KBr Fundación MAPFRE Barcelona Photo Center
Discover the Captivating World of Photography at KBr Barcelona Photo Center
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What awaits you on site
Discover the diversity of photography
KBr Barcelona Photo Centre is a space where the MAPFRE Foundation launches a new phase in its intense dedication to artistic photography, one of its main fields of cultural action since 2009. With two exhibition spaces, a bookshop, an area for educational activities and a multipurpose auditorium, KBr has become a national and international reference in the field of photography.
Located in the surroundings of the Olympic Port, one of Barcelona's most representative leisure and enjoyment spaces, KBr offers a programme of exhibitions in which the great masters of photography of the 20th century alternate with internationally renowned contemporary photographers and relevant collections of historical photography.
KBr expresses the continuity of our exhibition project as well as our commitment to collaborating with other Catalan institutions focusing on photography, to being involved in training future generations in the understanding of the photographic language and to contribute, from the fascinating life witness that photography represents, to the international projection of Barcelona’s creativity and energy.
Current exhibitions
Helen Levitt
Helen Levitt (1913–2009) began photographing her native New York in the late 1930s, capturing images that reflected life in the city’s poorest neighbourhoods, particularly children and their street games. She did so with an unfailing instinct for conveying, beyond childhood scenes, everything in everyday life that contains emotion, mystery, or humour. Her work soon earned the recognition it deserved, and in 1943 MoMA in New York organized her first solo exhibition. Over the course of her career, she also devoted significant attention to film. A socially engaged artist, Levitt was one of the first women to carve out a professional path in photography. The exhibition (nearly 200 photographs organized into nine sections) offers a comprehensive overview of her entire career.
KBr FLAMA’25
KBr Fundación MAPFRE presents the fifth edition of its annual event showcasing the emerging talent of the new generation of photographers who are beginning their professional careers after completing their training at Barcelona’s leading photography schools: Elisava – Barcelona School of Design and Engineering, Escola d’Art i Superior de Disseny Serra i Abella, Idep Barcelona, and IEFC. This year, the exhibition brings together the works of Bernat Erra (Barcelona, 2003), Irina Cervelló (Martorell, 2001), Abril Coudougnan (Perpinyà, 1999), and Patrick Martin (Stockport, England, 1996), selected by a jury composed of Javier Martín, Arianna Rinaldo, and María Santoyo. All of them share a critical and sensitive gaze on the construction of memory, whether intimate, collective, or territorial.
Visitor information
Mondays and Tuesdays (except public holidays): Closed.
1 October – 31 March: Wednesdays to Sundays (and public holidays): 11.00 AM – 7.00 PM
1 April – 30 September: Wednesdays to Sundays (and public holidays): 11.00 AM – 8.00 PM
KBr Fundación MAPFRE Avenida Litoral, 30 – 08005 Barcelona
Good to know
The exhibition hall has a wheelchair ramp and an indoor lift.
Audio-guides are available in Spanish, Catalan and English. Online format accessible by smartphone or through an audio device from the reception desk (subject to availability).
