12 art galleries to visit in the city of Barcelona
Barcelona has a concentration of artistic talent and a fascinating cultural offer. From one end to the other, Barcelona invites you to reflect and enjoy contemporary artistic trends, thanks to its rich and varied artistic and cultural fabric.
After the pandemic hit the cultural sector hard, the great diversity of art galleries – and their intense activity – managed to reactivate the enriching cultural agenda of the city of Barcelona. For all these reasons, today we invite you to discover the 12 art galleries you cannot miss in Barcelona.
Since 2013, Marc Domènech has offered collectors small, well-selected works that manage to go beyond their economic value. Since the opening of the space, they have sought to promote and defend 20th century art with rigor and professionalism, a premise that has also given them the opportunity to explore new paths: proposing new and better exhibitions to help new creation. Located at Passatge Mercader 12, the Marc Domenech Gallery brings together a set of fabrics, drawings and sculptures placed in the form of a changeable mosaic, as they argue that mobility "is one of the virtues of small things that are often not intended to occupy the walls of large museums, but to be contemplated in the most absolute privacy and discretion.” Works by artists such as Jaume Sans, Luis Claramunt, Jacques Léonard, Joan Rabascall, Óscar Domínguez, Vicenç Viaplana or Moisès Villèlia.
2. Senda Gallery
Senda Gallery stands out for its passion for creation, appreciation and support for talent, risk and commitment to the uniqueness of young and internationally renowned artists. Senda defends the individual value of each of its artists and runs away from closed programs or unidirectional lines of thought. Undoubtedly, Senda Gallery it is a commitment to the diversity and richness of multiple languages, which tries to identify unique worlds to reflect and grow. Senda has hosted major projects from internationally recognized artists such as Jaume Plensa, Gao Xingjian, Oleg Dou, Stephan Balkenhol and Anthony Goicolea.
3. Ill lacions
Ill lacions wants to be the space that constantly redefines the possibilities of design, where disciplines converge and functional and aesthetic canons are challenged. It is a space that represents Barcelona's creative impulse, the courage to advance and expand the territory of design. According to the gallery's philosophy, “when we allow the conceptual and sensual richness of an object, when we support the creator's place of expression, we not only generate beauty, but also content”.
4. Pair Room
Founded in 1877, Pairs it is the first gallery to be established in Spain and one of the oldest in the world that remains active. In the three independent spaces, the works of the 34 artists with whom they currently work are on display. Among these artists, you can find authors who depart from figuration and contemporary realism, as well as others who express themselves in abstraction. There are also some gallery artists who dedicate themselves to sculpture, photography and video art, as well as others who formulate their proposals based on hybrid approaches with the intersection of various techniques and disciplines.
Since its opening in 1976, the Joan Prats Gallery positions itself as one of the pioneers in the Spanish and international contemporary scene, exhibiting and promoting the work of the artists it represents: Jordi Alcaraz, Pauline Bastard, Erick Beltrán, Alfons Borrell, Cabello / Carceller, Cabrita, Victoria Civera, Hannah Collins, Carles Congost , Luis Gordillo. Joan Prats Gallery's activity is committed to disseminating and facilitating the reading of the different languages in which its artists create, also contributing to the realization of specific projects.
6. Gothsland
Founded in 1971 and based in Barcelona, Gothsland is a gallery specializing in Catalan modernism focused on preserving and searching for works from this artistic trend. Its activity is based on the dissemination and deepening of its particularities to offer it as an experiential encounter for art lovers. This gallery, located on Carrer Consell de Cent, has a permanent collection of Catalan art from the 19th and 20th centuries and a wide variety of modernist objects, as well as vases, mirrors and furniture characteristic of the time.
7. Artur Ramon Art
Founded in 1911, Artur Ramon Art it is one of the oldest art galleries in Barcelona. Painting and drawing, from ancient to contemporary, are the two fields in which Artur Ramon Art works, without occasionally abandoning other areas such as furniture, ceramics or the decorative arts. Its activity is based on the search for unpublished pieces and the recovery of lost identities through the best specialists in each subject, whose research is published in catalogues. In addition to its work as a gallery, it also stands out for its function as a center for the study and management of works of art with museum quality.
8.splash
Founded in 2013 in Barcelona, the splash is an innovative and contemporary art project that offers an international platform and multidisciplinary environment for artists, curators and anyone who believes in the importance of art, culture and education to achieve greater creativity. Espronceda encourages renowned and aspiring international artists to develop their work and creativity and to spread their inspiration beyond the physical stay in its space.
In 1999, Bert van Zetten, Marcel and Jutta Huisman founded the Villa del Arte Galleries out of passion and commitment to exhibit emerging and established artists from a very unique and characteristic approach.Villa del Arte represents more than 40 national and international artists exhibited in four emblematic galleries in Barcelona and Amsterdam. In addition to organizing individual and group exhibitions, Villa del Arte also collaborates with other cultural institutions and museums.
Directed by Alex Nogueras and Rebeca Blanchard, the NoguerasBlanchard Gallery exhibits contemporary art with risky high avant-garde bets and conceptual content. Primarily developing with installations and through its participation in international fairs and exhibitions, the gallery's program focuses on offering an interdisciplinary view of conceptually motivated positions and practices. In addition, NoguerasBlanchard is dedicated to accompanying the artist in the development of his language, as well as in the production of his work over the years. Some of the most outstanding initiatives in this gallery are the “Kitchen Talks”, where artists, critics, curators and other cultural agents are invited to give informal talks in the gallery.
11. Ana Mas Projects
Ana Mas Projects(AMP) was created in 2015 as an artistic dissemination platform with two offices, one located in San Juan (Puerto Rico) and the other in the Santa Eulalia neighborhood of L'Hospitalet, in an industrial building from the 70s. AMP bets on the enriching dialogue of several generations of artists who work with different formats, styles and backgrounds, both nationally and internationally. In addition, Ana Mas Projects collaborates with critics and curators with the aim of generating knowledge, in addition to promotional objectives. This gallery usually schedules up to 3 annual exhibitions with a wide range of artists, including: Melvin Martínez, Mercedes Mangrané, Quisqueya Henríquez, Carmen Mariscal or Joaquim Chanco.
A Imagineart gallery was born in 2007 in Barcelona and is currently located near Paseo de Gracia. The Gallery works with two very different lines; modern art and the historical avant-garde of the 20th century converge in the Imagineart space, creating a unique sensation for the visitor. Imagineart Gallery has international representatives in other markets such as Latin America, Asia and the United States, holding temporary exhibitions of its local artists in various parts of the world.
