Art Nou is the emerging art festival in Barcelona and Hospitalet that offers young national and international creators the opportunity to establish their first professional relationship with the art market, galleries, self-managed spaces, and institutions dedicated to emerging art. The festival commits one more year to stimulate young production, reclaim the galleries as spaces for meeting and debate, and put art agents and the general public in contact.
The 15th edition of Art Nou 2026 will begin on June 25th with the opening of all exhibitions in Barcelona and on June 26th with those in L’Hospitalet, where the inauguration of this year’s edition in the Isaac Peral Building with an intervention by Mourae. On September 3th the closing ceremony will be held in La Capella with Alicia Val performance, in collaboration with Club9.
Art Nou will offer a programme of exhibitions featuring more than fifty shows and more than one hundred and ten artists; an extensive programme of activities including guided tours, openings, conversations with artists, performances, screenings, and actions across galleries, institutions, and independent spaces.
Image credits: Marc Llibre, Pol Masip, Roberto Ruiz
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Contact
Direction & Coordination
Pilar Cruz artnou@artbarcelona.es
Communications
Alba Acebes Macià
Press
Circa Cultural Projects projects@circacp.com
Graphic Design 2026
A Forest Works
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Program 2026
