
no end date known
CCCB
World Press Photo 2024
until 15 December 2024
We have been there! Here is our article!
Amazonias: The future of the ancestors
until 4 May 2025
Agnès Varda
until 8 December 2024
CosmoCaixa
Matemifasol (Maths makes the sun): A sonorous journey from chaos to the cosmos
until 12 January 2025
Diocesan Museum
Dalí’s Barcelona. A photographic route
until 1 December 2024
Digital Museum Casa Amatller
Sorolla
extended until 19 January 2025
Disseny Hub Barcelona
The ocean speaks. New Ecology and Economies of the Sea.
until 23 February 2025
Enjoia’t Awards – CON-X-ION
to 3 December 2024
VINÇON / IKEA. 100 IKEA items that we would have loved to have in VINÇON
until 23 February 2025
Espai Volart
Madola: A thousand years of fire
until 19 January 2025
Francesc Domingo: From Sant Just to Sâo Paulo
until 19 January 2025
Fundacio Foto Colectania
Sarah Moon. Time stands still
until 22 December 2024
Beyond the single image. Spanish photography from the Foto Colectania collection
until 26 April 2025
Fondacio de la Pedrera
Art in stone
until 2. February 2025
Fundacio Sunol
Warhol – Vijande
until 28 February 2025
Fundacio Tapies
Antoni Tapies. The practice of art
until 12 January 2025
IDEAL – Centre Arts digital Barcelona
Jules Verne 200
extended until 9 February 2025
KBr Fondacio Mapfre
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Watch out, watch out, watch out!
until 26 January 2025
We have been there! Here is our Blog-Post!
KBr Flama’24
until 26 January 2025
Lego
The largest Lego exhibition in Europe
until 16 March 2025
MACBA
Petrit Halilaj & Álvaro Urbano. Lunar Ensemble for emerging seas
until 12 January 2025
Teresa Solar Abboud. Bird Machine Dream
until 23 February 2025
MACBA Collection: Prelude
poetic intention
until mid-2025
An unknown city in the fog: new images of Barcelona’s neighbourhoods
until 12 January 2025
Mari Chordà … And many other things
until 12 January 2025
Epilogue: [contra]panorama
until 21 April 2025
MEAM
The Urban Landscape (international group exhibition)
until 26 January 2025
Realism Now: Die MEAM SHOW 2024
until 30 May 2025
Miro Museum
Miró Matisse: Beyond the pictures
until 23 February 2025
We have been there. Blog-Post is following soon! (It is a Top 3 exhibition, but we are not allowed to show the picture so big)
Helena Vinent
until 19 January 2025
Open archive 04 Portrait of Miró
until 15 December 2024
The last match factory
until 16 March 2025
MNAC
Eveli Torent, the breath of a modern artist.
until 16 February 2025
New room: Master of Cabestany
30 December 2024 to 2025
Museum Blau (Natural Science Museum)
Exhibition of the Museum Blau in the Centre Martorell d’Exposicions (Park de la Ciutadella)
WOW!
until 28 December 2025
Water, an exhibition without filters
until 16 February 2025
Museum of the History of Catalonia
Tàpies. Art and activism
until 2 February 2025
On the run. Refugees: A genealogy of the present
until 30 March 2025
Museum Nou (new museum in the truest sense of the word)
SUR PLAY (Surrealism)
New museum with its first general exhibition
Olympic and Sports Museum Barcelona
Paris 2024. Games Wide Open
bis 2 March 2025
Palau de la Virreina
Hemendik Hurbil: In the proximity
until 26 January 2025
Regina Silveira: Destruction of the structure
until 30 March 2025
Josep Iglésias del Marquet: Poetry, typography and mass communication
until 30 March 2025
Mar Arza
until 30 March 2025
Picasso Museum
From Montmartre to Montparnasse. Catalan artists in Paris (1889-1914)
until 30 March 2025
Reial Cercle Artistic
Dalí Challenge – No sabes nada de mi! (You know nothing about me!)
extended until 15 January 2025
Santa Maria del Pi
The Mystery Man
until 10 December 2024
Other events in December
Winter Swimming
Winter swimming takes place in the harbor basin on December 26th. Why on Earth hundreds of (mostly young) people take a dive into the cold water is, quite frankly, beyond me. I haven’t seen it for myself yet either – after all, I’m usually with my Family in Germany during that time.
New Year’s Eve
Should you be coming to Barcelona for New Year’s Eve expecting a grand party in the streets, prepare to be disappointed. The Spanish usually celebrate the new year in the comfort of their homes with their families. Obviously, there are parties here and there, but large firework displays, as they’re known in New York City or London, are not common in Spain. In Catalonia, fireworks are only allowed during the summer – the Night of Fires or Saint John’s night, to be precise. Should you be looking for fireworks anyway, be sure to show up at the Placa d’Espanya nice and early – the city has hosted a public fireworks display there for the past couple of years.
