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An area of 1,400 m2, with two exhibition rooms, an area for educational activities, a bookstore and a multi-purpose auditorium.

The Fundación MAPFRE KBr Center of Photography in Barcelona offers, in addition to an attractive program featuring six annual exhibitions, educational programs, training for new talent, conferences, workshops, international photographic awards and more.

The KBr Center is located in one of the most representative buildings of contemporary Barcelona: Torre MAPFRE, near the Olympic Port. At the foot of this iconic building, the curved forms of this space are projected onto Avenida del Litoral and the promenade.

We look forward to welcoming you!

How to get here

Buses: 59, 136, V21, V27, H16, 47, V23
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Metro: L4 and L1
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Bicycle racks: 396; 397
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Current exhibitions showing in this hall

Surf, Bodega, 1937

Edward Weston
Surf, Bodega, 1937
Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona
© Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents

JUNE.12.2025                   AUG.31.2025

Edward Weston

The matter of shapes

Barcelona

A couple in a bar in Barcelona,  1931-1936

Puig Farran
A couple in a bar in Barcelona, 1931-1936
Arxiu Fotogràfic de Barcelona /
Archivo de la familia Puig Farran

JUNE.12.2025                   AUG.31.2025

Joan Andreu Puig Farran

A Decade of Turmoil (1929-1939)

Barcelona

Exhibition hall information

Timetable

Exhibition halls timetable*:

Until March 30:
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

Halls closed:
December 25th, 1st and 6th January

Special timetables:
December 24th and 31st; January 5th from 11:00 h to 15:00 h

*Visitors must start leaving the hall 10 minutes before closing time.
The last access (6:30 – 7:30 pm) only allows for a 20 minute visit.

Accessibility

The exhibition hall has a wheelchair ramp and an indoor lift.

Services

Locker Service.

Audio-guides

Available online in Spanish, Catalan and English. Accessible via mobile without downloads or installations.

Also available in audio device obtainable in the hall (if available).

Price: €4

Bookstore

KBr Bookstore Tel. +34 93 272 31 80

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Buy tickets

Joan Andreu Puig Farran. A Decade of Turmoil (1929-1939)

Select an option

Tickets

Individual

Individual Ticket 

  • Allows to visit Joan Andreu Puig Farran. A Decade of Turmoil (1929-1939) and Edward Weston. The matter of forms.
  • GENERAL ADMISSION: €5 / REDUCED ADMISSION: €3 (Beneficiaries of reduced admission).
  • FREE ADMISSION:
  • AUDIOGUIDE: 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.
  • IMPORTANT: 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€, jack type), 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.
  • If you choose not to use headphones, please keep your cell phone close to your ear and at a low volume.

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.
  • 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.
  • IMPORTANT: 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€, jack type), 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.
  • 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.
  • IMPORTANT: 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€, jack type), 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.
  • If you choose not to use headphones, please keep your cell phone close to your ear and at a low volume.

Groups

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.
  • Other rates for eligible groups.

If you need more information about the exhibition, you can see it here.

Soy la id : 432080

Buy tickets

Edward Weston. The matter of forms

Select an option

Tickets

Individual

Individual Ticket (includes audioguide)

  • Allows to visit Edward Weston. The matter of forms and Joan Andreu Puig Farran. A Decade of Turmoil (1929-1939).
  • GENERAL ADMISSION: €5 / REDUCED ADMISSION: €3 (Beneficiaries of reduced admission).
  • FREE ADMISSION:
  • AUDIOGUIDE: 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.
  • IMPORTANT: 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€, jack type), 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.
  • If you choose not to use headphones, please keep your cell phone close to your ear and at a low volume.

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.
  • 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.
  • IMPORTANT: 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€, jack type), 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.
  • 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.
  • IMPORTANT: 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€, jack type), 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.
  • If you choose not to use headphones, please keep your cell phone close to your ear and at a low volume.

Groups

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: 4 pm, 5 pm, 6 pm / Thursdays: 11 am, 12 pm, 1 pm / Fridays: 11 am / 1 pm, 4 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.
  • Other rates for eligible groups.

If you need more information about the exhibition, you can see it here.

Soy la id : 432091

Buy tickets

Joan Andreu Puig Farran. A Decade of Turmoil (1929-1939)

Select an option

Tickets

Individual

Individual Ticket 

  • Allows to visit Joan Andreu Puig Farran. A Decade of Turmoil (1929-1939) and Edward Weston. The matter of forms.
  • GENERAL ADMISSION: €5 / REDUCED ADMISSION: €3 (Beneficiaries of reduced admission).
  • FREE ADMISSION:
  • AUDIOGUIDE: 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.
  • IMPORTANT: 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€, jack type), 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.
  • If you choose not to use headphones, please keep your cell phone close to your ear and at a low volume.

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.
  • 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.
  • IMPORTANT: 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€, jack type), 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.
  • 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.
  • IMPORTANT: 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€, jack type), 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.
  • If you choose not to use headphones, please keep your cell phone close to your ear and at a low volume.

Groups

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.
  • Other rates for eligible groups.

If you need more information about the exhibition, you can see it here.

Soy la id : 432080

Buy tickets

Edward Weston. The matter of forms

Select an option

Tickets

Individual

Individual Ticket (includes audioguide)

  • Allows to visit Edward Weston. The matter of forms and Joan Andreu Puig Farran. A Decade of Turmoil (1929-1939).
  • GENERAL ADMISSION: €5 / REDUCED ADMISSION: €3 (Beneficiaries of reduced admission).
  • FREE ADMISSION:
  • AUDIOGUIDE: 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.
  • IMPORTANT: 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€, jack type), 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.
  • If you choose not to use headphones, please keep your cell phone close to your ear and at a low volume.

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.
  • 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.
  • IMPORTANT: 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€, jack type), 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.
  • 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.
  • IMPORTANT: 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€, jack type), 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.
  • If you choose not to use headphones, please keep your cell phone close to your ear and at a low volume.

Groups

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: 4 pm, 5 pm, 6 pm / Thursdays: 11 am, 12 pm, 1 pm / Fridays: 11 am / 1 pm, 4 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.
  • Other rates for eligible groups.

If you need more information about the exhibition, you can see it here.

Soy la id : 432091