Pérez Siquier. Fundación Mapfre Collections
FEB.26.2026 ──────── MAY.24.2026

Carlos Pérez Siquier
Marbella, 1974
Fundación Mapfre Collections
© Pérez Siquier, VEGAP, Barcelona, 2026
Exhibition
FEB.26.2026 ── MAY.24.2026
Where
KBr Photography Center
Avenida Litoral, 30 – 08005 Barcelona
Tel: +34 93 272 31 80 (Attention only during the opening hours of the exhibition hall)
Opening times:
Until March 31:
Mondays (except holidays): Closed.
Tuesday to Sundays (and holidays)*: 11 am – 7 pm
From April 1:
Mondays (except holidays): Closed.
Tuesday to Sundays (and holidays)*: 11 am – 8 pm
Closed:
December 25th, January 1st and 6th
Limited opening hours:
December 24th and 31th; January 5th
April 2nd, 3rd, and 6th; May 1st
11 am – 3 pm
General Ticket:
5 €
Free Access time:
Tuesdays (except holidays)
*The evacuation of the hall starts 10 minutes before closing time. Last access (6:30 pm or 7:30 pm) only allows a 20 minutes tour to the exhibitions.
How to arrive
Buses: 59, 136, V21, V27, H16, 47, V23, D20
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Subway: Line 4 and Line 1
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Bicycle racks: 396; 397
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Audio-guides
Available online in Spanish, Catalan and English. Accessible via mobile without downloads or installations.
Included with the individual ticket. More information in the “Tickets” section.
Accessibility
Ramp for wheelchair access – The three floors of the hall are accessed by a generously-sized elevator.
Services
Locker Service.
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Over the course of more than six decades, Carlos Pérez Siquier (1930–2021) built a singular body of work that transformed the way photography was understood in Spain. Working from Almería —far from the major artistic centers— he developed an intuitive and committed vision that broke away from the dominant models of his time. In a country marked by the cultural isolation of the postwar period and the dictatorship, he founded, together with José María Artero, the Almerian Photographic Association (AFAL), a collective that became a key reference for modernity and established a decisive dialogue between Spanish photographers and international movements. His first major series, La Chanca, begun in 1956 and influenced by cinematic neorealism, documents the daily life of a marginalized neighborhood with surprising dignity and closeness. These images did not seek to denounce, but rather to reveal the human vitality of a place seemingly suspended in time.
In the 1960s, Pérez Siquier made a decisive break by working in color at a pioneering moment —an approach that was initially met with incomprehension. In Informalisms, he explored painterly textures and abstractions, while in The Beach and Traps for the Unwary, he observed with irony, precision, and subtle humor how new leisure habits were transforming the Spanish coastline. His final projects, Encounters and La Briseña, more introspective in nature, distill a gaze attuned to the intimate rhythms of everyday life. Brought together in a single exhibition, these stages trace a comprehensive journey through the work of an artist who knew how to find the extraordinary within the ordinary, and who played a decisive role in the modernization of 20th‑century Spanish photography.
Curator: Eva Vives (Fundación Mapfre)
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Tickets
Online tickets sale will be available from February 16th
Individual Ticket
- Allows to visit Pérez Siquier. Fundación Mapfre Collections and Walker Evans. Now and Then.
- GENERAL ADMISSION: €5 / REDUCED ADMISSION: €3 (Beneficiaries of reduced admission).
- FREE ADMISSION:
- General Free Admission (€0): Mondays (except holidays) from 2 pm to 8 pm.
- Free admission for eligible groups: Click here to see the groups entitled to free entry and how to obtain these tickets.
- AUDIOGUIDE: All individual ticket types include an audioguide (available only for the Walker Evans. Now and Then exhibition).
- The audioguide is accessible online via a QR code available at various points in the exhibition hall. To access it, you will need a mobile device with internet access. If you do not have an active mobile internet connection, you can use the free Wi-Fi available in the exhibition hall.
- To avoid disturbing other visitors, please use the audio guide with headphones, which are not included in the ticket price. For reasons of sustainability, we recommend that visitors bring their own. In case you need to purchase them (1€), the option is offered during the online ticket purchase process. They can also be purchased at the ticket office (keeping the corresponding queue) and at the bookshop.
- IMPORTANT: The headphones provided are JACK type. Before purchasing them, make sure they are compatible with your mobile device.
- If you choose not to use headphones, please keep your cell phone close to your ear and at a low volume.
Commented Tour
- Cultural mediation is one of the most dynamic and effective instruments used by Museums to provide their visitors a better understanding of exhibitions.
- During the exhibition (at the times indicated below), our mediation team will be present in the room to offer visitors who request it a brief explanation (approx. 10-15 min.) of the most relevant artistic, historical, and other aspects of the exhibition. The commented tour will be in Spanish.
