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CCCB, MACBA and Fundació Antoni Tàpies for contemporary art; Espai 13
at Fundacío Joan Miró for young experimental artists; MNAC and La
Pedrera for blockbuster international art shows; FAD for industrial and
graphic art, design, craft and architecture; and the Centre d’Art Santa Mònica
for contemporary Catalan art and photography. A few more specialist places
are listed below.
Commercial galleries
cluster together in the
Barri Gòtic
on c/Palla and
c/Petritxol near the cathedral; in La Ribera on c/de Montcada and Passeig del
Born; in
El Raval
on c/Àngels and c/Doctor Dou near the MACBA; and in the
Eixample
on Passeig de Gràcia, c/Consell de Cent and Rambla Catalunya. Note
that most commercial galleries are closed on Sundays, Mondays and in August.
The weekly
Guía del Ocio
and the
Associació Art Barcelona
(
W
www.artbarcelona
.es) have gallery listings and exhibition news. In spring
photography
fans should
look out for the Primavera Fotogràfica, when photography exhibitions are held
at various venues around the city.
Catalan theatre companies
Els Comediants
(
W
www.comediants.com) – a travelling collective of actors,
musicians and artists, established in 1971, who use any open space as a stage to
celebrate “the festive spirit of human existence”.
La Cubana
(
W
www.lacubana.es)is a highly original company that started life as a
street theatre group, though has since moved into television and theatre proper. It still
hits the streets occasionally, taking on the role of market traders in the Boqueria or
cleaning cars in the street in full evening dress.
Dagoll Dagom
(
W
www.dagolldagom.com) specializes in hugely theatrical, over-the-
top musicals.
La Fura del Baus
(Vermin of the Sewer;
W
www.lafura.com) are performance artists
who aim to shock and lend a new meaning to audience participation. They’ve subse-
quently taken on opera, cabaret, film and installations, lending each a wild,
challenging perspective.
Els Joglars
(
W
www.elsjoglars.com)present political theatre, and are particularly
critical of the Church and government, who come in for regular satirical attacks.
Teatre Nu
(Naked Theatre;
W
www.teatrenu.com)was founded in 1991 by young
Catalan actors who wanted to bring theatre back to its essence and “provoke social,
moral and ideological dialectic between the audience and public”.
Tricicle
(
W
www.tricicle.com)– a very successful three-man mime, circus and theatre
group – has branched off into film and television, but always places its humour
“somewhere between reality and the absurd”.
Art and cultural centres
Capella de l’Antic Hospital de la Santa Creu
c/de l’Hospital 56, El Raval
T
934 427 171,
W
www.bcn.es/virreinaexposicions;M
Liceu.
Contemporary art of all kinds, though often
a platform for work by young Barcelona
artists.
Fundació Foto Colectania
c/Julian Romea 6,
Gràcia
T
932 171 626,
W
www.colectania.es;
M
Fontana.
Spanish and Portuguese
photography shows, with works from the
1950s onwards.
Palau Robert
Pg. de Gràcia 107, Dreta de
l’Eixample
T
932 388 091,
W
www.gencat.cat
/palaurobert;
M
Diagonal.
Puts on a wide
range of shows, all with a Catalan
connection.
Palau de la Virreina
Ramblas 99, Barri Gòtic
T
933 161 000,
W
www.bcn.cat/virreina
centredelaimatge;
M
Liceu.
Contemporary art
and photography shows in two galleries.
Sala d’Art Jove de la Generalitat
c/Calabria 147,
Esquerra de l’Eixample
T
934 838 361;
M
Rocafort.
The Generalitat’s youth art
space. Closed Aug.
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