Instead, the Spanish have a different New Year’s tradition: Eat a grape at every strike of the clock at midnight. If you make it, you’ll supposedly be lucky next year. On the other hand, this tradition prevents you from loudly celebrating or kissing when the clock strikes midnight… After all, you’ll be busy chewing! Oh, and make sure to get seedless grapes – for obvious reasons 😀
Prepare your winter trip with our articles!
Christmas & Winter in Barcelona
Hop-on Bus and Christmas lights
The lights of the Hospital de Sant Pau
NEW MUSEUM
MUSEU DE L'ART PROHIBIT
Museum of Prohibited Art
NEW MUSEUM: Museu de l’Art Prohibit
It’s not an exhibition, but an entirely new museum that opened in October 2023. And it’s all about forbidden art!
Lesser-known artists stand alongside well-known ones such as Banksy, Ai Wei Wei and Gustav Klimt. Picasso and Goya can also be found… What they all have in common is that they have experienced some kind of censorship at some point/somewhere…
And we were already there for you!
Tips for families
What did I visit with my Kids?
After 6 years, I had the idea of writing a post about those museums and sights I’ve been to with my own children. Sometimes, some ideas just take a little longer 🙂
But now it’s ready! And in this detailed report, I’ll show you which museum is suitable for which age group (up to 7). I’ll give you tips and honest feedback from the children 😉
Of course, this post will be updated regularly. I promise!
January 2025
Top 3 Exhibitions
1) MACBA
Petrit Halilaj & Álvaro Urbano. Lunar Ensemble for emerging seas
until 12 January 2025
2) Picasso Museum
From Montmartre to Montparnasse. Catalan artists in Paris (1889-1914)
until 30 March 2025
3) KBr Fondacio Mapfre
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Watch, watch, watch!
until 26 January 2025
We have been there! Here is our Blog-Post!
OTHER EXHIBITIONS
in January
Caixa Forum
Alice’s worlds. Dreaming of Wonderland
until 23 February 2025
Can Framis
ELISAVA: El bosque (the forest)
bis 31 January 2025
Paula Bonet: The Eel. Flesh as painting and painting as a mirror
until 19 January 2025
Casa Vicens
The first house. The house of the architect. The house of the manifesto.
no end date known
CCCB
Amazonias: The future of the ancestors
until 4 May 2025
CosmoCaixa
Matemifasol (Maths makes the sun): A sonorous journey from chaos to the cosmos
until 12 January 2025
Digital Museum Casa Amatller
Sorolla
extended until 19 January 2025
Disseny Hub Barcelona
The ocean speaks. New Ecology and Economies of the Sea.
until 23 February 2025
VINÇON / IKEA. 100 IKEA items that we would have loved to have in VINÇON
until 23 February 2025
Espai Volart
Madola: A thousand years of fire
until 19 January 2025
Francesc Domingo: From Sant Just to Sâo Paulo
until 19 January 2025
Fundacio Foto Colectania
Beyond the single image. Spanish photography from the Foto Colectania collection
until 26 April 2025
Fondacio de la Pedrera
Art in stone
until 2. February 2025
Fundacio Sunol
Warhol – Vijande
until 28 February 2025
Fundacio Tapies
Antoni Tapies. The practice of art
until 12 January 2025
IDEAL – Centre Arts digital Barcelona
Jules Verne 200
extended until 9 February 2025
KBr Fondacio Mapfre
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Watch out, watch out, watch out!
until 26 January 2025
We have been there! Here is our Blog-Post!
KBr Flama’24
until 26 January 2025
Lego
The largest Lego exhibition in Europe
until 16 March 2025
MACBA
Petrit Halilaj & Álvaro Urbano. Lunar Ensemble for emerging seas
until 12 January 2025
Teresa Solar Abboud. Bird Machine Dream
until 23 February 2025
MACBA Collection: Prelude
poetic intention
until mid-2025
An unknown city in the fog: new images of Barcelona’s neighbourhoods
until 12 January 2025
Mari Chordà … And many other things
until 12 January 2025
Epilogue: [contra]panorama
until 21 April 2025
MEAM
The Urban Landscape (international group exhibition)
until 26 January 2025
Realism Now: Die MEAM SHOW 2024
until 30 May 2025
Eloy Morales: Monografic Exhibition
30 January to 1 June 2025
Miro Museum
Miró Matisse: Beyond the pictures
until 23 February 2025
We have been there. Blog-Post is following soon! (It is a Top 3 exhibition, but we are not allowed to show the picture so big)
Helena Vinent
until 19 January 2025
The last match factory
until 16 March 2025
MNAC
Eveli Torent, the breath of a modern artist.
