In a controversial move, the Generalitat appointed new director Vicenç Altaió to pump up the lacklustre visitor numbers for this contemporary art space. Altaió takes his...
La Rambla 7The real show at the MACBA is the building itself, Richard Meier's cool iceberg of a museum sitting imperturbably amid the ceaseless scrape and clatter of skateboarders on the...
Plaça dels Àngels 1Despite being a condom's toss from the red-light district, the Erotic Museum is a surprisingly limp affair. Expect plenty of filler in the form of Kama Sutra illustrations and...
La Rambla 96 bisEven if you can't tell a caravel from a catamaran, the excellent Maritime Museum is well worth a visit, as the soaring arches and vaults of vast shipyards represent one the...
Avda DrassanesA fortress-like edifice shoehorned into a narrow six-storey sliver, the Palau Güell was Gaudí's first major commission, begun in 1886 for textile baron Eusebi Güell. After...
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