Contemporary art galleries & museums
Barcelona
Barcelona is famous
worldwide for some of its artists, belonging
to the contemporary art
age, such as Picasso,
Mirò and Tapies;
so, it is not a surprise that the city
today offers many important museums
of contemporary art. Below you fill
find listed the most popular contemporary
art galleries and museums in Barcelona.
Caixa Forum – Contemporary Art
Culture Centre
This contemporary art centre is located
in a modernist building, called Casa
Ramona, which used to be a textile factory.
Caixa Forum Contemporary Art Culture
Centre in Barcelona has its own permanent
exhibition but it also hosts visiting
art exhibitions and it holds courses
and seminaries.
Web site: http://www3.lacaixa.es/caixaforum/cat/flash/index.htm
Address: Avenida Marqués de Camilla,
6-8
Closest Metro station: Espanya
Centre de Cultura Contemporánia
de Barcelona (CCCB)
This cultural centre, situated in the
heart of the city, hosts exhibitions,
dance performances, courses, lectures
and debates on contemporary art.
Web site: http://www.cccb.org/eng/cccb.htm
Address: Montalegre, 5
Closest Metro station: Universitat (line
n. 2) and Catalunya
 Picasso
Museum
This museum exhibits the work from
this famous Catalan artist, arranged
in chronological order. The Picasso
Museum is located in the heart of Barcelona’s
old city.
Web site: http://www.museupicasso.bcn.es/index.htm
Address: Carrer Montcada, 15 –
23
Closest Metro Station: Jaume I (line
n. 4)
MACBA – Barcelona Museum of
Contemporary Art
This contemporary art museum hosts
work of art from the second half of
the  20th
century, including works from famous
painters, and it changes exhibition
every three to four months.
Web site: http://www.macba.es/controller.php
Address: Pl. dels Angels, 1
Closest Metro Station: Catalunya or
Universitat
Fundacion Joan Mirò
This art gallery hosts the work from
the Catalan artist Joan Mirò,
including paintings and sculptures.
Web site: http://www.bcn.fjmiro.es/
Address: Avenida Miramar, 71 on Montjuic
Mountain
Closest Metro Station: Montjuic funicular,
which you can get from Parallel metro
station (line n. 2).
Fundaciò Antoni Tàpies
The foundation is housed in a building
designed by the modernist architect
Doménech i Montaner and there
you can see the works by the Catalan
artist Tàpies and a beautiful
library.
Web site: http://www.fundaciotapies.org/site/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=65
Address: Calle Aragò, 225
Closest Metro Station: Passeig de Gràcia
MAM – Museum of Modern Art of
Barcelona
The Museum of Modern Art of Barcelona
displays a small collection of Catalan
Modernist artists from the middle of
the 19th century to early 20th century
Web site: http://www.mnac.es/index.jsp?lan=003
Address: Ciutadella Park
Closest Metro station: Arc de Triomf
Barceloneta,
Barcelona.
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