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!
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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December
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January
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February
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March
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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!
April 2025
Top 3 Exhibitions
1) MNAC
Zurbarán (super) Natural
Until 29 June 2025
What can you expect?
This retrospective is dedicated to Spanish Baroque master Francisco de Zurbarán and his unparalleled ability to depict light and texture. The exhibition highlights the spiritual power of his works and shows how he used extraordinary precision to portray religious and everyday scenes.
2) Las Reales Atarazanas – Les Drassanes Reials
AMAZÔNIA by Sebastião Salgado
Until 20 April 2025
What can you expect?
Renowned photographer Sebastião Salgado presents a breathtaking tribute to the Amazon. His large-scale black-and-white photographs capture the untouched beauty of the rainforest and the cultures of indigenous peoples—a powerful reminder of the need to protect this unique ecosystem.
3) Museum Nou (new museum in the truest sense of the word)
SUR PLAY (Surrealism)
New museum with its first general exhibition
What can you expect?
The newly opened Museum Nou presents SUR PLAY, an exhibition that playfully explores surrealism. Featuring works that delve into dreamscapes, imagination, and the subconscious, the show combines classical surrealist art with contemporary interpretations, inviting visitors to rediscover the boundaries of reality.
other exhibitions
in April
Arxiu Fotografic
Manel Esclusa
Until 12 October 2025
Caixa Forum
Uncertain times. Germany between the wars
2 April to 27 July 2025
Outside the frame. Works by Rineke Dijkstra and Philippe Parreno
Until 26 October 2025
Can Framis
Carles Gabarró: The fragility of painting in the age of ‘fast food’
Until 1 June 2025
Casa Amatller – Digitalmuseum
Goya’s universe: between light and darkness
Until 30 April 2025
What can you expect?
This immersive digital exhibition invites visitors to discover the world of Francisco de Goya in a completely new way. Light and shadow, reason and madness – the show delves into the contrasts that characterise Goya’s work and brings his paintings to life using state-of-the-art technology.
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
Chris Ware: Drawing is thinking
3 April to 9 November 2025
CosmoCaixa
Extraterrestrials: Is there life beyond Earth?
Until 19 October 2025
Diocesan Museum
Creators
until 22 June 2025
What can you expect?
This exhibition features 50 works by 21 international female artists that shed light on the influence of women on the avant-garde and modern art. On display are paintings, drawings and prints – from the Parisian avant-garde to the present day. Important female artists such as Marie Laurencin, Dora Maar, Françoise Gilot, Olga Sacharoff, Carmen Laffón, Cristina Iglesias, Rebecca Horn, Susy Gómez and Helen Frankenthaler are represented.
Espai Inmersa
TITANIC: The official exhibition
17 April to 28 September 2025 (from October in Vienna)
What can you expect?
The Titanic exhibition offers an immersive journey into the history of the famous ship. Visitors experience faithful replicas, see 200 salvaged original artefacts and immerse themselves in the wreck via virtual reality – from the construction to the sinking of the Titanic.
Espai Volart
Lluís Hortalà: Putting the finger on the eye
Until to 13 July 2025
Fundacio Foto Colectania
Ramón Masats. El fotógrafo silencioso
Until 25 May 2025
The Spotlight | Young Talent in Photography Schools of Barcelona
7 April 2025 to 1 April 2026
Fondacio de la Pedrera
Sean Scully
Until 6 July 2025
Fundacion Tapies
Antoni Tàpies. The imagination of the world
Until 25 January 2026
Marta Palau. My ways are earthly
Until 17 August 2025
Anna Malagrida. Opacitas. Providing transparency
Until 28 September 2025
Noor Abed. A Night We Held Between
9 April to 27 July 2025
IDEAL – Centre Arts digital Barcelona
Jules Verne 200
extended until 27 April 2025
What can you expect?
A fascinating digital exhibition that reinterprets the visionary world of Jules Verne through an immersive experience. Using cutting-edge technology, visitors are transported into the adventures of the famous writer—from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea to Around the World in 80 Days.
