Barcelona
Mediterranean visual experimentation, an open, hybrid, cosmopolitan city.
Barcelona is a centre of visual and cultural experimentation. An open, hybrid city where art, design and public space continually contaminate each other. Darte uses this context to activate freer, more fluid projects aimed at the new European contemporary scene.
How it works
A rolling application system, with no fixed deadlines. Every proposal is reviewed by darte's curatorial committee.
- 01Application
Apply at any time of the year with a short portfolio and a statement.
- 02Curatorial review
The curatorial committee assesses the research, its coherence and maturity.
- 03Context and city
Together we identify the exhibition context and the city that best fits your work.
- 04Exhibition production
We coordinate production, installation, critical texts, communication and press office.
- 05Positioning
The exhibition becomes a positioning device: relationships, collections, institutions.
Barcelona combines architectural design and Mediterranean sensibility, where art fits into a fluid, physical and symbolic urban landscape. From modernism to contemporary practices, the city keeps a strong relationship between public space and cultural imagination. Exhibiting in Barcelona means a real contamination between work and city, where the artistic practice enters into direct relation with the urban flow and an international audience.
Barcelona is fluid. The relationship with the audience is immediate, natural, close. There is a strong international presence, especially between Europe and Latin America, keeping dialogue very open. Exhibiting here means entering a living scene where art moves between institutions, the street and contemporary visual culture.
Apply to the program
Select your preferred city or let the curatorial committee identify the context that best fits your work.