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Welcome to our confinement diary

Sometimes art overtakes life. The artists in the MACBA Collection offer us experiences for distancing ourselves from the world and works that are a call to action. A typography of possible things to do during the period of confinement. Day after day, from MACBA, art will be with you.
 

Week 8

We end our confinement diary
We end our confinement diary
Sunday day 56

The value of living day by day.

Rediscover the beauty we felt was definitely lost in the world
Rediscover the beauty we felt was definitely lost in the world
Saturday day 55

The painted messages of Antoni Tàpies.

‘Some objects of desire’ and ‘A force majeure’
‘Some objects of desire’ and ‘A force majeure’
Friday day 54

Let’s go back to Lawrence Weiner’s essential messages.

Amalia Pica: art as hope
Amalia Pica: art as hope
Thursday day 53

‘The profound necessity we have to be together’.

Playing, walking, conversation, picnics
Playing, walking, conversation, picnics
Wednesday day 52

Sundays according to Xavier Ribas.

The irate gods of García Sevilla
The irate gods of García Sevilla
Tuesday day 51

One cries, another is afraid, one does not see, another barks, one is a terrorist...

Four decades of drawings
Four decades of drawings
Monday day 50

The retrospective vision of Peter Friedl.

Week 7

Turn space into something to be looked at
Turn space into something to be looked at
Sunday day 49

The meditative paintings of Hernández Pijuan.

A war without soldiers like a factory without workers
A war without soldiers like a factory without workers
Saturday day 48

The necessary pedagogy of Harun Farocki.

Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide…
Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide…
Friday day 47

William Kentridge: Ulysses’ journey into the human body.

Basquiat: the intensity of angry art
Basquiat: the intensity of angry art
Thursday day 46

I try to think about life.

The protected body by Robert Llimós
The protected body by Robert Llimós
Wednesday day 45

His performance Funda evokes the worst dystopias.

Imagining our return to the world
Imagining our return to the world
Tuesday day 44

Francesc Abad’s daily journey.

Play and socialisation
Play and socialisation
Monday day 43

Messages from art.

Week 6

The walking cities of Jordi Colomer
The walking cities of Jordi Colomer
Sunday day 42

When buildings go on a journey.

We’ll always have music
We’ll always have music
Saturday day 41

The collective scores of Mestres Quadreny.

The strength of a voice
The strength of a voice
Friday day 40

Kristin Oppenheim’s journey to the heart of the human voice.

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose
Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose
Thursday day 39

Happy Sant Jordi, this year too!

Barceló on a rainy day
Barceló on a rainy day
Wednesday day 38

Family project

Art, a character in love with anonymity
Art, a character in love with anonymity
Tuesday day 37

After the Second World War, artists such as Dubuffet believed it was no longer possible to continue painting as before.

Hamilton-Roth: complicity and friendship before the selfie
Hamilton-Roth: complicity and friendship before the selfie
Monday day 36

With irony and humour, the work of these two artists invites us to share self-portraits and the spirit of freedom.

Week 5

Joan Ponç: a visionary in days of visions
Joan Ponç: a visionary in days of visions
Sunday day 35

Life and pain in 424 painted boxes.

Gordon Matta-Clark’s imagined cities
Gordon Matta-Clark’s imagined cities
Saturday day 34

A visual essay on how to manage life in a large city.

Tàpies’ plea against evil
Tàpies’ plea against evil
Friday day 33

With his large hospital bed, the artist invites us to reflect on violence and inner contemplation in these difficult days.

Our industrial buildings
Our industrial buildings
Thursday day 32

The city of factories by Basiana and Orpinell.

Keep people awake
Keep people awake
Wednesday day 31

Jenny Holzer's Street Messages.

The "Cities" of León Ferrari: breaking walls in the City
The "Cities" of León Ferrari: breaking walls in the City
Tuesday day 30

Have you tried drawing the houses in your neighbourhood from the air? This was the imaginary and visual journey taken by León Ferrari.

Life according to Hans-Peter Feldmann
Life according to Hans-Peter Feldmann
Monday day 29

100-year timeline: individual portraits in an extensive frieze about life.

Week 4

Miserachs: living streets
Miserachs: living streets
Sunday day 28

“The complexity and seduction of the living city. Everything is here.”

The land out to sea and the sea on land
The land out to sea and the sea on land
Saturday day 27

In days of urban silence, Fina Miralles’ translations remind us of the importance of context.

