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2026 Season. Year Thirty
2026 Season. Year Thirty
MACBA opened its doors for the very first time on 28 November 1995, giving the city of Barcelona its first public contemporary art museum. This milestone was achieved thanks to the desire and drive of the artistic and cultural community and civil society. Thirty years later, the museum continues to support the need to generate new narratives, to make visible and accommodate other ways of understanding the world: for example, by bringing the first major exhibition on Pan-African contemporary art to the Catalan capital or providing a new interpretation of the MACBA Collection that pays tribute to three decades of collective work and dialogue between artists, audiences and institutions. In short, the museum has conceived a special 30th anniversary programme of activities and exhibitions that will continue throughout the year.

THE MACBA COLLECTION

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Views from the exhibition "Like a Dance of Starlings: MACBA Collection — Thirty Years and Infinite Ways of Being". Photo: Miquel Coll, 2025
Like a Dance of Starlings
MACBA Collection — Thirty Years and Infinite Ways of Being
Exhibition
From 28 November 2025 to 27 September 2026
Photographs belonging to the League of Catalonia campaign, Video-Nou, 1977
Counter-Information: Video-Nou / Servei de Vídeo Comunitari
The Act of Filming: Video in the MACBA Collection
Exhibition
From 9 July 2026
Aziz Hazara "Bow Echo", 2019. Video. MACBA Collection. MACBA Consortium. Donation from the Han Nefkens Foundation
Echoes: Videos from the Han Nefkens Foundation Donation
The Act of Filming: Video in the MACBA Collection
Exhibition
From 9 July 2026
Pere Portabella "Aidez l'Espagne", 1969. MACBA Collection. MACBA Foundation. Gift of Pere Portabella. © Pere Portabella.
Pere Portabella: The Committed Gaze
The Act of Filming: Video in the MACBA Collection
Exhibition
From 9 July 2026

EXPANSION OF THE COLLECTION

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A museum outside the museum
The MACBA Collection in unexpected places. A project by Catalonia’s Visual Arts Centres
Exhibition
From 19 June to 30 November 2026
Fina Miralles "Relacions. Relació del cos amb l'aigua. El cos dins del mar" [Relationships. The Body’s Relationship with Water. The Body in the Sea], 1975/2020. MACBA Collection. MACBA Consortium. Donation of the artist. © Fina Miralles. Exhibition: "AND, SUDDENLY, CHANCE. Uncertainties, Destinies, and Coincidences in the MACBA Collection"
AND, SUDDENLY, CHANCE. Uncertainties, Destinies, and Coincidences in the MACBA Collection
From 7 November 2025 to 23 January 2028

Exhibitions

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Aurèlia Muñoz, Ocell-estel B2, 1982. MACBA Collection. On deposit from the Generalitat de Catalunya. Aurèlia Muñoz Archive. Photo: Josep Gri
Aurèlia Muñoz. Beings
Exhibition
From 5 November 2026 to 29 March 2027
Large-scale white textile sculpture suspended from the museum ceiling in the shape of a kite-bird.
Aurèlia Muñoz’s Birds-Kites
Exhibition
From 13 April 2026 to spring 2027
Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, still from "Prisoners of Love", 2025. Courtesy of the artists. Exhibition: "Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme"
Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme
Prisoners of Love: Until the Sun of Freedom
Exhibition
From 14 February to 28 September 2026
A still from the documentary The Terminal Beach shows a man wearing a turban entering a mosque. The building stands out for its austere, geometric architecture, built in earthy tones reminiscent of desert sand. Its facade features a rhythmic series of large circular openings at the top and rectangular doors on the ground floor, creating a harmonious interplay of repeated forms and deep shadows. The reddish minaret rises in vibrant contrast to the intense blue of the sky.
Anna Moreno. The Third Twist
Exhibition
From 5 February to 28 September 2026
Kader Attia "¡Asesinos, Asesinos!" (Assassins, Assassins!), 2014. Photograph: © Andrew Curtis. Courtesy of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, ACCA.
Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica
Exhibition
From 6 November 2025 until 19 April 2026

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Murmurs. Twelve speculative actions for the Year Thirty