My kids went there and liked it! Especially the VR-Experience!
KBr Mapfre
José Guerrero: About the landscape
Until 18 May 2025
Bravo: Felipe Romero Beltrán
Until 18 May 2025
Las Reales Atarazanas – Les Drassanes Reials
AMAZÔNIA by Sebastião Salgado
Until 20 April 2025
What can you expect?
Renowned photographer Sebastião Salgado presents a breathtaking tribute to the Amazon. His large-scale black-and-white photographs capture the untouched beauty of the rainforest and the cultures of indigenous peoples—a powerful reminder of the need to protect this unique ecosystem.
MACBA
MACBA Collection: Prelude
poetic intention
Until 21 July 2025
What can you expect?
This exhibition presents a new selection from the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona (MACBA) collection. It focuses on art as a poetic expression and how artists transform words, symbols, and concepts into visual narratives.
Other exhibitions at the MACBA:
Epilogue: [contra]panorama
Until 21 April 2025
Carlos Motta. Pleas of resistance
Until 26 October 2025
MEAM
Realism Now: Die MEAM SHOW 2024
Until 1 June 2025
What can you expect?
The annual exhibition at the Museu Europeu d’Art Modern (MEAM) showcases the finest contemporary realist works from around the world. With a focus on painting and sculpture, this show celebrates modern realism in all its forms.
Eloy Morales: Monographic exhibition
Until 1 June 2025
What can you expect?
This solo exhibition focuses on Spanish artist Eloy Morales, a master of hyperrealistic portraiture. His large-scale works are striking in their meticulous detail and depth, appearing almost photographic. The exhibition offers a comprehensive insight into his artistic approach and technique.
Miro Museum
Open the archive: 5. Miró. Improvised Supports
Until 15 June 2025
Between two courtyards. The visit of Fina Miralles, Susana Solano and Eva Lootz at Espai 10
Until 18 May 2025
New talents in Asian video art: Musquiqui Chihying and Timoteus Anggawan Kusno
Until 18 May 2025
See naturally
10 April to 29 June 2025
MNAC
Zurbarán (super) Natural
Until 29 June 2025
What can you expect?
This retrospective is dedicated to Spanish Baroque master Francisco de Zurbarán and his unparalleled ability to depict light and texture. The exhibition highlights the spiritual power of his works and shows how he used extraordinary precision to portray religious and everyday scenes.
Moco Museum
Robin the Kid: The future is old
extended until 25 May 2025
Banksy
Permanent exhibition
Robbie Williams: Confessions of a Crowded Mind
extended until 1 November 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
extended until 25 May 2025
Museum Nou (new museum in the truest sense of the word)
SUR PLAY (Surrealism)
New museum with its first general exhibition
What can you expect?
The newly opened Museum Nou presents SUR PLAY, an exhibition that playfully explores surrealism. Featuring works that delve into dreamscapes, imagination, and the subconscious, the show combines classical surrealist art with contemporary interpretations, inviting visitors to rediscover the boundaries of reality.
Olympic and Sports Museum Barcelona
Francisco Godia Sales, a gentleman-driver
Until 1 July 2025
Palau Martorell
Fernado Botero
Until 20 July 2025
What can you expect?
A major retrospective in honour of Fernando Botero, the master of exuberant forms. The exhibition shows a selection of his most famous paintings and sculptures, which illustrate his unmistakable style and his unique depiction of volume and movement.
Palau de La Virreina
And after Le Corbusier? Michel Ragon
until 11 May 2025
Álvaro Perdices
16 April to 28 September 2025
The power of the people: Sara Gómez
17 April until 28 September 2025
Self-penetration: Eugenio Barba / Odin Teatret
17 April to 28 September 2025
Striptease: Cathy Berberian
17 April to 28 September 2025
Events in April
Semana Santa – Easter
Easter is celebrated in Barcelona for a week. The first important day of this holy week (Setmana Santa) is Palm Sunday. On this day, the Padrina (godmother) gives her godchild decorated or woven palm leaves.
