KBr is the photography centre with which Fundación MAPFRE begins a new stage in its intense dedication to artistic photography, one of its main areas of cultural activity since 2009. The centre is housed in the MAPFRE Tower in the Olympic Marina. At the bottom of the tower, the exhibition centre occupies the curved two-story projection between Avenida del Litoral and the seafront promenade.
The name KBr Fundación MAPFRE Barcelona Photo Centre refers to the chemical symbol for potassium bromide, a salt used in the analogue photography development process, and a declaration of intentions from the institution's line, committed to the recovery of tradition and masters of photography, but also with contemporaneity.
There are two temporary exhibitions from February 26 to May 24, 2026:
1. Walker Evans. Now and Then: Walker Evans (1903–1975) is a key figure in modern photography and one of the great visual chroniclers of 20th-century United States.
2. Pérez Siquier. Fundación MAPFRE Collections: Carlos Pérez Siquier (Almería, 1930–2021) was a central figure in Spanish photography and one of the great renovators of 20th-century visual language.
Photo credits:
1. Walker Evans, Broadway, 1930 Private Collection, San Francisco © Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
2. Carlos Pérez Siquier, Marbella, 1974 © Pérez Siquier, VEGAP, Barcelona, 2026