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Marc Vives appears illuminated by a theatrical spotlight that contrasts with the darkness of the stage. His torso is bare, and he wears shorts cut like a loincloth with a garter belt. With his eyes closed and his mouth open, one arm is raised above his head, his hand curved, while the other rests near his abdomen.
MURMURS X: Marc Vives, SSSSS
Vocal exercises based on the experience of singing for the landscape from the sea
Activity
Saturday, 19 September 2026
Profile photograph of a woman with long brown hair, wearing an orthopedic corset over a white t-shirt.
MURMURS IX: ASIA, Heavy-Metal
A homage to the enigmatic musical action by Carles Santos and Pere Portabella while they were being held in the Model prison
Activity
Thursday 16 and Friday 17 July, 2026
Graffiti created by Roc Jiménez de Cisneros on a wooden structure painted green.
MURMURS VIII: Roc Jiménez de Cisneros, Thin Zones
A performance that shifts between clues and coincidences linking unexpected territories
Activity
Thursday, 11 June 2026
Web interface that allows you to explore sound recordings of the Plaza dels Àngels and the Amazon rainforest at different speeds, with the passage of time visually represented in the form of a spiral.
MURMURS VII: Spiral of Time by Edwin van der Heide
Sound performance based on listening in the Plaça dels Àngels
Activity
Thursday, 21 May 2026
Close-up of a tree branch on a blue background.
MURMURS VI: Lúa Coderch, Rama
A Walk Through Real and Imaginary Episodes of the Museum
Activity
Thursday, 16 April 2026
The image shows a large group of people forming a line in a wooded area belonging to the Botanical Garden of Naples.
MURMURS V: Dora García, 50 Years, 32 Minutes, 10 Millennia
An action for Year Thirty at MACBA and the 50th anniversary of the Fundació Miró
Activity
Saturday, 28 March 2026
Fragment of white pottery with the drawing of a girl, found in a mound of earth.
MURMURS IV: Cry of Oblivion: A series of videos selected by the Non-Identified Video Observatory
Q&A with Iñaki Álvarez, Dionís Escorsa O’Callaghan, and Maya Wolińska, moderated by the OVNI
Activity
Friday, 13 February 2026
Medieval-style stained glass depicting technofeudalism, with five major technology corporations dominating information and global politics.
MURMURS III: YESSi PERSE ⛧ CYBERMEDIEVAL
Performance with laSADCUM and ARSinNOVA
Activity
Friday 23 and Saturday 24 January 2026
MACBA. Meier Building
MURMURS II: Tres. Blackout #33, conducted by Arnau Horta
A concert to shut down the museum
Activity
Thursday, 11 December 2025
Montdedutor "Las cosas del amor". © Marcela Sciaccaluga
MURMURS I: Cérémonials, with Jorge Dutor and Guillem Mont de Palol
Collective performance for MACBA’s Year Thirty celebration
Activity
Thursday, 27 November 2025

Activities on Panafrica

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A puddle of water reflecting four people walking among vehicles and advertisements on a street in Brazzaville.
Black Urbanities. Black Politics in the City
Programme presented by AbdouMaliq Simone and Asha Best 
Activity
From 18 to 20 February 2026
Wendimagegn Belete, "Future History", 2015. (Fotograma)
Visions of Panafrica
Film programme. A cinema without a geographical centre that reaffirms the cultural and political relevance of Pan-Africanism 
Activity
From November 2025 to April 2026
Bertina Lopes, "Mussunda (dedicated to Agostinho Neto)", 1961. © Estate of Bertina Lopes. Tia Collection. Image courtesy of the Estate of Bertina Lopes and Richard Saltoun, London, United Kingdom.
Antawan I. Byrd, Adom Getachew, Matthew S. Witkovsky and Elvira Dyangani Ose in Conversation
Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica opening event 
Activity
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
"Balfour Reparations (2025–2045)", by Farah Saleh. © Lucas Chih-Peng Kao
Farah Saleh. Balfour Reparations (2025–2045)
Hacer Historia(s) VI
Activity
Thursday, 6 November 2025
Fred Moten. © Gogo Lobato
Fred Moten Some Prœpositions (On, To, For, Against, Towards, Around, Above, Below, Before, Beyond): the Work of Art
School of Common Knowledge 
Activity
Saturday, 15 November 2025

