Continue your art journey
Exhibiting in Barcelona
Experience in a contemporary art gallery.
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.
Barcelona in the European program
Discover the programBarcelona 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.
How we work
The darte code of ethics
All exhibitions are scheduled for two weeks between January 2026 and December 2027. This application gives you the opportunity to be part of them.
The venues
Hub Art Barcelona
Carrer del Doctor Trueta, 183, 8, 6, Sant Martí, 08005 Barcellona, Spagna
Hub Art Barcelona is a contemporary art gallery in the Sant Martí district, a hub for contemporary research and Mediterranean visual experimentation, partner of the Darte European program for group and solo shows.
Project Manager · Andrea Tapparini
Venues in Barcelona
Carrer del Doctor Trueta, 183, 8, 6, Sant Martí, 08005 Barcellona, Spagna
What it means to exhibit in Barcelona
- 01
Arrive
Barcelona becomes part of your exhibition experience.
- 02
Install
Your work enters a physical and curatorial context.
- 03
Open
Meet artists, visitors and people from different countries.
- 04
Explore
Experience Barcelona beyond the exhibition space.
- 05
Continue
The exhibition becomes another chapter of your darte profile and artistic trajectory.
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.
What the exhibition includes
Exhibition space
Rooms in a historic palace, museum or partner gallery for the exhibition period.
Curatorial assistance
Selection of works, critical text and guidance throughout the project.
Installation
Exhibition design, mounting, lighting and captions.
Catalogue
Exhibition publication with the works on show and the curatorial texts.
Communication
Invitations, materials, press office and distribution on darte channels.
Reportage
Photographic coverage of the exhibition and opening, delivered to the artist.
Related cities
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Venice
The Biennale, historic palaces and international dialogue: exhibiting in Venice means entering one of the world’s most important cultural currents.
London
Market, collecting, international context.
Paris
Museum tradition, galleries, contemporary research.
Rome
Institutions, galleries, historical heritage.
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Select your preferred city or let the curatorial committee identify the context that best fits your work.
Darte in numbers
- 10+
- years of experience
- 7
- active cities
- 80+
- exhibitions produced
- 21
- signed partnerships