When: Sunday, 13 April – Sunday, 20 April 2025
Sant Jordi
Catalan Valentine’s Day. While February 14th is hardly noticed, April 23rd is blooming! It is the festival of lovers, the book, and the legend of Saint George.
When: 23 April
Where: there are roses and books on every corner, but mainly on the Rambla de Catalunya
MUSEUMS Tip
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!
May 2025
Top 3 Exhibitions
1) Caixa Forum
Rubens and the Flemish Baroque artists. Collections of the Museo del Prado
29 May until 21 September 2025
What can you expect?
This exhibition presents masterpieces by Peter Paul Rubens and other Flemish Baroque artists from the Prado collection. The show highlights Rubens’ influence on his contemporaries as well as the dynamism and expressiveness of Flemish Baroque.
2) Casa Amatller – Digitalmuseum
Goya’s universe: between light and darkness
Until 30 April 2025
What can you expect?
This immersive digital exhibition invites visitors to discover the world of Francisco de Goya in a completely new way. Light and shadow, reason and madness – the show delves into the contrasts that characterise Goya’s work and brings his paintings to life using state-of-the-art technology.
3) Palau Martorell
Fernado Botero
Until 20 July 2025
What can you expect?
A major retrospective in honour of Fernando Botero, the master of exuberant forms. The exhibition shows a selection of his most famous paintings and sculptures, which illustrate his unmistakable style and his unique depiction of volume and movement.
OTHER EXHIBITIONS
in May
Arxiu Fotografic
Manel Esclusa
Until 12 October 2025
Caixa Forum
Rubens and the Flemish Baroque artists. Collections of the Museo del Prado
29 May until 21 September 2025
What can you expect?
This exhibition presents masterpieces by Peter Paul Rubens and other Flemish Baroque artists from the Prado collection. The show highlights Rubens’ influence on his contemporaries as well as the dynamism and expressiveness of Flemish Baroque.
Uncertain times. Germany between the wars
Until 27 July 2025
Outside the frame. Works by Rineke Dijkstra and Philippe Parreno
Until 26 October 2025
Can Framis
Carles Gabarró: The fragility of painting in the age of ‘fast food’
Until 1 June 2025
Casa Amatller – Digitalmuseum
Goya’s universe: between light and darkness
Until 30 April 2025
What can you expect?
This immersive digital exhibition invites visitors to discover the world of Francisco de Goya in a completely new way. Light and shadow, reason and madness – the show delves into the contrasts that characterise Goya’s work and brings his paintings to life using state-of-the-art technology.
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
Chris Ware: Drawing is thinking
Until 9 November 2025
‘Moving in the air…’
Image, feeling, utopia
8 May to 28 September 2025
CosmoCaixa
Extraterrestrials: Is there life beyond Earth?
Until 19 October 2025
Diocesan Museum
Creators
until 22 June 2025
What can you expect?
This exhibition features 50 works by 21 international female artists that shed light on the influence of women on the avant-garde and modern art. On display are paintings, drawings and prints – from the Parisian avant-garde to the present day. Important female artists such as Marie Laurencin, Dora Maar, Françoise Gilot, Olga Sacharoff, Carmen Laffón, Cristina Iglesias, Rebecca Horn, Susy Gómez and Helen Frankenthaler are represented.
Espai Inmersa
TITANIC: The official exhibition
until 28 September 2025 (from October in Vienna)
What can you expect?
The Titanic exhibition offers an immersive journey into the history of the famous ship. Visitors experience faithful replicas, see 200 salvaged original artefacts and immerse themselves in the wreck via virtual reality – from the construction to the sinking of the Titanic.
