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Commercial galleries
Galleria Joan Prats
Rambla de Catalunya 54,
Esquerra de l’Eixample
T
932 160 290,
W
www
.galeriajoanprats.com;
M
Passeig de Gràcia.
A
well-regarded space for contemporary
Catalan artists and photographers.
H2O
c/Verdi 152, Gràcia
T
934 151 801,
W
www.h2o.es;
M
Fontana/Lesseps.
Design,
photography, contemporary art.
Iguapop Gallery
c/del Comerç 15, Sant Pere
T
933 100 735,
W
www.iguapop.net;
M
Jaume I.
Unique Born gallery showcasing street and
pop art, graffiti and contemporary photog-
raphy – and now with a funky clothes and
accessories shop too.
Kowasa
c/de Mallorca 235, Esquerra de
l’Eixample
T
934 876 137,
W
www.kowasa.com;M
Provença.
Traditional and contemporary
photography and photographic art, featuring
Spanish and international photographers;
it’s above the photography bookshop of the
same name.
Sala Parés
c/Petritxol 5–8, Barri Gòtic
T
933
187 020,
W
www.salapares.com;
M
Liceu.
Possibly the most famous gallery in the city,
established in the mid-nineteenth century,
Sala Parés hosted Picasso’s first show. It
still deals exclusively in nineteenth- and
twentieth-century Catalan art, putting on
around twenty exhibitions a year, including a
biannual “Famous Paintings” exhibition of
works by some of the best-known Spanish
and Catalan names.
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