Can Balaguer hosts a singular and contemplative photographic look at the iconic architecture of Antoni Gaudí. 🎨🏛️

In this temporary exhibition, photographer Aitor Ortiz offers a visual rereading of the Catalan architect, setting color aside to focus on pure structural forms and creative processes.

🎨 Aitor Ortiz - Gaudí. Impresiones íntimas

📅 From June 25 to November 15, 2026

🕐 Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 to 19:00; Sundays and holidays from 11:00 to 14:00

📍 Can Balaguer, Palma (c. de la Unió, 3)

🎟️ Free admission

📖 An austere gaze on iconic architecture

Photographing Antoni Gaudí's oeuvre poses a real challenge: bringing a fresh perspective to buildings that have been thoroughly documented worldwide. Rather than chasing unseen fragments, Ortiz approaches the structures with deliberate distance and sobriety. His vision highlights the interplay between artisan tradition and technical innovation, giving center stage to the workshop-laboratory as the birthplace of Gaudí's concepts.

By stripping away color rhetoric and zooming in on structural details, the images reveal an unexpectedly modern Gaudí while staying true to Ortiz's recognizable visual vocabulary, creating a balanced dialogue between architect and photographer.

🎨 Nearly 70 works in silent harmony

The exhibition features around 70 small-format, classical pieces produced through thoroughly contemporary printing and staging techniques. The installation cultivates an atmosphere of quiet presence reminiscent of Frederic Mompou's music, where visual silence becomes the main protagonist between images.

✨ An unmissable chance to rediscover Gaudí's universe through an intimate and subtle contemporary lens.