Espai Volart
Lluís Hortalà: Putting the finger on the eye
Until to 13 July 2025
Fundacio Foto Colectania
Ramón Masats. El fotógrafo silencioso
Until 25 May 2025
The Spotlight | Young Talent in Photography Schools of Barcelona
until 1 April 2026
Fondacio de la Pedrera
Sean Scully
Until 6 July 2025
Fundacion Tapies
Antoni Tàpies. The imagination of the world
Until 25 January 2026
Marta Palau. My ways are earthly
Until 17 August 2025
Anna Malagrida. Opacitas. Providing transparency
Until 28 September 2025
Noor Abed. A Night We Held Between
until 27 July 2025
IDEAL – Centre Arts digital Barcelona
Pioneers. 125 years of Catalan football
23 May to 31 July 2025
KBr Mapfre
José Guerrero: About the landscape
Until 18 May 2025
Bravo: Felipe Romero Beltrán
Until 18 May 2025
MACBA
MACBA Collection: Prelude
poetic intention
Until 21 July 2025
What can you expect?
This exhibition presents a new selection from the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona (MACBA) collection. It focuses on art as a poetic expression and how artists transform words, symbols, and concepts into visual narratives.
Other exhibitions at the MACBA:
Carlos Motta. Pleas of resistance
Until 26 October 2025
Coco Fusco. I learnt to swim on dry land
22 May 2025 to 11 January 2026
MEAM
Realism Now: Die MEAM SHOW 2024
Until 1 June 2025
What can you expect?
The annual exhibition at the Museu Europeu d’Art Modern (MEAM) showcases the finest contemporary realist works from around the world. With a focus on painting and sculpture, this show celebrates modern realism in all its forms.
Eloy Morales: Monographic exhibition
Until 1 June 2025
What can you expect?
This solo exhibition focuses on Spanish artist Eloy Morales, a master of hyperrealistic portraiture. His large-scale works are striking in their meticulous detail and depth, appearing almost photographic. The exhibition offers a comprehensive insight into his artistic approach and technique.
Miro Museum
Open the archive: 5. Miró. Improvised Supports
Until 15 June 2025
Between two courtyards. The visit of Fina Miralles, Susana Solano and Eva Lootz at Espai 10
Until 18 May 2025
New talents in Asian video art: Musquiqui Chihying and Timoteus Anggawan Kusno
Until 18 May 2025
See naturally
until 29 June 2025
MNAC
Zurbarán (super) Natural
Until 29 June 2025
What can you expect?
This retrospective is dedicated to Spanish Baroque master Francisco de Zurbarán and his unparalleled ability to depict light and texture. The exhibition highlights the spiritual power of his works and shows how he used extraordinary precision to portray religious and everyday scenes.
Francesc d’A. Galí. The Invisible Master (Dome of the MNAC)
8 May to 14 September 2025
Moco Museum
Robbie Williams: Confessions of a Crowded Mind
extended until 1 November 2025
We have been there! Here is the Blog-Post!
Robin the Kid: The future is old
extended until 25 May 2025
Banksy
Permanent exhibition
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
extended until 25 May 2025
Museum Nou (new museum in the truest sense of the word)
SUR PLAY (Surrealism)
New museum with its first general exhibition
What can you expect?
The newly opened Museum Nou presents SUR PLAY, an exhibition that playfully explores surrealism. Featuring works that delve into dreamscapes, imagination, and the subconscious, the show combines classical surrealist art with contemporary interpretations, inviting visitors to rediscover the boundaries of reality.
Olympic and Sports Museum Barcelona
Francisco Godia Sales, a gentleman-driver
Until 1 July 2025
Palau Martorell
Fernado Botero
Until 20 July 2025
What can you expect?
A major retrospective in honour of Fernando Botero, the master of exuberant forms. The exhibition shows a selection of his most famous paintings and sculptures, which illustrate his unmistakable style and his unique depiction of volume and movement.
