'La Barceloneta, 1960. Fotografies de Xavier Agramont' Exhibition
7 November 2026 – 20 February 2027 · 16:00
Casa de la Barceloneta 1761, la Barceloneta, Ciutat Vella
This exhibition invites us to step into the Barceloneta of 1960 through the lens of Xavier Agramont, a photographer little known to the general public but the author of an extensive and highly valuable documentary archive. It is an immersive exhibition, with no screens or artificial intelligence, that focuses on large-format printed images and exclusive sound design. The photographs and a soundscape created especially for the exhibition take us to a neighbourhood shaped by work in the port and at sea, streets full of life, local shops and the popular beachside merenderos (picnic eateries) as places for meeting and living together. In the midst of the Franco dictatorship —while the regime was trying to project an image of economic prosperity—, the city lived under strict political and social control. This exhibition bears witness to the reality of a working-class neighbourhood of modest housing and curtailed freedoms, where neighbourly cohesion and shared life in public space became a form of everyday resistance. Taken on a Saturday in 1960, the images held in the collection of the Casa de la Barceloneta 1761 reveal Agramont's ability to capture spontaneous gestures, looks and…
Source: Ajuntament de Barcelona · checked on 2 November 2026