La Cuina de Frankfurt (1926 – 2026). Disseny i gènere a l'espai domèstic

Preview: written before the show opened

Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky drew this kitchen in 1926 for the social housing Frankfurt was building, and Barcelona's culture site calls it the first modular kitchen in history. For its centenary, the museum uses it as the starting point for a show about how gender shaped the design of the home.

The museum's argument is that this one room brought factory methods into the house: the scientific organisation of work, interwar social policy and the rationalism of the modern movement. From there the show follows industrial, graphic and architectural design through a century of arguments about efficiency, emancipation and control. It is co-curated by FAD and the Alfaro Hofmann Collection, a private collection of everyday household appliances near València. The object list had not been published by mid-October.

A century of designing who does the housework: bring the flatmate who never empties the dishwasher. Entry is €6.20 (€4.20 reduced), or €8.20 for all the temporary shows. The Glòries entrance is closed: go in at Carrer d'Irena Sendler, 1.