Palau de La Virreina
Álvaro Perdices
Until 28 September 2025
The power of the people: Sara Gómez
Until 28 September 2025
Self-penetration: Eugenio Barba / Odin Teatret
Until 28 September 2025
Striptease: Cathy Berberian
Until 28 September 2025
And after Le Corbusier? Michel Ragon
Until 11 May 2025
Counterpoint: Sergi Aguilar
24 May until 19 October 2025
Other events in May
Night of the Museums
You might just have incidentally booked the perfect time for travel! In Barcelona, the Night of the Museums is free of charge, which means you can visit as many museums as you like from 19.00 h (7 p.m.) to 1.00 h (1 a.m.)! Additionally, many museums offer music or other entertainment for their guests.
The list of participating museums will be added as soon as the program has been finalized.
When: May 18th 2025, 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Where: Various Museums in Barcelona
Day of Museums
Numerous institutions can be visited free of charge on this day. Some have special programs.
When: May 18, 2025
Primavera Sound
Primavera Sound is a music festival in Barcelona that lasts several days and has many artists in the line-up.
When: 4 to 8 June 2025
Official website: www.primaverasound.com/barcelona
June 2025
Top 3 exhibitions
1) Moco Museum
Banksy
Permanent exhibition
2) MNAC
Zurbarán (super) Natural
Until 29 June 2025
What can you expect?
This retrospective is dedicated to Spanish Baroque master Francisco de Zurbarán and his unparalleled ability to depict light and texture. The exhibition highlights the spiritual power of his works and shows how he used extraordinary precision to portray religious and everyday scenes.
3) Espai Inmersa
TITANIC: The official exhibition
until 28 September 2025 (from October in Vienna)
What can you expect?
The Titanic exhibition offers an immersive journey into the history of the famous ship. Visitors experience faithful replicas, see 200 salvaged original artefacts and immerse themselves in the wreck via virtual reality – from the construction to the sinking of the Titanic.
other exhibitions
in June
Arxiu Fotografic
Manel Esclusa
Until 12 October 2025
Caixa Forum
Rubens and the Flemish Baroque artists. Collections of the Museo del Prado
Until 21 September 2025
What can you expect?
This exhibition presents masterpieces by Peter Paul Rubens and other Flemish Baroque artists from the Prado collection. The show highlights Rubens’ influence on his contemporaries as well as the dynamism and expressiveness of Flemish Baroque.
Uncertain times. Germany between the wars
Until 27 July 2025
Outside the frame. Works by Rineke Dijkstra and Philippe Parreno
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
Chris Ware: Drawing is thinking
Until 9 November 2025
‘Moving in the air…’
Image, feeling, utopia
8 May to 28 September 2025
CosmoCaixa
Extraterrestrials: Is there life beyond Earth?
Until 19 October 2025
Espai Inmersa
TITANIC: The official exhibition
until 28 September 2025 (from October in Vienna)
What can you expect?
The Titanic exhibition offers an immersive journey into the history of the famous ship. Visitors experience faithful replicas, see 200 salvaged original artefacts and immerse themselves in the wreck via virtual reality – from the construction to the sinking of the Titanic.
Diocesan Museum
Creators
until 22 June 2025
What can you expect?
This exhibition features 50 works by 21 international female artists that shed light on the influence of women on the avant-garde and modern art. On display are paintings, drawings and prints – from the Parisian avant-garde to the present day. Important female artists such as Marie Laurencin, Dora Maar, Françoise Gilot, Olga Sacharoff, Carmen Laffón, Cristina Iglesias, Rebecca Horn, Susy Gómez and Helen Frankenthaler are represented.
