Current Fundación Mapfre Exhibitions

Exhibitions in Madrid:

Anders Zorn
Midnight, 1891
© Zornmuseet, Mora
FEB.19.2026 MAY.17.2026
Anders Zorn
Traveling the World, Remembering the Land
Madrid

Helen Levitt
New York, c. 1940
© Film Documents LLC, courtesy Zander Galerie, Cologne
FEB.19.2026 MAY.17.2026
Helen Levitt
Madrid
Exhibitions in Barcelona:

Walker Evans
Subway Passengers, New York, 1938
Vintage gelatin silver print
Private Collection, San Francisco
© Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
FEB.26.2026 MAY.24.2026
Walker Evans
Now and Then
Barcelona

Carlos Pérez Siquier
Marbella, 1974
Fundación Mapfre Collections
© Pérez Siquier, VEGAP, Barcelona, 2026
FEB.26.2026 MAY.24.2026
Pérez Siquier
Fundación Mapfre Collections
Barcelona
Upcoming exhibitions in Madrid

Alejandro Cartagena
Carpoolers #69, 2011- 2012
Courtesy of the artist
© Alejandro Cartagena
JUNE.06.2026 AUG.30.2026
Alejandro Cartagena
Ground Rules
Recoletos Exhibition Hall (Madrid)
Throughout his prolific career, Alejandro Cartagena—born in the Dominican Republic (1977) and based in Mexico—has built a body of work that challenges the traditional concept of the “decisive moment,” instead focusing on seriality and multiplicity of perspectives as the core of his practice. From this approach, and always through a critical and humanistic lens, his work addresses many of Mexico’s complex realities: migration, housing, the U.S. border, and urban transformation, among others.
Far from being fragmentary, Cartagena’s photography presents a coherent and multifaceted vision of contemporary challenges and invites viewers to contemplate them from multiple perspectives.
Exhibition co-produced by the San Francisco Museum of Art and Fundación Mapfre.
Curator: Shana Lopes.

Richard Avedon
Ronald Fischer, beekeeper, Davis, California, May 9, 1987
© The Richard Avedon Foundation
JUNE.06.2026 AUG.30.2026
Richard Avedon
In the American West
Recoletos Exhibition Hall (Madrid)
Dedicated to photography from a very young age, Richard Avedon (New York, 1923–San Antonio, Texas, 2004) excelled in the world of fashion, working for Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, and other magazines, while in his personal photographic projects he addressed social and political issues such as the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War.
In the American West is the result of a commission he received from the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Texas: for five years (1979–1984), Avedon traveled throughout the western United States to photograph its inhabitants. Alone or in small groups, he portrayed miners, cowboys, carnival workers, salespeople, farmers, and others, always against a white backdrop that accentuated their features, postures, and expressions. The result was a representation of the region and its people that differed significantly from the traditional images that idealized the legend of the American West. The series became a landmark in the history of photographic portraiture and one of the defining achievements of Avedon’s career.
Exhibition organized by the Fondation Cartier-Bresson, Paris, and Fundación Mapfre, with works on loan from The Richard Avedon Foundation.
Curator: Clément Chéroux.
Upcoming exhibitions in Barcelona

Minor White
72 N. Union Street, Rochester, July 17, 1958
Gelatin silver print
The Minor White Archive, Princeton University Art Museum, bequest of Minor White
© Trustees of Princeton University
Photo: Allen Chen
JUNE.17.2026 SEP.06.2026
Minor White
KBr Photography Center, Fundación Mapfre (Barcelona)
Minor White (Minneapolis, 1908–1976) was a key figure in twentieth century American photography, both for his innovative photographic work and for his important role as an educator at prestigious institutions such as the California School of Fine Arts, the George Eastman House, and MIT. Through his editorial work as cofounder, editor, and director of Aperture magazine, he was also positioned at the center of the American photographic debate in the second half of the century.
This exhibition —the first retrospective of his work to be organized in Europe— offers a comprehensive overview of his oeuvre, featuring his most representative themes (nature photography, portraiture, and street photography) and with special attention to his work with sequences, which he often presented in portfolio format. Some of these are being shown in Europe for the first time. A selection of documents —contact sheets, books, and magazines— ultimately provides an integrated view of Minor White’s dimension as an author, editor, and curator.
Curator: Carlos Gollonet (Chief Curator of Photography at Fundación Mapfre)

Joaquín Tusquets de Cabirol
Port, Barcelona, February/March 1952
Exhibition print from the original negative
Joaquín Tusquets de Cabirol Photographic Archive / Museu Marítim de Barcelona
© Joaquín Tusquets de Cabirol Photographic Archive
JUNE.17.2026 SEP.06.2026
Joaquín Tusquets de Cabirol
The eloquent form
KBr Photography Center, Fundación Mapfre (Barcelona)
Joaquín Tusquets de Cabirol (Barcelona, 1904–1979) grew up in a welltodo family environment that provided him with an education attuned to art and culture, which undoubtedly helped shape his photographic sensibility. A chemist and industrialist by profession, he found in photography a means to express a lucid, aesthetic and profound view of his surroundings. His images, which offer a unique vision of postwar Catalonia, stand out for their evolution from pictorialism toward formal and technical experimentation, while the exceptional quality of his prints is owed to his mastery of chemical developing processes.
The exhibition, organized by Fundación Mapfre in collaboration with the Photographic Social Vision Foundation, the institution that safeguards and preserves the photographer’s archive, forms part of KBr’s ongoing commitment to showcasing photography collections held in Catalan institutions.
Curators: Marina Balagué and Arola Valls
Past exhibitions

If you were unable to visit one of our exhibitions, or you would like to revisit the feelings you experienced when viewing a particular work, you can do so here in our past exhibitions section.
Fundación Mapfre Exhibition Halls
Fundación Mapfre has exhibition halls in two prominent locations in Spain: Madrid and Barcelona. Each stands out for its unique features that offer its visitors an enriching cultural experience.
Both Fundación Mapfre exhibition halls provide an immersive experience in the world of art and photography, offering visitors the opportunity to explore a wide range of artistic expressions in a modern and accessible environment.

