Photo exhibitions in Barcelona
Fine art photography exhibitions in Barcelona
The KBr Barcelona Foto Center is Fundación MAPFRE’s photography venue in Barcelona, a dynamic space dedicated to contemporary visual art of the highest caliber. Located in the iconic Olympic Port area of Barcelona, the epicenter of leisure and entertainment, it offers an enticing photography program that includes exhibitions by the great names of contemporary photography as well as historical photos and the emerging talent of young artists.
Its program, which regularly includes collaborations with leading institutions on the international photographic scene, promotes dialogue and interaction through educational activities, conferences and workshops that enrich the experience of its audiences, seeking ultimately to facilitate understanding and enjoyment of photography as part of our artistic heritage and as a documentary record of our time.
In its barely four years of existence, the KBr Fundación MAPFRE has established itself as one of the main players in Barcelona’s cultural scene and an international benchmark in the field of photography.
Berlin Wall, Germany, 1962
© Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Watch!, Watch!, Watch!
From 11 October 2024 to 26 January 2025
A key witness to the history of the 20th century, French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) was known as the “Eye of the Century”. A patient and silent observer, but at the same time agile and expeditious, the artist captured scenes of people and events with his compact 35 mm Leica camera. With a diverse and varied work, the exhibition presented by Fundación MAPFRE on the twentieth anniversary of his death covers his entire career: from his beginnings, influenced by Surrealism and the New Vision, through photojournalism -where some of his lesser-known reports from the 1960s stand out- to the intimate work of his last years. Bresson’s work is thus unraveled far beyond the concept of the “decisive moment” that made him famous.
Curator: Ulrich Pohlmann
Yo también quise ser Robert Capa, pero no hacer sus fotos, 2021-2023.
© Laura Aranda Lavado
KBr Flama’24
From 11 October 2024 to 26 January 2025
KBr Fundación MAPFRE presents the fourth edition of KBr Flama, an annual project to support young talent in collaboration with some of the leading photography schools in Barcelona. The exhibition brings together the work of laura aranda lavado (Granollers, 1994), Estefania Bedmar (Cerdanyola del Vallès, 1989), Malu Reigal (Murcia, 1992) and Alain Rojas Pastor (Esplugues de Llobregat, 1987), respectively formed Institut d’Estudis Fotogràfics de Catalunya (IEFC), Escola d’Art i Superior de Disseny Serra i Abella, Elisava – Facultat de Disseny i Enginyeria de Barcelona i Idep Barcelona. Their projects were selected by a jury formed this time by Carles Guerra, Silvia Omedes and Arianna Rinaldo.