Exhibitions in Barcelona
November 2026
November at a glance: 7 exhibitions opening, 5 closing, and 17 more on view across the city.
Opening in November
Asunción Bastida4 NovDisseny Hub Barcelona – Museu del Disseny
Rediscovers Asunción Bastida (1902-1995), the Barcelona couturier who was the only woman in the top circle of Spanish haute couture, showing collections from Madrid to New York.
Aurèlia Muñoz. Beings5 NovMACBA – Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona
A full survey of textile artist Aurèlia Muñoz, from early collages and embroideries to unseen large macramé structures, her iconic kite-sculptures and late handmade-paper installations.
World Press Photo 20266 NovCCCB – Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
The world's best-known photojournalism show returns: all 2026 World Press Photo winning images and multimedia projects from 42 photographers across six world regions.
Aurèlia Muñoz. El tèxtil com a pretext10 NovDisseny Hub Barcelona – Museu del Disseny
For the Aurèlia Muñoz Year, three early textile works from the collection: the 1961 tapestry La Barcelona gòtica and two 1962 screen-printed jute table covers.
Picasso and architecture20 NovMuseu Picasso de Barcelona
How Picasso's cubist space shaped modern architecture, from Guernica's 1937 pavilion and his Barcelona architects' college friezes to his influence on Le Corbusier.
Vectors. Art digital per pensar el futur25 NovDisseny Hub Barcelona – Museu del Disseny
A survey of contemporary digital art by artists working with computational technologies, from generative art and live creation to critiques of the invisible infrastructure of the digital world.
The Atomic Age26 NovCCCB – Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
20th- and 21st-century art responding to the atom and the bomb, from early physics and mysticism to nuclear protest. Adapted from the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris show.
Closing in November
The Cult of Beauty8 NovCCCB – Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
How ideals of beauty were built, from Antiquity to the cosmetics industry, and a case for the bodies they leave out. Adapted from a Wellcome Collection show.
Archive Drops: "We are the Shipyards"20 NovMuseu Marítim de Barcelona · Free
A small display of documents about the Royal Shipyards from the museum's archive, with Braille and audio-described material.
Extramural project. Dora García29 NovMuseu Tàpies
The museum's third Extramural edition: artist Dora García stages performances and interventions around Barcelona, treating the city as a space for critical thought.
Premis Enjoia't 202629 NovDisseny Hub Barcelona – Museu del Disseny
30 pieces from the 29th Enjoia't Contemporary Jewellery Awards organised by A-FAD: 15 professional and 15 student works by makers from more than ten countries.
Opening the Archive 08. Le gros orteil.29 NovFundació Joan Miró
Miró's newly donated drawing Untitled (1930) shown with his sketches for the series, likely inspired by Georges Bataille's essay 'Le Gros Orteil'.
Also on through November
(Un)ravelling career pathsto 11 DecFundació Suñol · Free
University of Barcelona Fine Arts alumni from the 'Cicle de Retorn' project in dialogue with alumni in the Suñol Soler Collection, including Ignasi Aballí and Susana Solano.
Sim Acquisition, Drawing and Warto 31 DecMuseu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC)
Nearly 100 newly acquired drawings by José Luis Rey Vila (Sim), a key visual chronicler of the Spanish Civil War: quick pencil and charcoal sketches of soldiers, bombings and civilians.
Wounded Militiaman: The Recovery of an Irredeemable Paintingto 31 DecMuseu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC)
Francisco Mateos's Civil War propaganda painting, irreversibly deteriorated, is shown alongside AI-generated imagery that recovers its original visual impact.
Gaudí-Miró-Gomis: Deconstructedto 10 JanCasa Batlló
Miró sculptures and prints and Joaquim Gomis's Gaudí photographs meet Tomorrow Bureau's AI, 3D-scan and animation installations. With the Fundació Joan Miró.
Invisible Animalsto 10 JanMuseu 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.
Barcelona School of Architecture in shaping everyday life in the city (1875–2025)to 11 JanMuseu Marítim de Barcelona · Free
Works and writings by ETSAB faculty trace how architecture, planning and landscape shaped daily life in Barcelona, with a focus on the sea.
Spiral of Time – Plaça dels Àngels – MACBAto 11 JanMACBA – 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 JanMACBA – 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.
Dana Lixenberg. American Imagesto 17 JanKBr Fundación MAPFRE
Retrospective of Dana Lixenberg's three decades of large-format portraits in the US, from Tupac and Biggie to Imperial Courts in Los Angeles and Shishmaref, Alaska.
Anna Moreno. The Third Twistto 17 JanMACBA – 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.
KBr Flama'26to 17 JanKBr Fundación MAPFRE
Sixth edition of KBr's showcase of emerging photographers from Barcelona's schools: Sara Bravo, Elena Bulet i Llopis, Meghan Mathews and Luca Gaetano Pira.
Dividedto 17 JanFundació Joan Miró
London artist and publisher Camilla Wills (Divided Publishing) takes over the foyer, part of the Espai 13 season from 6:12 pm to 5:48 pm.
The Secret Life of Plants. Anselm Kiefer in the Grothe Collectionto 24 JanLa Pedrera – Casa Milà
Barcelona's first major Anselm Kiefer show: around forty paintings, sculptures, installations, photographs and artist's books, mostly from Hans Grothe's collection, on memory, matter and knowledge.
Instrumental Baschet. La utopia ressonantto 31 JanMuseu 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.
Charlotte Perriand. Free to Rethink the Worldto 28 FebFundació Joan Miró
Spain's first exhibition on Charlotte Perriand, the pioneering modernist designer from Le Corbusier's atelier and a lifelong friend of Sert and Miró.
André Ricard. Disseny en ústo 14 MarDisseny Hub Barcelona – Museu del Disseny
A survey of André Ricard, a pioneer of contemporary Catalan design, focused on everyday objects conceived as tools serving people and society.
A Journey Through Time at the Royal Shipyards of Barcelonato 31 MarMuseu Marítim de Barcelona · Free
The story of the Drassanes Reials from their 13th-century origins under Peter III to today: the world's largest surviving medieval shipyards.
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