Desire
Desire makes us great. In 1959, art critic Alexandre Cirici championed the idea of creating a contemporary art museum in Barcelona. Together with Cesáreo Rodríguez-Aguilera and other figures from the cultural scene, he began to gather works for a future collection while they searched for a building and organised the first exhibits.
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MACBA THIRTY
Celebrate 30 years of art, stories and new perspectives! Discover the exhibition and activity programme we’ve prepared for this very special year, with forward-looking proposals.
exhibition
From 28 November 2025 to 28 September 2026