'A Museum outside the Museum' Exhibition
19 June 2026 – 30 November 2026 · 09:00
Biblioteca de Catalunya i l’Öss Kaffe
Nearly 30 visual arts centres across Catalonia, in dialogue with the MACBA, present works from the collection in unexpected spaces throughout the region, inviting us to imagine new ways of relating to art and to life beyond the museum. Starting from the question "Where does the idea of the museum begin and end?", the project A museum outside the museum investigates the possibility of showing contemporary art in spaces not originally intended to hold artworks. The works leave the museum context to seek out different kinds of attention and to open a poetic possibility within a programmed reality. A dentist's waiting room, a cake shop, a football pitch, a funeral home, a town hall… In this way works from the museum's collection and archive travel across the territory as part of the celebration of Thirty years of the MACBA. A project by the visual arts centres of Catalonia, curated by Martí Manen. MACBA'S UNEXPECTED SPACES: the MACBA has chosen two places that offer moments of waiting and contemplation different from the museum's own: the Biblioteca de Catalunya and Öss Kaffe. Biblioteca de Catalunya - Dora García, The Joycean Society, 2013 Dora García starts from one of the most…
Source: Ajuntament de Barcelona · checked on 2 November 2026