Barcelona becomes the meeting point for a constellation of contemporary artistic perspectives with Barcelona: 1001 Windows, a group exhibition bringing together artists from different geographies and practices to explore one of the most enduring images in human experience: the window.
Presented at the Museu Europeu d’Art Modern (MEAM) in the historic district of El Born, the exhibition approaches the window not simply as an architectural element, but as a threshold between worlds, between interior and exterior, self and society, memory and possibility.
Across painting, sculpture, photography, installation and mixed media, the participating artists offer distinct ways of looking at the realities, questions and aspirations of the present. Their works transform the idea of the window into a space of observation and encounter: a place from which we look outward but also a surface through which we become aware of how we ourselves see.
A constellation rather than a single narrative
Barcelona: 1001 Windows deliberately avoids a singular interpretation. Instead, the exhibition unfolds as a constellation of viewpoints.
Some works engage with the visible and invisible structures that shape everyday experience. Others turn toward personal histories, cultural identities and emotional landscapes. Together, they suggest that windows exist not only in architecture, but also within the architectures of memory, imagination, identity and thought.
The exhibition asks a simple but expansive question:
What do we see when we look through a window? What does the way we look reveal about ourselves?
In this context, the window becomes an active space of encounter, where boundaries can dissolve, and new understandings can emerge.
Barcelona as a city of architecture
The exhibition enters into dialogue with Barcelona itself, a city whose architectural identity has been shaped by innovation, cultural exchange, and creative vision.
Its presentation at MEAM takes place within the framework of Barcelona’s designation as World Capital of Architecture 2026 (UNESCO), connecting the exhibition’s central metaphor with the city’s broader architectural and cultural landscape.
Situated in El Born, MEAM provides a historic setting in which contemporary artistic voices encounter questions of heritage, transformation and the future. Within this environment, Barcelona: 1001 Windows proposes another way of understanding architecture: not only as something we inhabit, but as something that shapes how we perceive, remember and imagine.
An invitation to look again
Ultimately, Barcelona: 1001 Windows is an invitation to pause and look again.
Every window offers more than a view. It offers a perspective, a possibility, and a way of understanding our relationship with the world and with one another.
Across multiple geographies and artistic approaches, the exhibition opens a shared space for observation, curiosity, and discovery — a thousand and one windows through which different realities may become visible and new horizons may appear.
Artists: Borja Mielgo, Lavinia de Rothschild, Matan Ben Cnaan, Laurent Guez, Marco Pilot Hostinger, Chris George, Anna Koyn, Sofia Ibargüengoitia, Jorge Jaramillo, Ksenia Dolinskaya, Apoloniartjack, Daphne Matthys, Galina Knauth, Kevin Slaby, Shizuka Yoshida, Chriztane Estrada, Morgan Turner, Tenmi Hanagi, Ruben Avendano, Paige Young, Alika Levchenko, Vincent Poujardieu, Wen-Chun Jenny Liao, Bassem H. Boustany, Avishag Friedlander, Luana Stebule, Michelle Bonato, Rike Sievert, Alessandra di Ronza, Aku Menditeguy, Dirk Van Spitaels, Eddy Varloes, Jozef Peeraer, Dr. Petra Dippold-Götz, Sabine Josefine Balerna, Palina Adriana
Barcelona: 1001 Windows
16–22 September 2026
Presented by RFA Projects at Museu Europeu d’Art Modern (MEAM)
Carrer de Barra de Ferro, 5, El Born, Barcelona
Find the program and more information here.
