What can a fresh perspective on the world's most photographed architecture offer? Nearly 70 black and white works by Aitor Ortiz. 📷

📍 Practical information

📅 September 1, 2026 – November 15, 2026

📍 Can Balaguer — Pilar Montaner Room

🎟️ Free admission

📷 About the exhibition

Photographing architecture, especially that of Antoni Gaudí, presents a particular challenge and an inevitable question: what can a new perspective bring to such photographed works?

Aitor Ortiz took on the challenge of photographing the architecture of the Catalan genius to explain something that had not been seen in the same way until now. He did not set out to find elements not yet photographed—perhaps impossible—but rather to observe them with austerity and detachment. Subtly, he also reveals the Gaudí who navigated between the artisanal traditions of the past and the technological modernity of his time, emphasizing the importance of his workshop-laboratory.

By eliminating the rhetoric of color and delving into the details, he discovers a Gaudí who is surprisingly current and modern for his time.

🖼️ The assembly

Nearly 70 small-scale, classically styled works, created using highly contemporary printing and mounting techniques. The exhibition is notable for its understated presence, making visual silence—as in the music of Frederic Mompou—the central element.

🏛️ Can Balaguer

Can Balaguer is a stately home in the center of Palma, of medieval origin and renovated in the Baroque period, which Josep Balaguer donated to the city. Today it is a municipal space that combines a permanent exhibition, temporary exhibitions, and cultural programming.

🕐 Opening Hours: Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am to 7 pm · Sundays and holidays from 11 am to 2 pm

🎟️ Free admission

ℹ️ Tel. 971 225 900, ext. 1727 and 1730 (Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.) · canbalaguer@palma.cat

✨ Cultural program of the Palma City Council. All the information at palmacultura.es.