Art
Spain, a Country full of Art.
Spend some time getting to know Velázquez, Miro, Picasso, Dalí, and Gaudí and many more excellent artists.
El Prat Airport
As you land in the El Prat, Barcelona airport, find the "Caballo de Botero" statue in Terminal B by Columbian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero Angulo.
And if you land in Terminal 2 check out the Joan Miro mural on the wall.
Salvador Dalí
Three locations: Pubol, Figueres, Port Lligat
Dali is quintessential Catalonia. He was born in Figueres in 1904 and spent the majority of his life in the region. Experience the Dalí triangle: Dalí Castle in Púbol, Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres, and Dalí House Museum in Port Lligat.
You may recognize him from this famous work, La Persistance de la Mémoire. There is so much more to this eccentric individual.
Museum of the Mediteranean
Toerrella de Montgri
Distance 6.3 km Drive time 9 min
What a beautiful find, just a few minutes away. This Museum has a little bit of everything. Permanent exhibits feature the nature, culture, and diversity of the Mediterranean. It has an exhibit on sound and a lot to explore for children. It also features a Hall of Beasts and Giants, as well as other permanent and traveling exhibits.
https://www.museudelamediterrania.cat/
Photo credit: Museu de la Mediterrania Joan Andreu
Museum del Joguet de Catalunya
(Toy Museum of Catalonia)
Figueres
Distance 42 km Drive time 41 min
This fun museum is home to mainly industrial toys from the end of the 19th century to today. It features many tin toys, porcelain dolls, trains, mechanical and cardboard toys. It even features toys donated by many well known Spanish personalities. Admission may be included with your entrance to the Dali Theatre Museum in Figures.
Photo credit: Museum del Joquet de Catalunya
Museu Abello
Norther border of Barcelona
Distance 129 km Drive time 1 hr 40 min
Joan Abello began as a self-taught artist and eventually became an avid collector of art. His museum is an eclectic collection in 11 houses he purchased to hold his collection
https://www.museuabello.cat/en/
Photo: Museu Abello
Antonio Gaudi
Barcelona
Gaudí is best known for his art that intersects with architecture in Barcelona. We discuss those recommendations on our Visit Barcelona page.
Picasso
Barcelona
The Picasso Museum in Barcelona houses a vast collection of his works, totaling 4251 artworks. The museum opened in 1963, while he was still alive, and was the first museum dedicated to the artist. The museum opened during the Franco regime, and the then mayor of Barcelona defied the wishes of the Franco government to open it. This is because of Picasso’s opposition to the Franco regime, distilled in the painting Guernica.
Picasso has a long history in Catalonia, particularly in Barcelona. His family moved to Barcelona after his sister's death, and Picasso spent his adolescence and early career there.
https://museupicassobcn.cat/en
See MOCO Museum link below for a museum right next door to the Picasso Museum.
Fundació Joan Miro
Barcelona
Joan Miro left three public pieces in Barcelona, to welcome travelers by land, sea, and air. Visit the first one at Terminal 2 of El Prat (Barcelona airport), another along La Rambla, and a third sculpture "woman and bird" in the Joan Miro park.
Check out his life's work at the Fundació Joan Miro at Montjuic.
Photo credit: Fundacio Joan Miro
Bansky Museum
Barcelona
Over 130 pieces of Bansky's art in a three story building. An understated building, you might walk the entrance Bansky art on the wall, thinking it's just part of the Barcelona art scene.
Espacio Trafalgar, Carrer Trafalgar, 34, 08010 Barcelona
Moco Museum
The Moco Museum in a 16th-century mansion next to the Picasso Museum in the Born neighborhood, which includes works by world-reknown artists Warhol, Basquiat, Dalí, Haring, Hirst, Kusama and many more.
The Contemporary gallery includes original works by Murakami, Hayden Kays, David LaChapelle, and others.
https://www.mocomuseum.com/barcelona/
Carrer de Montcada, 25, Ciutat Vella, 08003
Photo credit: Bansky Museum
You may also look up local art and literary tours. We have no affiliation with any tours and can't recommend any. Having said that, I did find a link to Literary Tours of Barcelona - Beyond Orwell and Hemingway.
Art in public spaces AKA Street art in Barcelona
Must See Barcelona Museums link