Barcelona's Summer Art Scene: From Saraceno's Cloud Cities to Miró's Intimate Legacy
Barcelona offers a rich summer art itinerary beyond Gaudí. At Mirador Glòries (the former Torre Agbar, designed by Jean Nouvel and Fermín Vázquez in 2005), Tomás Saraceno created Cloud Cities Barcelona, a permanent interactive installation made of 5,000 nodes and 6 km of steel cables forming 113 cloud-like cells. The experience includes a multimedia basement exploring atmospheric phenomena. Fundació Joan Miró presents Miró, el legado más íntimo, revealing that Miró curated personal collections for his wife Pilar Juncosa and daughter Dolores, annotating the back of works. MNAC hosts Turner. La llum és color, with 100 works from Tate's Turner Collection, and Annibale Carracci. Els frescos de la capella Herrera, curated by Andrés Ubeda de los Cobos. MACBA offers Teresa Lanceta's first retrospective, Teixir com a codi obert, co-produced with IVAM, curated by Nuria Enguita and Laura Vallés Vilchez. Museu del Disseny presents Transgressions. Ceràmica contemporània, featuring 90 ceramic pieces (2010-2020) and collaborations with Renzo Piano, Kengo Kuma, and Benedetta Tagliabue via Ceramica Cumella. Museu Picasso shows Picasso-Clergue photographs by Lucien Clergue (1953-1973) and Brigitte Baer's archive on Picasso's engravings, plus a Blue Period series.
Key facts
- Tomás Saraceno's Cloud Cities Barcelona is a permanent installation at Mirador Glòries, featuring 5,000 nodes and 6 km of steel cables.
- The Mirador Glòries experience includes a multimedia basement exploring atmospheric phenomena.
- Fundació Joan Miró's exhibition Miró, el legado más íntimo runs until September 26, 2022.
- Miró annotated the back of his works with the recipient's name, creating three family collections.
- MNAC presents Turner. La llum és color with 100 works from Tate until September 11, 2022.
- Annibale Carracci's exhibition at MNAC, curated by Andrés Ubeda de los Cobos, runs until October 9, 2022.
- Teresa Lanceta's retrospective at MACBA runs until September 11, 2022, co-produced with IVAM.
- Museu del Disseny's Transgressions exhibition features 90 ceramic pieces from 2010-2020.
- Museu Picasso shows Lucien Clergue's photographs of Picasso (1953-1973) until October 20, 2022.
- Brigitte Baer's archive on Picasso's engravings is exhibited at Museu Picasso.
Entities
Artists
- Tomás Saraceno
- Antoni Gaudí
- Joan Miró
- Pilar Juncosa
- Dolores Miró
- William Turner
- Annibale Carracci
- Teresa Lanceta
- Pablo Picasso
- Lucien Clergue
- Brigitte Baer
- Renzo Piano
- Kengo Kuma
- Benedetta Tagliabue
- Jean Nouvel
- Fermín Vázquez
- Ildefonso Cerdá
- Andrés Ubeda de los Cobos
- Nuria Enguita
- Laura Vallés Vilchez
- Joan Sallas
- Federica Lonati
Institutions
- Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
- Museu de Disseny
- Mirador Glòries
- Torre Glòries
- Fundació Joan Miró
- MACBA
- IVAM
- Museu Picasso de Barcelona
- Tate Gallery
- Museo del Prado
- Palazzo Barberini
- Ceramica Cumella
- Artribune
Locations
- Barcelona
- Spain
- Montjuïc
- Ensanche
- Plaza de Glòries
- Avenida Diagonal
- Raval
- Valencia
- Rome
- London
- Arles
- Paris
- San Miguel de Tucumán
- Argentina