a free look at art in Barcelona
Dubbed a host of filthy names because of its phallic shape, this well-known sculpture’s original title, ‘Mushroom Woman in a Moon Hat’, is perhaps the least known of all. Miró’s last public work is monumental, best enjoyed up close on a summer’s evening when the late Mediterranean light sets the trencadís aglow.
Unsurprisingly, for this installation of cobble-embedded neon, Italian artist Mario Merz chose the Fibonacci sequence, a ratio occurring naturally in … More
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
While most of the Barcelona art I write about is free, I sometimes include exceptions, and this is one. A … More
They could be a pair of stevedores on deck, each marooned on their tiny pontoon. But they seem content to … More
Poetry, theatre, prose, sculptural works and even experimental film: his output was prodigious in all these media yet Joan Brossa … More
Many’s the town that cheerfully flaunts some huge and dreadful object on its loftiest hilltop. Made of concrete or fibreglass, … More
You have to take the term “gardens” in its official name with a pinch of salt when you first see … More
If you cross over Barceloneta’s Passeig Marítim in the direction of the sea, you will come across another of the … More
If you want to see Fernando Botero’s art for free in Barcelona, head for the Rambla del Raval, where it’s … More
