One of the masterpieces of industrial Modernisme, this former yarn and textile factory was designed by Puig i Cadafalch in 1911. It spent most of the last century in a sorry...

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...

Josep Lluís Sert, who spent the years of the Franco dictatorship as Dean of the School of Design at Harvard University, designed one of the greatest museum buildings in the...

A garden furniture mogul might seem at first glance to be an unlikely art collector but Manuel Alorda and his wife Hanneke Derksen proved that there is no conflict between...

ADN (DNA in English) favours less-established contemporary artists, half of whom are locally based. Collective shows are on the hit and miss side so far as quality is...

This cavernous basement is one of the most intriguing art spaces in the city: outstanding contemporary exhibitions, particularly in photography and film from the likes of...

Occupying a sociable slot on C/Xucla, and famed locally for the prowling kitty-cats painted on the wall outside, Àlex Nogueras and Rebecca Blanchard have proven themselves...

Owned by the son of the famous painter, Tàpies hosts a classy mix of locals and internationals: the excellent video work of Portuguese artist João Onofre and local artist Tere...

The Galería Trama is an unassuming space, but it is the contemporary arm of Sala Parés opposite, and quietly displays some fabulous painting, photography and media work. Aziz &...

Unpretentious Iguapop is the antithesis of the snooty art gallery that calls itself commercial but shuns the label shop. The same company sells clothes and fashion accessories...

When Loft opened in 2003, the local scene didn't know what to make of French collector Bertrand Cheuvreux's quirky space, dedicated solely to contemporary Chinese art. Since...

The 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...

NIU is a buzzing centre for media and audio-visual art, incorporating a small exhibition space, live music, conferences, workshops and information on a kaleidoscopic array of...

This classical palace, with Baroque features, takes its name from the widow of an unpopular viceroy of Peru, who commissioned it and lived in it after its completion in the...