Activities

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MACBA's reserve corridor, where works are displayed on sliding frames.
Backstage at MACBA
Visit the Museum Stores with Sala 30
Activity
22 April, 14 May, 18 June, 16 July, 17 September, 15 October, 19 November and 17 December 2026
On the left, the MACBA ramp during its construction. On the right, the ramp in its current state.
The Architecture of MACBA: Guided Tour of the Museum Buildings
Activity
Tuesday, 20 January, 21 April, 16 June, 7 July, 22 September, 6 October and 3 November, 2026
Four people perform inside a Gothic chapel: a man in front walks towards the camera with his arms raised, a woman on the left extends her arms towards the wall, a man on the right bows, and another person lies on the floor with one arm raised.
Unearth, by Jefta van Dinther
Performance
Activity
Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 April, 2026
Views from the exhibition "Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica". Photo: Miquel Coll, 2025
Open Day to celebrate Year Thirty!
Celebrate this anniversary with us: join us and enjoy all the exhibitions and visits
Activity
From 28 to 30 November 2025
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Year Thirty Celebratory Event
We open Like a Dance of Starlings with a big collective celebration
Activity
Thursday 27 November 2025
MACBA THIRTY. CELEBRATING YEAR THIRTY OF AN INFINITE MACBA
Desire
Persistence
Tension
Year Zero
Subtle
Utopia
Discomfort
Identity
Community
Rupture
Rage
Dissidence
Silence
Daily
Fragile
Provocative
Love
Catharsis
Choral
Debate
Suversive
Voices
Alive
Soft
Abrupt
Transformative
MACBA Trenta
Impossible
Possible
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education

The educational proposal of Year Thirty is defined by the two singular exhibitions of the season. Firstly, the new presentation of the MACBA Collection. Secondly, “Project a Black Planet. Pan-African Art and Culture”. Both open up key issues in our contemporary world, such as the relationship between art and politics, decolonial discourses, multiple identities and the construction of collective memories.

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Alumnat de l’Escola Drassanes durant la visita "Recorregut vivencial pel museu", en el marc del programa "Apadrina el teu equipament". Foto: Isaac Sanjuan
MACBA Trenta Timeline by Clara Nubiola 
Photo: Juande Jarillo
MACBA Trenta Timeline by Clara Nubiola 
Within the framework of Year Thirty, the artist Clara Nubiola was commissioned to interpret the MACBA’s biography in the form of a mural in the museum’s atrium. Entitled MACBA Trenta Timeline, the work is a large-scale intervention intended as a celebratory welcome to receive museumgoers, and it will be on display until November 2026. The mural brings together content and exhibitions, key dates and anecdotes, people and ideas from the free, subjective and relational viewpoint of the artist. 
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‘Sol y dar y dad’: Collective Learning for an Inadmissible Present
‘Sol y dar y dad’: Collective Learning for an Inadmissible Present
PEI 10th edition In a global context of increasing criminalisation of solidarity, this edition of PEI asks how to share, activate, archive, document, inhabit and create collective histories and experiences that not only oppose silencing and annihilation, but also trace geographies of solidarity built through struggles and alliances of diverse subalternities.
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PUBLICATIONS
Coberta de la publicació "Publicar" de la Colecció "Quadern d'educació). Foto: Gemma Planell
PUBLICATIONS
MACBA is an experienced publisher of books and catalogues that accompany, document, record and complement the Museum’s exhibitions and activities. Consequently, our editorial output includes essays and publications about the Collection, as well as exhibition catalogues.
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SUSTAINABILITY 
SUSTAINABILITY 
This season, special emphasis will be placed on expanding, consolidating and transforming the museum’s relationships with Raval’s citizens and institutions, and MACBA will continue to collaborate on working networks in the field of sustainability, for example with the Climate Shelter Network (membership 2023) and the new 2024-2034 challenges of Sustainable Barcelona + (membership 2024). The aim is to continue participating in forums and spaces where good practices can be shared and exchanged. 
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Aurèlia Muñoz Centenary

To mark the centenary of the birth of Aurèlia Muñoz (1926–2011), a constellation of cultural institutions across Catalonia has come together to celebrate one of the most singular artists of the 20th century.

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Aurèlia Muñoz dins de l’obra Xarxes vegetals, 1973. Foto: Arxiu Fotogràfic Pau Barceló