Disseny Hub Barcelona
Miguel Milá. Designer (pre)industrial
18 June to 21 September 2025
How to design a revolution: The Xilenean way of design
27 June to 16 November 2025
Espai Volart
Lluís Hortalà: Putting the finger on the eye
Until to 13 July 2025
Fondacio de la Pedrera
Sean Scully
Until 6 July 2025
Fundacio Foto Colectania
The Spotlight | Young Talent in Photography Schools of Barcelona
until 1 April 2026
Fundacion Tapies
Anna Malagrida. Opacitas. Providing transparency
Until 28 September 2025
Antoni Tàpies. The imagination of the world
Until 25 January 2026
Marta Palau. My ways are earthly
Until 17 August 2025
Noor Abed. A Night We Held Between
until 27 July 2025
IDEAL – Centre Arts digital Barcelona
Pioneers. 125 years of Catalan football
until 31 July 2025
KBr Mapfre
Edward Weston
11 June to 31 August 2025
Joan Andreu Puig Farran: The Troubled Decade (1929-1939)
11 June to 31 August 2025
MACBA
MACBA Collection: Prelude
poetic intention
Until 21 July 2025
What can you expect?
This exhibition presents a new selection from the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona (MACBA) collection. It focuses on art as a poetic expression and how artists transform words, symbols, and concepts into visual narratives.
Other exhibitions at the MACBA:
Carlos Motta. Pleas of resistance
Until 26 October 2025
Coco Fusco. I learnt to swim on dry land
Until 11 January 2026
MEAM
Realism Now: Die MEAM SHOW 2024
Until 1 June 2025
What can you expect?
The annual exhibition at the Museu Europeu d’Art Modern (MEAM) showcases the finest contemporary realist works from around the world. With a focus on painting and sculpture, this show celebrates modern realism in all its forms.
Eloy Morales: Monographic exhibition
Until 1 June 2025
What can you expect?
This solo exhibition focuses on Spanish artist Eloy Morales, a master of hyperrealistic portraiture. His large-scale works are striking in their meticulous detail and depth, appearing almost photographic. The exhibition offers a comprehensive insight into his artistic approach and technique.
The Temptation of Modernity: Sculpture in Catalonia at the Time of Modernisme
6 June to 28 September 2025
Miro Museum
Painting the sky. 50 years of stories from the Fundació Miró
11 June 2025 to 29 March 2026
Open the archive: 5. Miró. Improvised Supports
Until 15 June 2025
See naturally
until 29 June 2025
MNAC
Zurbarán (super) Natural
Until 29 June 2025
What can you expect?
This retrospective is dedicated to Spanish Baroque master Francisco de Zurbarán and his unparalleled ability to depict light and texture. The exhibition highlights the spiritual power of his works and shows how he used extraordinary precision to portray religious and everyday scenes.
Francesc d’A. Galí. The Invisible Master (Dome of the MNAC)
Until 14 September 2025
Eugènia Balcell’s ‘From the centre’.
21 June to 11 September 2025
Moco Museum
Robbie Williams: Confessions of a Crowded Mind
extended until 1 November 2025
We have been there! Here is the Blog-Post!
Banksy
Permanent exhibition
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
The gypsy population (gitano = Sinti and Roma) in Catalonia: History and culture
June 2025 – May 2026
Museum Nou (new museum in the truest sense of the word)
SUR PLAY (Surrealism)
New museum with its first general exhibition
What can you expect?
The newly opened Museum Nou presents SUR PLAY, an exhibition that playfully explores surrealism. Featuring works that delve into dreamscapes, imagination, and the subconscious, the show combines classical surrealist art with contemporary interpretations, inviting visitors to rediscover the boundaries of reality.
Olympic and Sports Museum Barcelona
Francisco Godia Sales, a gentleman-driver
Until 1 July 2025
Palau Martorell
Fernado Botero
Until 20 July 2025
What can you expect?
A major retrospective in honour of Fernando Botero, the master of exuberant forms. The exhibition shows a selection of his most famous paintings and sculptures, which illustrate his unmistakable style and his unique depiction of volume and movement.
