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.
Upcoming exhibitions
Edward Weston
This extensive anthology traverses all stages of his photographic production, from his initial interest in pictorialism to his establishment as a central figure in affirming the poetic and speculative value of straight photography.
Joan Andreu Puig Farran
This exhibition recovers his work from a period of intense social and political upheaval, featuring numerous original vintage prints from the La Vanguardia archive. These are complemented by exhibition prints made from glass plates preserved by his heirs and a selection of the newspapers in which his images were published.
![Nude [Desnudo],1936<br />
Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona. Gift of the Estate of A. Richard Diebold, Jr.<br />
© Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents](https://kbr.fundacionmapfre.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/weston-768.jpg "Edward Weston")
Edward Weston
Nude, 1936
Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona. Gift of the Estate of A. Richard Diebold, Jr.
© Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents
Retrato de una niña polaca, La Vanguardia, 9 June 1935
La Vanguardia Photographic Archive
© Arxiu família Puig Farran
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!)
KBr Guests
Arnau Gonzàlez i Vilalta and Toni Monné Campañà, curators of the exhibition Joan Andreu Puig Farran. A Decade of Turmoil (1929-1939), which can be seen until August 31 at KBr, offer us a dialogue to bring us closer the keys to the work of this photographer who, between 1929 and 1939, consolidated his professional career as a photojournalist.
KBr Guests
Colombian artist Felipe Romero Beltrán, winner of the second edition of the KBr Photo Award, will talk to Victoria del Val, curator of the Bravo show, which can be seen until 18 May. The exhibition is a visual essay on the idea of waiting at the border, specifically between Mexico and the United States.
KBr Guests
Artist José Guerrero will talk to curator Marta Gili about the exhibition José Guerrero. Concerning Landscape, curated by the latter and on view at KBr until 18 May. Artist and curator will discuss an exhibition that presents landscape as an entity where meanings and layers converge, which both will help to elucidate.