AR-DE

The circuit of art galleries, design,
museums and showrooms of the
Creative District that aims to bring
the public closer to the programming
of the spaces that participate and
encourage the sale art and design.
October 23, 24, 25



ART GALLERIES
Espai Pere IV
A space for creation and experimentation curated by the artist Beatriz Mínguez de Molina.

Friday 23: 12-14h / 16-20h
Saturday 24:  12-14h / 16-20h
Sunday 25: 12-14h / 16-20h

Carrer de Pere IV, 42

 The exhibition explores our relationship with the sea as a way of recognizing it: bodies made of water, matter that participates in the same living world and a planetary cycle from which we are part. The very idea of “nature”, built in Western tradition as that external to human beings, has consolidated a dualistic view that separates culture and nature, subject and world; in the 17th century, Spinoza already opposed this dualism and proposed the idea of human beings as an “empire within another empire”, while Merleau-Ponty proposes a “interlace” between body and world, where the border between the perceived and the perceived becomes porous. 

From this double perspective, the works propose to understand the sea not as an outer landscape that we contemplate, but as an extension of our own body: a common matter that questions the separation between the human and that which we call nature. 

Works by Mar Flo and Beatriz Mínguez de Molina
HAUS, Space of art and contemporary practices
BAU, University Center
Arts and Design of Barcelona
HAUS is the exhibition and cultural space of BAU Centro Universitario de Artes y Dise Dissenyo de Barcelona, conceived as a platform to make visible projects of students, alumni, teachers and creators, and to connect artistic practice and design with the community and the professional environment. 

"In the beginning it was the delirium", the student show in HAUS about the artist's edition.
Friday 23: 10-20h
Saturday 24: 10-20h

Carrer de la Ciutat de Granada 34-36
| Bau
“Al principi era el deliri” (In the Beginning Was Delirium) is a group exhibition featuring works by students from HAUS, BAU’s space for contemporary art and practices, dedicated to exploring artist’s books and art publishing as forms of expression and experimentation. Curated by educator and designer Alba Font, the exhibition brings together projects developed over two academic years as part of the Artist’s Book Workshop in the Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts and the Graphic Design and Visual Communication I Workshop in the Bachelor’s Degree in Design.

The projects reflect the diversity of the students’ processes and visual languages, bringing contemporary artistic practice into dialogue with design methodologies. The book becomes a meeting point between the two disciplines, understood not only as a medium but also as a creative object with multiple formal and conceptual possibilities. The exhibition highlights experimentation, research and the different ways of approaching artist’s book publishing as an open space for new forms of creation.

Piramidón, Centre d'Art Contemporani
Founded in 1990 as a hybrid space between an art gallery and a creative production factory, it merges the sphere of artistic production with that of dissemination, exhibition, and commercialization. The project aims to support artists by bringing together in a single center two of the main spheres around which their practice revolves: the studio and the art gallery.

With 18 studios, which have hosted more than 170 artists from 30 different nationalities, Piramidón is a meeting point that allows its residents to develop their practice in an environment that fosters creation and facilitates multiple interactions among the actors of the contemporary art sector.


Friday 23: 10-19h
Saturday 24: 11-14h
Carrer del Concili de Trento, 313
 
 What's a wedge doing? It gets in the way. It breaks a door, modifies a force and alters its movement. In language, a wedge — or crutch— introduces a pause to gain time and continue. And something similar happens with the semicolon: it interrupts a sentence without breaking its continuity, changing its rhythm. In «Punto y coma», Teresa Camacho brings this idea to painting, where inclined blocks of colour, forces and interspaces generate a rhythm that the wedge interrupts, displaces and transforms.

Activity: Piramidón vermouth: enjoy our vermouth on the Piramidón terrace, with DJ and the best views of the city.
La Plataforma Art Gallery
La Plataforma is an art gallery and creative production studio. Located in a former printing house in the industrial area of Poblenou, it collaborates with contemporary artists—both national and international—offering a multifunctional space for the dissemination, creation, and promotion of the most avant-garde art.

Since its beginnings, La Plataforma has focused on promoting and disseminating the work of emerging and mid-career artists, whose works reflect the diverse realities of the cultural landscape.

Friday 23: 16-20h
Saturday 24: 11-14h / 16-19h
Sunday 25: 11-15h
Carrer de Pujades, 99
  La Plataforma Gallery presents Unfunny Paintings, the first solo exhibition in Barcelona by German multidisciplinary artist Matti Schulz. The exhibition brings together a selection of large- and small-format paintings and drawings that explore the boundaries between humour, popular culture and social criticism. Through an absurd, ironic visual language filled with recognisable references, Schulz creates a distinctive universe that invites viewers to question reality from a perspective that is both playful and critical.

