Palma is establishing itself as an international benchmark in painting with a top-tier exhibition programme. From Casal Solleric to Es Baluard, including the Miró Mallorca Foundation, the city is currently hosting an exceptional array of exhibitions featuring major names in contemporary art.
Stockholder, en Es Baluard / Foto: David Bonet.
Following the presentations at Casal Solleric of Ángela de la Cruz, with her powerful reflection on expanded painting, and Peter Halley, master of neo-geometry and vibrant colour — whose exhibition in Palma concludes on May 25 — matter and light take centre stage through Markus Linnenbrink’s site-specific intervention WHATWETHINKASINSIGNIFICANTPROVIDESTHEPURESTAIRWEBREATHE. This co-production with Es Baluard Museu fosters a dialogue between architecture, painting and perception until 7 September.
Meanwhile, Es Baluard Museu d’Art Contemporani de Palma presents Nachleben, a group show exploring painting as a conceptual art form, raising questions such as: why can any image be considered a painting? It also features Cardinal Points by Jessica Stockholder, a pioneer at the intersection of painting and sculpture; and Chilean artist Eugenio Dittborn’s Airmail Paintings, the first solo exhibition in Spain of one of the most significant figures in Latin American conceptual art of the 1970s and 80s.
La obra de Eugenio Dittborn, en Es Baluard / Foto: David Bonet.
Palma, painted by Miró
Miró, 1983.
Joan Miró, a key figure in the history of art, also plays a leading role in this pictorial effervescence. His legacy can be explored at the Miró Mallorca Foundation and, from 19 July to 9 November, his work will take centre stage in Paysage Miró, one of the major exhibitions of 2025. This show will be distributed across Casal Solleric, Es Baluard Museu d’Art Contemporani, the Miró Foundation itself, and La Llotja de Palma. The profound encounters and serendipitous coincidences that shaped Miró’s work will be the central theme of this exhibition.
“Perhaps it’s the best collection of painting exhibitions currently on display in Europe,” says Javier Bonet, Palma’s Councillor for Tourism, Culture and Sports. Indeed, these are artists regularly featured in the world’s major museums, and their presence in the Balearic capital reinforces its status as a European hub for painting. With this commitment, Palma not only strengthens its local art scene but also places painting at the heart of the cultural conversation, attracting international attention and positioning itself as one of Europe’s leading capitals of contemporary art.
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