Palau de La Virreina
Álvaro Perdices
Until 28 September 2025
The power of the people: Sara Gómez
Until 28 September 2025
Self-penetration: Eugenio Barba / Odin Teatret
Until 28 September 2025
Striptease: Cathy Berberian
Until 28 September 2025
Counterpoint: Sergi Aguilar
until 19 October 2025
Picasso Museum
Pablo Picasso and the Sala Gaspar (1955 – 1973)
27 June to 26 October 2025
Events in June
L’ou com balla – Thursday before Pentecost
The dancing eggs of Barcelona! There are unusual scenes to be seen in Barcelona on Corpus Christi. In the Gothic Quarter you will discover eggs in some fountains. These dance on the water and miraculously don’t fall down! This spectacle is called in Catalan: L’ou com balla. The tradition has existed since 1637 and the fountains are richly decorated with flowers. Back then, real eggs were used, but today they are made of polystyrene or something similar.
When: On Corpus Christi and up to 3 days after
Where: Gothic Quarter around La Seu Cathedral and its cloister, courtyard, Marès Museum, Lieutenant’s Palace (Palau de Lloctinent), Casa de l’Ardiaca, Pedalbres Monastery.
Sant Joan – La revetlla
A festival is dedicated to Saint Juan (Saint John). During this night, one burns contaminated sites and cleanses oneself of illnesses by jumping into the water. At the same time, it is the celebration of the beginning of summer. For this reason, large fires made of old furniture etc. are lit in various places in Barcelona. Children and adults play with firecrackers and fireworks and there is a big party on the beach with music, drinks and water jumps at midnight.
When: June 23, public holiday on June 24
Where: Main celebrations from Barceloneta beach up to Bogatell.
Primavera Sound
Primavera Sound is a music festival in Barcelona that lasts several days and has many artists in the line-up.
When: 4 to 8 June 2025
Official website: www.primaverasound.com/barcelona
July 2025
Top 3 Exhibitions
1) Moco Museum
Robbie Williams: Confessions of a Crowded Mind
extended until 1 November 2025
We have been there! Here is the Blog-Post!
2) Caixa Forum
Rubens and the Flemish Baroque artists. Collections of the Museo del Prado
Until 21 September 2025
What can you expect?
This exhibition presents masterpieces by Peter Paul Rubens and other Flemish Baroque artists from the Prado collection. The show highlights Rubens’ influence on his contemporaries as well as the dynamism and expressiveness of Flemish Baroque.
3) MACBA
Carlos Motta. Pleas of resistance
Until 26 October 2025
What can you expect?
The exhibition ‘Pleas of Resistance’ is dedicated to the work of Carlos Motta, which spans over 25 years. It centres on themes such as the body, sexual identity and political resistance. On display are early self-portraits, performances and video installations. Motta takes a critical look at archives, colonial history and the influence of religion and questions Eurocentric ways of thinking and their lasting impact to this day.
OTHER EXHIBITIONS
in July
Arxiu Fotografic
Manel Esclusa
Until 12 October 2025
Caixa Forum
Rubens and the Flemish Baroque artists. Collections of the Museo del Prado
Until 21 September 2025
What can you expect?
This exhibition presents masterpieces by Peter Paul Rubens and other Flemish Baroque artists from the Prado collection. The show highlights Rubens’ influence on his contemporaries as well as the dynamism and expressiveness of Flemish Baroque.
Uncertain times. Germany between the wars
Until 27 July 2025
Outside the frame. Works by Rineke Dijkstra and Philippe Parreno
Until 26 October 2025
Casa Vicens
The first house. The house of the architect. The house of the manifesto.
no end date known
CCCB
Chris Ware: Drawing is thinking
Until 9 November 2025
‘Moving in the air…’
Image, feeling, utopia
until 28 September 2025
CosmoCaixa
Extraterrestrials: Is there life beyond Earth?
Until 19 October 2025
Disseny Hub Barcelona
Miguel Milá. Designer (pre)industrial
18 June to 21 September 2025
How to design a revolution: The Xilenean way of design
27 June to 16 November 2025
Espai Inmersa
TITANIC: The official exhibition
until 28 September 2025 (from October in Vienna)
What can you expect?
