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

Consuelo Kanaga

Especially known for her emotional and introspective social portraits of African Americans, American photographer Consuelo Kanaga (1894-1976) captured the social conflicts of her time, combining formal modernist techniques and radical documentary politics.

The home camera

From the end of the 19th century until the outbreak of the civil war, an amateur and popular photography culture was born and developed strongly in Catalonia. Far from being used as simple entertainment or translating a naive view, this domestic photography allows us to discover the different social and cultural realities of the past.

Consuelo Kanaga, Young Girl in Profile, 1948. Brooklyn Museum, gift of Wallace B. Putnam from the Estate of Consuelo Kanaga © Brooklyn Museum
Consuelo Kanaga
Young Girl in Profile,1948. Brooklyn Museum, gift of Wallace B. Putnam from the Estate of Consuelo Kanaga
© Brooklyn Museum
Autoría desconocida, Maria Josepa Izard Llonch columpiándose en la playa de Sant Feliu de Guixols, Girona, 1923<br />
Arxiu Històric de Sabadell (AHS), Fons Maria Josepa Izard Llonch, Sabadell
Autoría desconocida
Maria Josepa Izard Llonch columpiándose en la playa de Sant Feliu de Guixols, Girona, 1923
Arxiu Històric de Sabadell, Fons Maria Josepa Izard Llonch, Sabadell

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.