Controversy in every angle

Controversy in every angle

Alongside Tàpies, Picasso and Miró, Josep Maria Subirachs (1927–2014) stands as one of Spain’s most important twentieth-century artists. The seventy … More

The balance of trade in Barceloneta

The balance of trade in Barceloneta

Jannis Kounellis, though Greek, was at one time, like Mario Merz, an exponent of Italy’s Arte Povera (poor art). This late-sixties … More

The measure of a shell

The measure of a shell

Unsurprisingly, for this installation of cobble-embedded neon, Italian artist Mario Merz chose the Fibonacci sequence, a ratio occurring naturally in … More

Anarchy on a classical plinth

Anarchy on a classical plinth

Like a lone night watchman—as he was in his youth—the statue of Joan Salvat-Papasseit (1894–1924), one of Catalonia’s preeminent poets, … More

Stargazing down at the port

Stargazing down at the port

They could be a pair of stevedores on deck, each marooned on their tiny pontoon. But they seem content to … More

With its whimsically comic air, Gambrinus brings a sense of fun to the Moll de la Fusta

Dancing Prawn

Many’s the town that cheerfully flaunts some huge and dreadful object on its loftiest hilltop. Made of concrete or fibreglass, … More

Caged in the rain

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