Art exhibitions in Barcelona in January
Here are the top 5 art exhibitions and events not to miss that are taking place in Barcelona this January:
- Amazons, the Ancestral Future – Centre for Contemporary Culture Barcelona (CCCB)
- Miró Matisse, beyond the images – Miró Foundation
- Art in Stone – La Pedrera, Casa Milá
- Francesc Domingo – Fundació Vila Casas
- Imperivum, Roman Stories – Museum of Archaeology Catalonia (MAC)
Amazons, the Ancestral Future – Centre for Contemporary Culture Barcelona (CCCB)
What is it?
Amazons is a mixed media exhibition that takes a collective look at Amazonian culture and highlights indigenous voices through art, thinking, science and activism. Proposing other ways of living, growing and relating to nature.
Where is it?
Centre for Contemporary Culture Barcelona – CCCB, is a contemporary cutting-edge museum which hosts exhibits and explores contemporary culture across the world.
Address – Carrer de Montalegre, 5, Ciutat Vella, 08001 Barcelona
When is it?
Running every day until May. 8am-10pm. Closed Mondays.
Price?
6€ / 4€ reduced
Visits on Sundays from 15.00 to 20.00 are free of charge and must be pre-booked (tickets will be available from 11.00 a.m. on the Wednesday prior).
Some extra info:
Amazons. The Ancestral Future is a sensory journey through the immensity of rivers and forests, through the sounds, smells, cities, rituals, people and life stories of Amazonian communities. Today, this vast cultural and natural wealth is affected by deforestation, fires, drought and struggles for the control of raw materials, conflicts that the exhibition addresses with the help of the region’s leading scientists and researchers.
2. Miró Matisse, beyond the images – Miró Foundation
What is it?
An exhibition of various works by the two great artists, displaying their friendship and mutual influences, despite their 25-year age difference.
Where is it?
The Miró Foundation
Parc de Montjuïc, s/n, Sants-Montjuïc, 08038 Barcelona
When is it?
Every day until February 9. 10am-7pm, closed Mondays.
Price?
15€ (with access to the full collection.) 9€ students and seniors.
Some extra info:
The exhibition will question initial stereotypes and will highlight the similarities and connections between the two artists, despite their differences in age and artistic style. Visitors will be able to enjoy an experience that will showcase the artistic conceptions and works of Henri Matisse and Miró and will gain insights into their shared critique of the tradition of images in the West.
3. Art in Stone – La Pedrera, Casa Milá
What is it?
This exhibition brings together some of the most important international sculptors from the modern age, born between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th: Hans Arp, Louise Bourgeois, Eduardo Chillida, Naum Gabo, Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Isamu Noguchi and Jorge Oteiza. The setting of the exhibition within Gaudí’s masterpiece, La Pedrera (Stone Quarry in Catalan), makes it to be truly unique and inspirational.
Where is it?
Casa Milá – La Pedrera
Carrer de Provença, 261, 265, Eixample, 08008 Barcelona
When is it?
Until February 2, from Monday to Sunday, 10am to 7:30pm
Price?
12€, 10€ reduced (students, seniors, disabled)
Some extra info:
Apart from the abstract works, which will enter into a deep dialogue with La Pedrera, a complementary section allows one to see that the “pioneers” of modern sculpture have stimulated the next generation – Stephen Cox, Luciano Fabro, Barry Flanagan, Cristina Iglesias, Anish Kapoor, Ettore Spalletti and Alison Wilding—, and also that stone has inspired new conceptual ways of working.
4. Francesc Domingo, from Sant Just to San Paulo – Fundació Vila Casas
What is it?
A retrospective show on the Catalan artist Francesc Domingo i Segura. Educated in a working-class school, and gifted at drawing, he was a member of the Catalan School of Paris, and his art is inspired by his admiration for Picasso and an intimate assimilation of Catalan Romanesque Art, in a spiritual plasticism, which places him in the triad of the Catalan avant-garde: Miró-Dalí-Domingo
Where is it?
Fundació Vila Casas – Espais Volart
Carrer d’Ausiàs Marc, 20, L’Eixample, 08010 Barcelona
When is it?
Every day until January 19. 11am-7pm, closed Mondays.
Price?
10€
Some extra info:
Francesc Domingo founded the Grupo Bisonte, with the motto of unity in diversity, with which he sought to overcome the duality of abstract art/figurative art. Created for political purposes, with the intention to send a universal message of fraternity among artists.
5. Imperivum, Roman Stories – Museum of Archaeology Catalonia (MAC)
What is it?
A mixed media exhibition exploring life during the time of one of the most important empires in history – the Roman Empire.
Where is it?
Archaeology Museum of BCN (MAC)
Passeig de Santa Madrona, 39, Sants-Montjuïc, 08038 Barcelona
When is it?
Every day through January. 9.30am-7pm. Closed Mondays,
Price?
7€. Free for kids up to 15. 5€ for seniors.
Some extra info:
More than just being an exhibition, the MAC has created videos, and personalities from daily life in Roman times to truly make the exhibition interactive. Discover what it meant to be Roman from a contemporary perspective. Life stories, video maps, 360 resources and more than two hundred exceptional archaeological objects are to be found at the new MAC exhibition.
The new permanent exhibition seeks to be a guide to the discovery of Roman civilization through the stories of different inhabitants of the Roman empire, of their worries and longings, which in the first person express the experience of how to live in a complex world and diverse, but at the same time global and integrative.
6. Artspace Walking Tours and Experiences
What is it?
Apart from the Art exhibitions in Barcelona in January, here at Artspace Tours we host various routes, walking around the city and getting to know about the city’s local art scene, accompanied by a fun local expert.
Where is it?
We host various routes in different parts of the centre of Barcelona.
When is it?
Our tours run every day! Its a great idea for Mondays when a lot of the other museums are closed.
Price?
From 32€ per person, with discounts for minors.
Some extra info:
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