Fundación Mapfre, currently in Madrid, is opening a second space in central Barcelona in October, according to the Art Newspaper’s Anny Shaw. Renowned for its photography collection, the foundation will use a house constructed by the prominent Garriga-Nogués family in the late nineteenth century as the home base for its new site.

The chief curator at the Musée d’Orsay, Isabelle Cahn, is responsible for the new Barcelona space’s inaugural show, which will focus on post-Impressionist works and include Picasso’s Nude Against a Red Background, 1906, alongside self-portraits by Van Gogh and Cézanne.

While certain exhibitions will travel between the Barcelona and Madrid locations, Pablo Jiménez Burillo, Mapfre’s director general of culture, told Shaw that he envisions a program “with a little more independence” at Barcelona. In 2019, however, the two spaces will host an exhibition together highlighting around 500 photos from Mapfre’s collection.

“Barcelona has one of the most important photography traditions in Spain; in the 1980s and '90s it was the point of reference for Spanish photographers,” said Carlos Gollonet, curator at Mapfre.