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.

Current exhibitions

Two very different exhibitions make up our next proposal

In Room 1, the images of CLAUDIA ANDUJAR, intense and lyrical testimony of the Amazonian community of the Yanomami and, with them, of the irreparable consequences of the unbridled exploitation of natural resources.

THE CAPTIVE GAZE. The daguerreotype collection of the Center for Research and Dissemination of Images (CRDI) – Gerona (Room 2) takes us to the origins of photography, to the moment when daguerreotypes, which seemed to trap (capture) the personality of those portrayed, became the object of massive attention, giving rise to the beginning of the unlimited attraction of photographic images that we follow.

Funeral urn; infrared film, Catrimani, Roraima State, Brazil, 1976. © Claudia Andujar.
Claudia Andujar Funeral urn, infrared film, Catrimani, Roraima State, Brazil, 1976. © Claudia Andujar.
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Portrait of a Woman, c. 1848-1855

Unknown Maker Portrait of a Woman, c. 1848-1855 Daguerreotype, 1/6  plate CRDI. Joan Basseda Casas Collection

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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.

Night of Museums

During the Night of Museums, come and discover current exhibitions Claudia Andujar and The Captive Gaze.

Once again, we join this initiative launched by the City Council of Barcelona to bring museums closer to the audience.

KBr Guests. Dialogues and conferences about the exhibitions

KBr Guests provides a new way of approaching the activities at KBr: The program includes discussions and conferences in which the protagonists of the exhibitions (photographers and curators), as well as experts within the national and international photographic scene (critics, writers etc.) share their impressions on the current exhibitions at KBr.

The Captive Gaze: an interactive experience

We invite you to enter our virtual daguerreotype workshop and learn all about the process of making a daguerreotype. You can also discover all the details of these little works of art in our 3D images.

Photography and exhibitions: cross-cutting knowledge

Directed by Marta Dahó, this online cycle explores the different aspects of the complex and changing relationship between photography and exhibitions thereof over the years. The eight sessions complete a fascinating cross-cutting focus that embraces historiographic, theoretical and curatorial perspectives.