- Hours:
- UNTIL MARCH 31: Wednesdays and Thursdays: 4pm to 7pm; Fridays and Saturdays: 12pm to 2pm and 4pm to 7pm; Sundays and holidays: 12pm to 2pm.
- FROM APRIL 1: Wednesdays and Thursdays: 5pm to 8pm; Fridays and Saturdays: 12pm to 2pm and 5pm to 8pm; Sundays and public holidays: 12pm to 2pm.
- No additional cost upon ticket. Information at reception desk.
Mapfre Clients
- Mapfre offers to its policyholders 2 free tickets (4 if Platinum Client) for each exhibition season. To obtain courtesy tickets of Mapfre, access the online ticket office and follow the purchase process. Tickets are discounted at the end of the purchase process: before payment, the program will request your ID and will automatically activate the free tickets that correspond to you.
- You can also get them at the ticket office in the room, presenting your ID.
- Invitations must be used in a single visit.
- Any question you have, please check these simple Instructions.
- AUDIOGUIDE: All individual ticket types include an audioguide (available only for the Walker Evans exhibition).
- The audioguide is accessible online via a QR code available at various points in the exhibition hall. To access it, you will need a mobile device with internet access. If you do not have an active mobile internet connection, you can use the free Wi-Fi available in the exhibition hall.
- To avoid disturbing other visitors, please use the audio guide with headphones, which are not included in the ticket price. For reasons of sustainability, we recommend that visitors bring their own. In case you need to purchase them (1€), the option is offered during the online ticket purchase process. They can also be purchased at the ticket office (keeping the corresponding queue) and at the bookshop.
- IMPORTANT: The headphones provided are JACK type. Before purchasing them, make sure they are compatible with your mobile device.
- If you choose not to use headphones, please keep your cell phone close to your ear and at a low volume.
Collaborating Entities
- If you belong to any of the entities that collaborate with Fundación Mapfre, you must obtain your reduced ticket (€ 1 or €3) at the ticket office in the room.
Audioguides (headphones)
- All individual ticket types include an audioguide.
- The audioguide is accessible online via a QR code available at various points in the exhibition hall. To access it, you will need a mobile device with internet access. If you do not have an active mobile internet connection, you can use the free Wi-Fi available in the exhibition hall.
- To avoid disturbing other visitors, please use the audio guide with headphones, which are not included in the ticket price. For reasons of sustainability, we recommend that visitors bring their own. In case you need to purchase them (1€), the option is offered during the online ticket purchase process. They can also be purchased at the ticket office (keeping the corresponding queue) and at the bookshop.
- IMPORTANT: The headphones provided are JACK type. Before purchasing them, make sure they are compatible with your mobile device.
- If you choose not to use headphones, please keep your cell phone close to your ear and at a low volume.
Groups
- It’s mandatory for the group to have a guide or person in charge. To request a guide from the Foundation, ask please for information and rates to: infokbr@fundacionmapfre.org
- The group must be made up of a minimum of 6 pax and a maximum of 15 pax. (guide included)
- Wednesdays: 11 am, 12 pm, 1 pm / Tuesdays: 4 pm, 5 pm, 6 pm / Fridays: 12 pm, 5 pm, 6 pm.
- The purchase of the ticket implies acceptance of the Rules for the visit, especially of those indicated for the “Group Visit”.
€3/pax.
Schools
Educational activities for schools are developed entirely in Spanish or Catalan. If you are interested please consult sections Colegios y Familias (spanish) or Col·legis i Families (catalan).
Families
Educational activities for families are developed entirely in Spanish or Catalan. If you are interested please consult sections Colegios y Familias (spanish) or Col·legis i Families (catalan).
IMPORTANT: Before you start the ticket buying process, we strongly recommend that you take into account the following observations:
- This ticket is valid only for the day and time indicated. It will not be possible to enter the hall in advance. Likewise, admission is not guaranteed to visitors who show up at the hall after the reserved time.
- Tickets changes or returns are not allowed except for justified force majeure.
- The purchase of tickets presupposes the acceptance of these Rules for the visit. We recommend reading it before entering the room.
- If your visit is scheduled for late in the afternoon, please remember that the room is cleared 10 minutes before closing time.
- Due to conservation needs, the rooms maintain a constant temperature of 21º, so it is possible that during the visit it is convenient to bring some light warm clothing.
- Fundación Mapfre is not responsible for the rates, schedules and other information applied on the websites of other entities where tickets for their exhibitions can be purchased.
- If the online ticket purchase process is canceled, suspended, or interrupted, please contact our support line: +34 915 816 100 (available exclusively during the exhibition hall’s opening hours).
- Other rates for eligible groups.
If you need more information about the exhibition, you can see it here.
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