During AR-DE, La Plataforma Gallery offers a programme that combines the discovery of the exhibition with participatory experiences connecting different artistic practices.

Friday — Afterwork & Art:
A gathering centred around Unfunny Paintings by Matti Schulz, offering visitors the chance to discover the exhibition in a relaxed atmosphere and enjoy art beyond the traditional gallery experience.

Saturday — Guided Tours:
An opportunity to explore the exhibition through guided tours, delving deeper into Matti Schulz’s visual universe, his references, and the relationship between humour, popular culture and social criticism.

Sunday — Vermut & Art with Julio Loaiza:
An experience combining art and textile traditions with Julio Loaiza, visual artist and sculptor, who will give a live demonstration of mask weaving. An opportunity to discover the artist’s creative process and explore the expressive possibilities of weaving as an artistic practice.

        Information and registration: comunicacio@laplataformabcn.com 
Load Gallery
Contemporary art gallery that redefines how digital art is exhibited, collected, and experienced.
Friday 23: 16-20h
Saturday 24: 16-20h
Sunday 25: 16-20h
Carrer Llull, 134
  Rituals of Time is a group exhibition bringing together the works of nine African artists who explore time, memory, nostalgia and longing. Through different artistic languages, the exhibition challenges the linear conception of time and proposes a cyclical vision in which past, present and future coexist and are constantly transformed.

Inspired by ancestral traditions and the possibilities of digital art, the exhibition understands memory as a living force capable of reinterpreting the past and imagining new futures. The body, cultural heritage and spirituality become spaces of connection between generations, identities and experiences.
MUSEUMS
Fundació Carulla - Sala Barcelona del Museu Terra
Sala Barcelona is an extension of Museu Terra in L’Espluga de Francolí within the city—a window into the rural world.

Museu Terra, part of the Carulla Foundation, was inaugurated in 1988 in L’Espluga de Francolí and today functions as a cultural center that preserves, generates, and shares knowledge while promoting debate and reflection on sustainable social transformation from a rural perspective.

Over the years, we have come to understand that the most important aspect when speaking about rurality today is the special bond we have with the land: understood as the soil that feeds us, as a cultural landscape that we care for, and, by extension, as the planet we neither want nor can afford to give up. Museu Terra seeks to continue highlighting the knowledge acquired through centuries of coexistence with the land and the countryside, and above all to expand its dissemination so that this knowledge can become a new lens through which sustainability can be envisioned.
Friday 23: 11-14h / 16-19h 
Saturday 24: 10-14h / 17-19h 
Sunday 25: 10-14h

Guided tours in Catalan with prior registration (free admission):  Saturday 24 at 12h and 17h, and Sunday 25 at 12h. 
Carrer Pere IV, 141
 
 The exhibition “TROS DE DONA”  from Museu Terra arrives at Sala Barcelona in a new version that fosters a dialogue between rural memory and the urban reality of Poblenou. The exhibition champions the role of women throughout history by highlighting caregiving and the various forms of labor—often rendered invisible yet essential for sustaining life. Drawing on pieces from the Museum’s collection, art installations, photography, video art, and contemporary works by female artists, the exhibition is structured around four themes: home, street, body, and land.

This new iteration of the exhibition also invites reflection on the future: how do we wish to live and care for one another? What ways of living and forms of community do we want to build? An in-house production by Museu Terra.
Disseny Hub Barcelona
Disseny Hub Barcelona is a leading space for the recognition and promotion of the creative industries, as well as for the dissemination of the city’s heritage and culture on a global scale.


Friday 23: 10h a 20h 
Saturday 24: 11h a 18h 
Sunday 25: 11h a 14h 
Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes, 38
 
 During the AR-DE weekend, the Disseny Hub Barcelona (DHub) opens its doors to showcase a program connecting design, art, fashion, visual culture, and contemporary creation.

Exhibitions from the Design Museum Collection – DHub
A journey through four exhibitions exploring the history and challenges of design—spanning fashion, visual communication, everyday objects, and material culture—with a special focus on innovation and sustainability.

29th Edition of the Enjoia’t Contemporary Jewelry Awards
The exhibition brings together 15 works in the Professional category and 15 in the Student category, featuring creators from over ten countries. It offers a look at the trends, materials, and languages ​​of international contemporary jewelry. Organized by A-FAD.

ADG Laus Awards 2026: Design in Action
An exhibition showcasing the winning projects of the ADG Laus Awards, offering a chance to discover the creativity and excellence of contemporary graphic design and visual communication.

Urban Talks – October 24
A new edition of the event co-organized by Poblenou Urban District and DHub, bringing together local and international professionals to reflect on the challenges facing creative districts and the transformative role of culture and creativity in the urban landscape.
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