You have to take the term “gardens” in its official name with a pinch of salt when you first see … More
Author: Kevin Booth
Kevin Booth pens contemporary and LGBT-themed fiction, often about Barcelona and its history, such as in his first novel, Celia's Room. He also writes about the city’s art and architecture in the BCN Free Art guides. As K. Eastkott he has created an environmentally focussed ocean fantasy exploring non-Eurocentric worlds, the Jewel Fish Chronicles. He combines writing with work as a translator and editor.
Where the sky has fallen
Sol i ombra (Sun and Shade, 1988) is the name covering two works by the north-American artist Beverly Pepper (b. … More
A monument to Catalan independence
If you’re following a route down the Rambles in search of free art in Barcelona, pause at Plaça Catalunya for … More
Casaramona: Art Nouveau’s triumphant functionality
Home to one of Barcelona’s most innovative museums, Caixaforum, Casaramona is art in its own right: an architectural gem of … More
Urban Configurations and the Olympic legacy
Though the Olympics are the world’s foremost sporting event, Barcelona ’92 did as much for the city’s public art as … More
Caged in the rain
If you cross over Barceloneta’s Passeig Marítim in the direction of the sea, you will come across another of the … More
A star’s injured past
Many sculptures in this free guide around Poble Nou and along Barcelona’s beaches are the result of the urban development … More
A much-loved couple
Strolling further along the Moll de la fusta (timber dock), you’ll come across this congruent couple by Chilean artist Lautaro … More
Lichtenstein on Modernisme: a comic take
Less than a stone’s throw from Gambrinus, our next stop in this free art route along the beaches is another … More
The haunted tower
The Torre de les Aigües includes a free ghost story in this guide to art in Barcelona. An early work … More