The Titanic exhibition offers an immersive journey into the history of the famous ship. Visitors experience faithful replicas, see 200 salvaged original artefacts and immerse themselves in the wreck via virtual reality – from the construction to the sinking of the Titanic.
Espai Volart
Lluís Hortalà: Putting the finger on the eye
Until to 13 July 2025
Fondacio de la Pedrera
Sean Scully
Until 6 July 2025
Fundacio Foto Colectania
The Spotlight | Young Talent in Photography Schools of Barcelona
until 1 April 2026
Fundacion Tapies
Anna Malagrida. Opacitas. Providing transparency
Until 28 September 2025
Antoni Tàpies. The imagination of the world
Until 25 January 2026
Marta Palau. My ways are earthly
Until 17 August 2025
Noor Abed. A Night We Held Between
until 27 July 2025
IDEAL – Centre Arts digital Barcelona
Pioneers. 125 years of Catalan football
until 31 July 2025
KBr Mapfre
Edward Weston
11 June to 31 August 2025
Joan Andreu Puig Farran: The Troubled Decade (1929-1939)
11 June to 31 August 2025
MACBA
Carlos Motta. Pleas of resistance
Until 26 October 2025
What can you expect?
The exhibition ‘Pleas of Resistance’ is dedicated to the work of Carlos Motta, which spans over 25 years. It centres on themes such as the body, sexual identity and political resistance. On display are early self-portraits, performances and video installations. Motta takes a critical look at archives, colonial history and the influence of religion and questions Eurocentric ways of thinking and their lasting impact to this day.
Other exhibitions at the MACBA:
MACBA Collection: Prelude
poetic intention
Until 21 July 2025
What can you expect?
This exhibition presents a new selection from the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona (MACBA) collection. It focuses on art as a poetic expression and how artists transform words, symbols, and concepts into visual narratives.
Coco Fusco. I learnt to swim on dry land
Until 11 January 2026
MEAM
The Temptation of Modernity: Sculpture in Catalonia at the Time of Modernisme
until 28 September 2025
Miro Museum
Painting the sky. 50 years of stories from the Fundació Miró
11 June 2025 to 29 March 2026
Open the archive: 5. Miró. Improvised Supports
Until 15 June 2025
See naturally
until 29 June 2025
MNAC
Francesc d’A. Galí. The Invisible Master (Dome of the MNAC)
Until 14 September 2025
Eugènia Balcell’s ‘From the centre’.
until 11 September 2025
Moco Museum
Robbie Williams: Confessions of a Crowded Mind
extended until 1 November 2025
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Banksy
Permanent exhibition
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
The gypsy population (gitano = Sinti and Roma) in Catalonia: History and culture
June 2025 – May 2026
Olympic and Sports Museum Barcelona
Francisco Godia Sales, a gentleman-driver
Until 1 July 2025
Palau Martorell
Fernado Botero
Until 20 July 2025
What can you expect?
A major retrospective in honour of Fernando Botero, the master of exuberant forms. The exhibition shows a selection of his most famous paintings and sculptures, which illustrate his unmistakable style and his unique depiction of volume and movement.
Palau de La Virreina
Álvaro Perdices
Until 28 September 2025
The power of the people: Sara Gómez
Until 28 September 2025
Self-penetration: Eugenio Barba / Odin Teatret
Until 28 September 2025
Striptease: Cathy Berberian
Until 28 September 2025
Counterpoint: Sergi Aguilar
until 19 October 2025
Picasso Museum
Pablo Picasso and the Sala Gaspar (1955 – 1973)
until 26 October 2025
Other events in July
Grec Festival
The Grec Festival begins at the end of June and lasts until August. The Grec offers a wide variety of cultural events, starting with theater and covering everything from dance to cinema events – all of which are outdoors.
Click here to check out the detailed program: http://lameva.barcelona.cat/grec/en
Cruilla Festival Barcelona
Concerts outdoors and in front of the sea.
When: July 9-12, 2025
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