Like a Dance of Starlings

MACBA Collection Thirty Years and Infinite Ways of Being

The new presentation of the MACBA Collection, which forms part of the museum’s Year Thirty celebrations, explores the emergence of a porous being ready to spread its wings and unfurl its subjectivity as a liberating space. Eschewing a chronological approach, it revisits the works in the collection by striking up dialogues with new ways of being and acting in the world. It offers a plural gaze that reaffirms the collection as a growing, open, diverse and mutable murmur.

To tie in with this exhibition, three delocalised works are each being presented in a primary or secondary school in Barcelona. These pieces, by Alán Carrasco, Dora García and Tanit Plana, feature in the latest edition of MACBA’s Out from Reserve programme, which works with Barcelona City Council to place works from its contemporary art collection in educational establishments across the city. 

Image: Antonio Beneyto, Nina Hagen, 1982. MACBA Collection. Government of Catalonia long-term loan. National Collection of Art. Formerly Salvador Riera Collection. © Antonio Beneyto. Photo: FotoGasull.