until 16 February 2025
New room: Master of Cabestany
until 2025
Museum Blau (Natural Science Museum)
Water, an exhibition without filters
at the Museum Blau
until 16 February 2025
Exhibition of the Museum Blau in the Centre Martorell d’Exposicions (Park de la Ciutadella)
WOW!
until 28 December 2025
Nature or Culture?
at the Martorell d’Exposicions exhibition centre
until 28 September 2025
Museum of the History of Catalonia
Tàpies. Art and activism
until 2 February 2025
On the run. Refugees: A genealogy of the present
until 30 March 2025
Museum Nou (new museum in the truest sense of the word)
SUR PLAY (Surrealism)
New museum with its first general exhibition
Olympic and Sports Museum Barcelona
Paris 2024. Games Wide Open
bis 2 March 2025
Palau de la Virreina
Hemendik Hurbil: In the proximity
until 26 January 2025
Regina Silveira: Destruction of the structure
until 30 March 2025
Josep Iglésias del Marquet: Poetry, typography and mass communication
until 30 March 2025
Mar Arza
until 30 March 2025
Picasso Museum
From Montmartre to Montparnasse. Catalan artists in Paris (1889-1914)
until 30 March 2025
Reial Cercle Artistic
Dalí Challenge – No sabes nada de mi! (You know nothing about me!)
extended until 15 January 2025
Other Events
The Three Kings Parade
The parade honoring the Three Wise Men takes place every year on January 5th. The “Magos”, as they are known here, arrive at Port Vell (the old harbor) on their ship. They depart the ship after landing and begin a long parade through the city. Their train moves past cheering crowds of old and young alike, throwing candy to the children all the while. The children then awake to find their presents delivered on January 6th – presents which, according to local lore, are brought by the Three Wise Men instead of Santa Claus.
When: January 5th
Where: port and city center
February
Top 3 Exhibitions
1) Picasso Museum
From Montmartre to Montparnasse. Catalan artists in Paris (1889-1914)
until 30 March 2025
2) MEAM
Realism Now: Die MEAM SHOW 2024
until 30 May 2025
3) CosmoCaixa
Extraterrestrials: Is there life beyond Earth?
26 February to 19 October 2025
other exhibitions
in february
Caixa Forum
Alice’s worlds. Dreaming of Wonderland
until 23 February 2025
Outside the frame. Works by Rineke Dijkstra and Philippe Parreno
5 February until 26 October 2025
Can Framis
Carles Gabarró: The fragility of painting in the age of ‘fast food’
4 February 2025 to 1 June 2025
Casa Vicens
The first house. The house of the architect. The house of the manifesto.
no end date known
CCCB
Amazonias: The future of the ancestors
until 4 May 2025
CosmoCaixa
Extraterrestrials: Is there life beyond Earth?
26 February to 19 October 2025
Disseny Hub Barcelona
The ocean speaks. New Ecology and Economies of the Sea.
until 23 February 2025
VINÇON / IKEA. 100 IKEA items that we would have loved to have in VINÇON
until 23 February 2025
Espai Volart
Lluís Hortalà: Putting the finger on the eye
21 February 2025 to 13 July 2025
Fundacio Foto Colectania
Beyond the single image. Spanish photography from the Foto Colectania collection
until 26 April 2025
Fondacio de la Pedrera
Art in stone
until 2. February 2025
Fundacio Sunol
Warhol – Vijande
until 28 February 2025
IDEAL – Centre Arts digital Barcelona
Jules Verne 200
extended until 9 February 2025
KBr Mapfre
José Guerrero: About the landscape
15 February to 18 May 2025
Bravo: Felipe Romero Beltrán
15 February to 18 May 2025
Lego
The largest Lego exhibition in Europe
until 16 March 2025
MACBA
Teresa Solar Abboud. Bird Machine Dream
until 23 February 2025
MACBA Collection: Prelude
poetic intention
until mid-2025
Epilogue: [contra]panorama
until 21 April 2025
MEAM
Realism Now: Die MEAM SHOW 2024
until 30 May 2025
Eloy Morales: Monographic exhibition
until 1 June 2025
Miro Museum
Miró Matisse: Beyond the pictures
until 23 February 2025
We have been there. Blog-Post is following soon! (It is a Top 3 exhibition, but we are not allowed to show the picture so big)
The last match factory
until 16 March 2025
MNAC
Eveli Torent, the breath of a modern artist.
until 16 February 2025
New room: Master of Cabestany
until 2025
Museum Blau (Natural Science Museum)
Water, an exhibition without filters
until 16 February 2025
WOW
at the Centre Martorell d’Exposicions
until 28 December 2025
Nature or culture?
