Late nights during the summer at MACBA.

An interesting idea occurred to a number of museums a few years ago: why not stay open late the long and hazy nights of summer?

This initiative seeks to open up these spaces to those who work during the day or might not normally be able or interested in going to museums.The Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona, also known as MACBA, is one of the pioneers in this type of initiative and each year has several summer concerts as part of “Nits del MACBA”. This year, the museum will be open until midnight on Thursdays and Fridays, so that museum visitors can enjoy the night.

One of those special nights will be on September 23, to end the summer. Visitors can enjoy all the exhibitions on display there. Starting from the Museum´s permanent collection, which contains works from some of the most important contemporary Spanish and international artists like Eduardo Chillida, Clyfford Still, Morris Louis, Robert Motherwell, Ad Reinhard, Philip Guston and Franz Kline, along with works by informalists like Joan Hernández Pijuan, Albert Rafols Casamada, Modest Cuixart, and Antoni Tàpies.

There are also temporary exhibitions such as an exhibit on International Letterist society Gil J Wolman, a journey through the archives of the Fischer collections, one of the most important collectors and curators of contemporary conceptual art, and Parallel, a show of experimental artist’s Benet Rossell cinema tinged works.

We promise that there is nothing more exciting than travelling through the halls of an art museum in the wee hours of the evening.

Rent the best lodging and step out of your fabulous apartments in Barcelona to experience one of these great nights of NIT at MACBA.