Image: Can Framis Museum, Barcelona
The XIV edition of the Xavier Miserachs Photography Biennal opens in Palafrugell on 2 August with an exhibition of Gabriel Cualladó’s 'Poètica de la senzillesa' at Can Mario Museum. The presentation runs through 18 October 2026, according to the event listing from Fundació Vila Casas. The organisation’s museum network includes Can Framis in Barcelona, Espais Volart, Can Mario in Palafrugell and Palau Solterra in Torroella de Montgrí.
The exhibition page gives the dates as 1 August to 10 October 2026, while the accompanying event notice identifies the public run as 2 August to 18 October 2026. Both versions place the show within the biennial programme, and both name Can Mario, Palafrugell, as the venue. The discrepancy in dates appears in the source material and is reflected here as listed.
Cualladó is presented on the museum page as a self-taught photographer who began working in the medium in 1951 and developed a distinctive visual language. Born in Massanassa in 1925 and based in Madrid, he entered the Real Sociedad Fotográfica de Madrid five years later and joined the AFAL group in 1957. The same source says he also assembled one of the country’s best photography libraries and an excellent photographic collection.
The museum text situates Cualladó’s reputation in Spain as growing during the 1980s through several exhibitions, including a major retrospective organised by IVAM in 1989. It also notes that he received Spain’s National Photography Prize in 1994. These details place the Palafrugell exhibition within a long record of recognition for the photographer, whose work has remained present in discussions of Spanish photography.
According to Fundació Vila Casas, 'Poètica de la senzillesa' brings Cualladó’s work to a broad audience through a selection of images, most of them portraits, alongside emblematic street scenes. The museum describes the photographs as reflecting his modernity and carrying an unmistakable poetic charge. It also emphasises his approach to the familiar and the nearby, marked by sincerity and delicacy.
The exhibition is part of the XIV Biennal Miserachs, the photography biennial named for Xavier Miserachs. Can Mario’s listing identifies the show as one of the temporary contemporary art exhibitions presented by the foundation’s museum programme in Palafrugell. The venue is listed simply as Can Mario, Palafrugell, with no additional venue details provided in the source material.
