KBr

KBr is the new Photography Center with which Fundación MAPFRE begins a new stage in its intense dedication to artistic photography, one of its main areas of cultural activity since 2009.

With two exhibition areas, a bookstore, an area for educational activities and a multi-purpose auditorium, KBr becomes a national and international reference in the field of photography.

KBr today

At KBr things happen. Here we are developing a permanent educational program, focused more on training future generations in the understanding of the language of photography and its artistic dimension than on explaining a specific exhibition. We share knowledge about photography through meetings and conferences. 

All our activities aim to contribute to the dynamism and projection of Barcelona through an area – artistic photography – closely associated with the cultural excellence of contemporary Catalonia.

Workshop Get Real! (¡Open your eyes!)

On the occasion of the workshop that Nicholas Nixon is giving at KBr (November 21-23), we present this inaugural talk, in which the photographer, undisputed master of portraiture, will look back over his career from his early stages to his renowned documentary projects on social issues.

Series of Conferences

As part of the collaboration that Panoràmic festival and KBr Fundación MAPFRE maintain on a regular basis, this cycle offers us an insight into one of the features that defines the current moment: polarisation, a tension that is expressed in multiple ways and about which the director of the cycle, Joan Fontcuberta, invites us to reflect through two speakers with different and complementary profiles.

KBr Guests

On the occasion of the exhibition Henri Cartier-Bresson. Watch! Watch! Watch!, a major retrospective on view until 26 January 2025, Ulrich Pohlman (curator of the exhibition) will talk to Carles Guerra about the figure of the photographer and the key aspects of the exhibition.

KBr Guests

Amb motiu de la presentació de la retrospectiva que el KBr li dedica, la fotògrafa xilena Paz Errázuriz estarà amb nosaltres per a, en conversa amb Laura Terré, parlar-nos de la seva trajectòria i de la seva obra.