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
The Resonances exhibition brings together a series of works from our photography collection, especially rich in classic American authors, to seek their reverberation in contemporary photographic practices.
The Bleda y Rosa exhibition presents, for the first time, the entire work of María Bleda and Jose María Rosa, one of the most outstanding references in contemporary Spanish photography.
Lee Friedlander
Cincinnati, 1963.
Fundación MAPFRE Collection
@ Lee Friedlander, courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, and Luhring Augustine, New York
Miguel Ángel Tornero
Sin título [No title] (The Random Series – Romananzo-), 2013.
@ Miguel Ángel Tornero, VEGAP, Barcelona, 2022.
Bleda y Rosa
Mercado [Market]. Door of the Miletus market. Pergamon Museum,
Berlin, 2021. Series Tipologies.
© Bleda y Rosa, VEGAP, Barcelona, 2022.
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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.
Restitutions at the Filmoteca
Filmoteca de Catalunya presents a special program dedicated to show some works related to three of the conferences of the cycle Restitutions. Photography in Debt with its Past: those pronounced by Hilde Van Gelder, Ana Longoni and Michaëla Danjé / Cases Rebelles Collective.
Jazz at the KBr
On the occasion of the Lee Friedlander’s exhibition, and in collaboration with the Conservatori del Liceu and the Voll-Damm Barcelona Jazz Festival, KBr presents a program of 6 jazz concerts that will take place on different Saturdays in the exhibition space.
KBr Guests. Adolf Mas. The Eyes of Barcelona
Within the KBr Guests series, which features programming dedicated to current exhibitions, this session will delve into Adolf Mas. The Eyes of Barcelona under the guidance of Carmen Perrotta, the exhibition’s curator.
Conference Cycle
This cycle, directed by Carles Guerra, will address a main issue facing photography in terms of its relationship with its own tradition, through ten case studies. Each one investigates how to respond to claims made by those who identify as victims because of the unauthorized taking and use of their photographic image.