5 must-see exhibitions of Barcelona Gallery Weekend 2026
Barcelona Gallery Weekend returns for its 12th edition, with 25 galleries across the city and L'Hospitalet de Llobregat throwing open their doors simultaneously. Amid the more than 50 artists on view, five shows stand out for anyone plotting a route through the city this weekend.
Pavel Korbička: Dance Calligraphy
Installation view Dance Calligraphy, Pavel Korbička. Al-Tiba9. Image credit MTotoe/FLO London.
Marking Al-Tiba9's debut participation in Barcelona Gallery Weekend is Czech artist Pavel Korbička's second solo show at the gallery. Immediately impactful upon entry are a series of light sculptures that are born from Korbička's practice of recording the ephemeral movement of dance. These installations are simultaneously powerful and delicate, capturing and memorialising elusive moments. Alongside them are photographs, drawings and video works illuminating the artist’s unique process further.
Date: 17 September – 14 November Location: Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art, Carrer del Comerç, 11, Ciutat Vella, 08003 Barcelona. altiba9.gallery
Laía Argüelles Folch: Lo Que Tiene Vuelo
Installation view , Lo Que Tiene Vuelo by Laía Argüelles Folch. Chiquita Room. Image credit Sofia Carreira-Wham.
Zaragoza-born artist and writer Laía Argüelles Folch presents an intimate project investigating the notion of legacy through various forms of expressive gesture, including re-contextualising found traces and words via screen printing, frottage, and field recordings. In one standout series, the artist assembles 273 fragments of found black-and-white photographs into impossible yet convincing images of marine landscapes. Alongside these tactile works is a listening room featuring new audio works, including recordings of the artist’s parents in dialogue.
Date: 17 September – 6 November 2026. Location: Chiquita Room, Carrer de Villarroel, 25, Eixample, 08011 Barcelona. chiquitaroom.com
Lucía C. Pino: Karim Rosa
Karim Rosa is Valencia-born, Barcelona-based artist Lucía C. Pino's first solo exhibition at the gallery. On show are photographs, sculptures and large-scale installations composed of found fences and barriers eerily reminiscent of detention centres. Wall-hung denim sculptures reference the history of denim in the American south, while a neon-lit side-room is created in homage to The Wire character Omar Little. Individually and collectively, these are powerful works.
Dates: 17 September – 19 November Location: Prats Nogueras Blanchard, Carrer de Méndez Núñez, 14, Ciutat Vella, 08003 Barcelona. graf.cat
María Elena Pombo & Miguel Braceli: Ejercicios de Permanencia
Installation view Ejercicios de Permanencia by María Elena Pombo & Miguel Braceli. Sorondo Projects. Image credit Sofia Carreira-Wham.
Sorondo, founded by Juliana Sorondo, offers an important and distinct curatorial voice in Barcelona’s traditional gallery scene. In this dual exhibition, artworks by two Venezuelan artists, María-Elena Pombo and Miguel Braceli are shown side by side. The artists work on different scales and through different mediums, and yet the exhibition reveals a joint preoccupation with landscape as a site of history, knowledge and imagination. Collaboration is also crucial to their practices. Pombo’s series They Called It Mena’ examines the role of oil in Venezuela from the perspective of encounters with family, friends and new acquaintances that has resulted in a growing collection of gifts, archives and photographs. For Braceli too, forms of exchange and the circulation of material are fundamental in the co-creation of new public spaces. Documentation plays an important role in not only recording these acts, but as part of the process itself. Thought-provoking, intimate and unexpected, the resonances of these artists’ works extends far beyond this well-curated show.
Date: from 17 September 2026 - Novemeber 2026. Location: Sorondo, Carrer de Trafalgar, 32, Ciutat Vella, 08010 Barcelona. arteinformado.com
Mounira Al Solh: Yalla Tnam, Yalla
Installation view Yalla Tnam, Yalla, by Mounira Al Solh, Bombon. Image credit MTotoe/FLO London.
The cover image of this year's Gallery Weekend belongs to this poignant exhibition, Yalla Tnam, Yalla, by Lebanese-Dutch artist Mounira Al Solh at Bombon. Extending across the entire gallery space is a textile installation consisting of hanging clothes, each with holes carefully cut out and embroidered. This is a reference to the artist’s childhood experiences of bombardments, during which her mother encouraged her to cut small holes in her pyjamas and stitch around them. As an adult, Al Sohl has revived this practice but collectively. Women in Lebanon and the Netherlands have punctured and hemmed their own garments while sharing their experiences of suffering and survival. The work feels resistant, personal and somehow hopeful.
Dates: 17 September – 31 October Location: Bombon, Carrer de Trafalgar, 53, Loc B, Eixample, 08010 Barcelona. bombonprojects.com.
Barcelona Gallery Weekend runs for four days, from 17 - 20 September 2026. Visit the barcelonagalleryweekend.com for the full programme.
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