at the Centre Martorell d’Exposicions
until 28 September 2025
Museum of the History of Catalonia
Tàpies. Art and activism
until 2 February 2025
On the run. Refugees: A genealogy of the present
until 30 March 2025
Museum Nou (new museum in the truest sense of the word)
SUR PLAY (Surrealism)
New museum with its first general exhibition
Olympic and Sports Museum Barcelona
Paris 2024. Games Wide Open
bis 2 March 2025
Palau de la Virreina
Regina Silveira: Destruction of the structure
until 30 March 2025
Josep Iglésias del Marquet: Poetry, typography and mass communication
until 30 March 2025
Mar Arza
until 30 March 2025
Picasso Museum
From Montmartre to Montparnasse. Catalan artists in Paris (1889-1914)
until 30 March 2025
Other events in February:
Carnival
Every year from Maundy Thursday to Ash Wednesday, a man called King Carnestoltes takes over Barcelona. The pot-bellied ruler organises masked balls, lavish parties and parades with creative costumes.
The festivities begin with the arrival of the king and reach their climax with the ‘Gran Rúa’, the Grand Parade. This spectacle consists of hundreds of costumed people and thousands more come to watch on the streets. Other neighbourhoods also have their own smaller parades around this time.
Special mention: ‘La Taronjada’ – orange-coloured balloon and confetti battle at the end of the parade on the Rambla, at Palau de la Virreina.
When: Date to follow
Llum Barcelona + Santa Eulalia Festival
Elaborate light installations decorate the city in various places. Currently mainly in the Poblenou.
This celebration coincides with the celebration of Santa Eulalia (Fiesta Santa Eulalia), patron saint of Barcelona and main saint in the Cathedral of Gotico.
When: Date to follow
Free event, but always very busy. So be patient!
Website: https://www.barcelona.cat/llumbcn/en
March 2025
Top 3 Exhibitions
1) MNAC
Zurbarán (über) Natürlich
20 March to 29 June 2025
2) Picasso Museum
From Montmartre to Montparnasse. Catalan artists in Paris (1889-1914)
until 30 March 2025
3) MACBA
MACBA Collection: Prelude
poetic intention
until mid-2025
other exhibitions
in March
Caixa Forum
Outside the frame. Works by Rineke Dijkstra and Philippe Parreno
5 February until 26 October 2025
Can Framis
Carles Gabarró: The fragility of painting in the age of ‘fast food’
until 1 June 2025
Casa Vicens
The first house. The house of the architect. The house of the manifesto.
no end date known
CCCB
Amazonias: The future of the ancestors
until 4 May 2025
CosmoCaixa
Extraterrestrials: Is there life beyond Earth?
until 19 October 2025
Espai Volart
Lluís Hortalà: Putting the finger on the eye
until to 13 July 2025
Fundacio Foto Colectania
Beyond the single image. Spanish photography from the Foto Colectania collection
until 26 April 2025
Fondacio de la Pedrera
Sean Scully
14 March to 6 July 2025
KBr Mapfre
José Guerrero: About the landscape
until 18 May 2025
Bravo: Felipe Romero Beltrán
until 18 May 2025
Lego
The largest Lego exhibition in Europe
until 16 March 2025
MACBA
Teresa Solar Abboud. Bird Machine Dream
until 9 March 2025
MACBA Collection: Prelude
poetic intention
until mid-2025
Epilogue: [contra]panorama
until 21 April 2025
MEAM
Realism Now: Die MEAM SHOW 2024
until 30 May 2025
Eloy Morales: Monographic exhibition
until 1 June 2025
Miro Museum
The last match factory
until 16 March 2025
MNAC
Zurbarán (über) Natürlich
20 March to 29 June 2025
Museum Blau (Natural Science Museum)
WOW
at the Centre Martorell d’Exposicions
until 28 December 2025
Nature or culture?
at the Centre Martorell d’Exposicions
until 28 September 2025
Museum of the History of Catalonia
On the run. Refugees: A genealogy of the present
until 30 March 2025
Museum Nou (new museum in the truest sense of the word)
SUR PLAY (Surrealism)
New museum with its first general exhibition
Olympic and Sports Museum Barcelona
Paris 2024. Games Wide Open
bis 2 March 2025
Palau de la Virreina
Regina Silveira: Destruction of the structure
until 30 March 2025
Josep Iglésias del Marquet: Poetry, typography and mass communication
until 30 March 2025
Mar Arza
until 30 March 2025
Picasso Museum
From Montmartre to Montparnasse. Catalan artists in Paris (1889-1914)
until 30 March 2025
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