Exhibitions in Barcelona
April 2026
April 2026 at a glance: 3 exhibitions opened, 0 closed, and 10 more were on view across the city.
Opened in April
Montserrat Torrent. Ready for the organ17 AprMuseu de la Música de BarcelonaPast
Centenary show on Barcelona organist Montserrat Torrent: archive writings, images, recordings and instruments tracing nearly 2,000 concerts and her legacy as a teacher.
Instrumental Baschet. La utopia ressonant17 AprMuseu de la Música de Barcelona
The sound sculptures of Bernard and François Baschet, 1950s inventors who built electricity-free instruments from steel, aluminium, cardboard and inflatable cushions.
Kapwani Kiwanga. Changing States30 AprFundació Joan MiróPast
The first major Spanish retrospective of 2025 Joan Miró Prize winner Kapwani Kiwanga: refined installations probing architecture, materials and power.
Was on view in April
El poble gitano de Catalunya: història i culturato 13 SeptMuseu d'Història de CatalunyaPast
A landmark show on six centuries of Catalonia's Roma people: origins in India, the journey through the Balkans, persecution in Europe, and the voices of today's Gitano communities.
Like a Dance of Starlings: MACBA Collection — Thirty Years and Infinite Ways of Beingto 27 SeptMACBA – Museu d'Art Contemporani de BarcelonaPast
The MACBA Collection's 30th-anniversary presentation: a non-chronological display that sets works from the collection in dialogue with new ways of being and acting in the world.
Antoni Tàpies: The Perpetual Movement of the Wallto 27 SeptMuseu TàpiesPast
Tàpies in the 1950s, told through four very different shows he staged that decade, linking his work to debates on modern architecture, industry, design and urban life.
«Recuperado del enemigo» (Recovered from the Enemy). Deposits at the MNAC under Franco's dictatorshipto 4 OctMuseu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC)Past
How artworks safeguarded by the Republic during the Civil War became Francoist deposits at the museum, and the MNAC's own role in protecting and then administering them.
Àngel Jové. De intactuto 11 OctMuseu TàpiesPast
First major retrospective of Àngel Jové (1940-2023), an enigmatic Catalan artist moving between arte povera, informalism and conceptualism in drawing, photography and objects.
Archive Drops: "We are the Shipyards"to 20 NovMuseu Marítim de BarcelonaFree
A small display of documents about the Royal Shipyards from the museum's archive, with Braille and audio-described material.
Invisible Animalsto 10 Jan 2027Museu Blau – Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona
Myth, life, extinction, de-extinction: animals we rarely see, from legendary beasts and extinct species to little-known living ones vital to healthy ecosystems.
Spiral of Time – Plaça dels Àngels – MACBAto 17 Jan 2027MACBA – Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona
Edwin van der Heide's site-specific sound work, recording the ambient sounds of Plaça dels Àngels since July 2024 and playing them back as a shifting sonic portrait of the square.
Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme. Prisoners of Love: Until the Sun of Freedomto 17 Jan 2027MACBA – Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona
First exhibition in Spain by Palestinian duo Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, centred on their audiovisual installation Prisoners of Love and its layered stories of resistance.
Anna Moreno. The Third Twistto 17 Jan 2027MACBA – Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona
Recent works by Anna Moreno on utopian architecture, centred on The Terminal Beach, a road-movie film about Ricardo Bofill's unfinished 1979 settlement in the Algerian Sahara.
Image credits
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- Montserrat Torrent. Ready for the organCourtesy of Museu de la Música de Barcelona
- Instrumental Baschet. La utopia ressonantCourtesy of Museu de la Música de Barcelona
- Kapwani Kiwanga. Changing StatesCourtesy of Fundació Joan Miró
- El poble gitano de Catalunya: història i culturaMuseu d'Història de Catalunya
- Like a Dance of Starlings: MACBA Collection — Thirty Years and Infinite Ways of BeingPhoto: Miquel Coll / MACBA
- Antoni Tàpies: The Perpetual Movement of the WallPrivate Collection, Barcelona. © Comissió Tàpies / VEGAP, 2026
- «Recuperado del enemigo» (Recovered from the Enemy). Deposits at the MNAC under Franco's dictatorship© Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona
- Àngel Jové. De intactuMuseu Tàpies
- Archive Drops: "We are the Shipyards"Courtesy of Museu Marítim de Barcelona
- Invisible AnimalsCourtesy of Museu Blau – Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona
- Spiral of Time – Plaça dels Àngels – MACBAMACBA
- Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme. Prisoners of Love: Until the Sun of FreedomCourtesy of the artists / MACBA
- Anna Moreno. The Third TwistCourtesy of Anna Moreno and Bernardo Zanotta / MACBA
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