Art and urban utopias
Art and urban utopias
Friday day 26

Constant’s New Babylon

Learning from childhood
Learning from childhood
Thursday day 25

Joan Miró, Alexander Calder, Joaquín Torres-García... all understood childhood as a source of creation.

Henri Michaux’s Inner Journey
Henri Michaux’s Inner Journey
Wednesday day 24

Researcher into states of mind and consciousness away from the world.

Let's make it poetic!
Let's make it poetic!
Tuesday day 22

Fishers of moons, flying mattresses and visionary figures during days of confinement.

Global connections in Barcelona
Global connections in Barcelona
Monday day 22

For all those who continue working to supply us with basic products.

Week 3

Small ideas for big moments
Small ideas for big moments
Sunday day 21

Cats chase cats, letters stepping on letters, exploring fingers and torn paper. Family art.

Reading experiences when time is on hold
Reading experiences when time is on hold
Saturday day 20

Joyce, Cervantes, Freud, La Fontaine and Artaud. Some pointers in reading from contemporary art.

Bird’s eye view of cities
Bird’s eye view of cities
Friday day 19

There are works that acquire a new meaning in times of urban silence, such as the great metropolises of Thomas Bayrle.

Fischli & Weiss: the beauty of small things
Fischli & Weiss: the beauty of small things
Thursday day 18

Learning to build a new relationship with everyday time.

It could be my bedroom or something similar
It could be my bedroom or something similar
Wednesday day 17

At the beginning of the 1990s, Pep Agut took painter’s canvas and turned it into an architectural element with multiple possibilities.

Possible Cities and Real Cities
Possible Cities and Real Cities
Tuesday day 16

“To reconstruct the disorder of an already existing city. The model is not now presented as a project but as a reproduction of what is real.”  Jordi Colomer

The Flying Art of Ponsatí
The Flying Art of Ponsatí
Monday day 15

The inflatables of Josep Ponsatí at a time of confinement.

Week 2

Old age according to Ahlam Shibli
Old age according to Ahlam Shibli
Sunday day 14

Grandparents and their carers at risk. A recognition from the hand of this Palestinian photographer.

Barcelona: The City of the People
Barcelona: The City of the People
Saturday day 13

Torre Baró, carrer Provença, Major de Sarrià, Doctor Dou, Muntaner, Boters, Passeig de Gràcia, Pau Claris…

Home according to artists
Home according to artists
Friday day 12

Torn, coloured, delusional and fragmented, the idea of home is a recurring theme in the imaginary of art.

 
The confinement diary of Anne-Lise Coste
The confinement diary of Anne-Lise Coste
Thursday day 11

Voluntarily confined for a few days, her drawings express some of her recurring thoughts.

To all our little visitors
To all our little visitors
Wednesday day 10

We will jump again in parks and museums. This is how Swedish girls and boys did it in this work by Palle Nielsen.

Revisiting the family album
Revisiting the family album
Tuesday day 9

Family history is often built on false truths. How could a family album be more in line with the real me?

The empty Barcelona of Manolo Laguillo
The empty Barcelona of Manolo Laguillo
Monday day 8

Peripheral zones, industrial areas, industrial estates... Since the late 1970s, photographer Manolo Laguillo has documented the solitary areas of Barcelona: construction sites, spaces without pedestrians...

Week 1

What is your experience of home?
What is your experience of home?
Sunday day 7

Video experiments with Martha Rosler. With a mobile phone, it shouldn't be too difficult to experiment as Rosler did.

Illusion is the driving force we must never lose
Illusion is the driving force we must never lose
Saturday day 6

Good poetry day, with Joan Brossa, even in confinement!

All the houses in the city
All the houses in the city
Friday day 5

“I imagined myself as a collector of photographs, showing to other architecture-fans this wonder of house-building.” Dieter Roth

Make your virtual postcard rack
Make your virtual postcard rack
Thursday day 4

Perejaume's postcard rack displays mirrors instead of postcards, reflecting its immediate surroundings.

Neighbours
Neighbours
Wednesday day 3

What does your house look like from your neighbouring buildings? What do those other buildings look like from your house?

Donald Crowhurst. A true story about truth
Donald Crowhurst. A true story about truth
Tuesday day 2

If you ask anybody about Donald Crowhurst, they will talk, more often than not, about fraud and deceit, and about the man who faked his journey around the world...

Accompany us on Peter Friedl special journey
Accompany us on Peter Friedl special journey
Monday day 1

Have you ever wondered how children around the world play? Peter Friedl did in his "Playgrounds".

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