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MACBA Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona

Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme

exhibition

From 14 February to 28 September 2026

Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme

Prisoners of Love: Until the Sun of Freedom

Agenda

18 FEB — 26 FEB 2026

18

FEB

Photograph of the philosopher and writer Nadia Yala Kisukidi.

Black Fabulation and Freedom Dreaming

With Nadia Yala Kisukidi and AbdouMaliq Simone

activity
Wednesday, 18 February 2026

19

FEB

A puddle of water reflecting four people walking among vehicles and advertisements on a street in Brazzaville.

Morning seminar “Black Urbanities. Black Politics in the City”

activity
Thursday, 19 and Friday, 20 February 2026

19

FEB

Portraits of Cristina Roldão and Jovan Scott Lewis.

Beyond Injury

With Cristina Roldão and Jovan Scott Lewis. Moderated by Tania Safura Adam

activity
Thursday, 19 February 2026

20

FEB

Performance by Saul Williams

activity
Friday, 20 February 2026

20

FEB

Portraits of architect and urban planner Mpho Matsipa, MACBA director Elvira Dyangani Ose, and geographer Anisia Uzeyman.

Possible Futures

With Mpho Matsipa, Elvira Dyangani Ose and Anisia Uzeyman. Moderated by Asha Best

activity
Friday, 20 February 2026

21

FEB

A woman observes an art installation consisting of a labyrinth of translucent yellow plastic.

Guided visits to Like a Dance of Starlings: MACBA Collection — Thirty Years and Infinite Ways of Being

By Avalancha

activity
Every Saturday

22

FEB

Views of the exhibition "Anna Moreno. The Third Twist", 2026. Photo: Miquel Coll

Guided visits to Prisoners of Love by Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, and to The Third Twist by Anna Moreno

Led by Agnes Essonti, Albert Gironès and Eva Paià

activity
Every Sunday

22

FEB

The public observes different types of African masks and effigies in a room.

Guided visits to Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica

Led by Agnes Essonti, Albert Gironès and Eva Paià

activity
Every Sunday

25

FEB

The artist Clara Nubiola is creating, with markers, a mural that captures the chronology of the MACBA's thirty years.

Interpreting the mural MACBA Thirty Timeline with the artist Clara Nubiola

Exclusive activity for MACBA Friends

activity
Wednesday, 25 February 2026

26

FEB

Courtesy of Santiago Mostyn

Natural History (Radio Free Grenada)

Lecture by Santiago Mostyn

activity
Thursday, 26 February 2026

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Imatge decorativa

Like a Dance of Starlings

exhibition
From 28 November 2025 to 28 September 2026

A puddle of water reflecting four people walking among vehicles and advertisements on a street in Brazzaville.

activity
From 18 to 20 February 2026

Black Urbanities. Black Politics in the City

exhibition

From 5 February to 28 September 2026

Anna Moreno. The Third Twist

Kader Attia

exhibition
From 6 November 2025 to 6 April 2026

Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica

Imatge decorativa

Spiral of Time – Plaça dels Àngels – MACBA

exhibition
From July 10, 2025, to January 11, 2027

Imatge decorativa

Good night, post-NAFTA America. Guillermo Gómez-Peña: satire and provocation

The Collectables of the Year Thirty

Son[i]a #443

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Son[i]a #443 – Adom Getachew

1:20:35

Imatge decorativa

“Looking at architecture through different eyes”. Barcelona 2026 World Capital of Architecture

MACBA is to organise and host a set of activities exploring the crossover between contemporary art and architecture

MACBA THIRTY. CELEBRATING YEAR THIRTY OF AN INFINITE MACBA

Ràdio Web MACBA

10 audios

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Son[i]a #448 – Javier García Fernández

2:10:16

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Son[i]a #447 – Carol Stampone

1:16:02

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Son[i]a #446 – Omar Jabary Salamanca

1:28:24

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Son[i]a #445 – Mirna Bamieh

1:12:04

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Son[i]a #444 – Ebony G. Patterson

1:09:56

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FONS ÀUDIO #64 – David Bestué

1:03:09

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Son[i]a #443 – Adom Getachew

1:20:35

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Son[i]a #442 – Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil

1:58:28

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Son[i]a #441 – Adam Broomberg

1:48:03

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Son[i]a #440 – Marilyn Boror Bor

1:02:16

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Expansion project

In 2025, work begins on the expansion of the MACBA at Convent dels Àngels. The project inaugurates a new phase for the museum, a MACBA that wants to grow in body and soul and become more inclusive, sustainable and transparent, in order to enhance the relationship between its buildings and the public space in Plaça dels Àngels.

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