Exhibitions
From 6:12 p.m. to 5:48 p.m.: flow, energy and perception in Space 13
This new cycle of Espai 13 reaffirms its commitment to experimentation, the dialogue between art and architecture, and the creation of new ways of perceiving and inhabiting contemporary space.
Espai 13 returns with a new exhibition cycle featuring five artists and curated by Alejandro Alonso Díaz. Entitled From 18.12 to 17.48 , this experimental space and promoter of creativity in the contemporary artistic fabric acts as a unique platform for reflection and artistic practice. The new cycle proposes a look at energy and infrastructures, exploring how their immateriality determines structural, spatial and relational dimensions.
The first project, ARNA , by Huaqian Zhang, opens within the time frame that gives the cycle its name, from 6:12 PM to 5:48 PM —a title that evokes the passage of time and the setting of the sun. The proposal is presented in one of the most porous spaces in the city of Barcelona, expanding the limits of what has been done so far and generating constant flows. The work combines emerging art, the local scene and new artistic languages, establishing a dialogue with the city as the capital of architecture in 2026.
Alejandro Alonso Díaz and the Miró Foundation had been working on the creation of this cycle for some time. The curator posed the project based on a key question: what kind of spatiality makes sense to think about today in relation to architecture? The answer translates into a vision of the relationship between architecture and contemporary art, offering a reading on energy and infrastructures that considers how their immateriality defines structural, spatial and relational dimensions.
Arna by Huaqian Zhang can be visited from February 6 to April 6, taking over from Michael Kleine. With this second exhibition in the cycle, an artistic triangle is created in Barcelona with the Mares Museum and the Brossa Foundation, together with the Miró Foundation. Later, Camila Wills will present an exhibition in the lobby of the Foundation, opening a path between the exterior and the interior. At the same time, Ghislaine Leung will exhibit her work, and finally, Victor Ruiz Colomer will close the cycle, establishing a link between space, energy, artist and curator.
ARNA marks the start from 18.12 to 17.48
More than 500 artists and 300 exhibitions have passed through this key space for artistic experimentation, and now a new cycle begins with ARNA . Huaqian Zhang's installation is based on research into temperature and sound, exploring how perception makes its way through somatic channels, beyond language. In front of this light sculpture, there is not a conventional brightness, but a kind of overexposure: contours that fade, edges that shine, images that undulate and energetic flows that resist fixation.
