Cristina Iglesias – Pasajes: La Pedrera, Barcelona

November 15, 2025

In all honesty, I hesitated to publish this piece – not because I harbored doubts about the artist’s work, but because I don’t believe my pictures do the work justice. To provide readers with better images I went to both Cristina’s website and to Hauser & Wirth, one of the galleries that represents her, and lo and behold, the images I found there also fail to capture the grace, beauty, and luminosity of her work. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the exhibit so much that I went ahead and wrote the post because I truly believe that her work is some of the best I’ve ever seen and want to share it with other art lovers. I’ve included links to the websites mentioned for anyone interested in exploring her work further.

Cristina Iglesias (b.1956) is a Spanish artist who creates large scale sculptures from clay, cement, aluminum, and iron, enhanced with colored stones, clear and colored glass, and textiles. Her dominant theme is the natural environment and is expressed in the form of fountains, wall art, and three-dimensional installations. The installations include hanging corridors, pavilions, and grottos. Her art is informed by both her artistic creativity and her undergraduate work in chemical science. It communicates, depending on the piece, etherealness or gravity, motion or quietude, luminosity, delicacy, and the eternal force of the natural environment.

She has exhibited throughout the world, represented Spain at the Venice Biennale on two occasions, once alongside Antoni Tàpies, a particularly apt juxtaposition to anyone who knows their respective work. Her work is installed in private collections, corporate buildings, museums, and public spaces. Prominent museums where you can view her work include the Centre Georges Pompidou, France; Fundação Serralves, Portugal; Institut Valencià d’Art Modern (VAM), Spain; Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona (MACBA), Spain; Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain; Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York NY; Museum of Modern Art, New York NY; and Tate Modern, UK.

We visited the exhibit “Cristina Iglesias: Pasajes” at Casa Milà, also known as La Pedrera, one of Antoni Gaudí’s most beloved works in Barcelona, Spain, where it will remain open until January 25, 2026 https://www.lapedrera.com/es/exposiciones/cristina-iglesias/.

Specifically designed for the space, the exhibition follows a circular route, following the movement and curves of the building. Iglesias describes the exhibit as “a passage, a path, a journey through Gaudí’s architecture and my work”. The common thread connecting the diverse installations is the exploration of thresholds: between reality and fiction, past and present, interior and exterior, light and shadow, natural and artificial are present as a common thread that connects everything.

The exhibit website includes a nice video that provides excellent context for the images I include below. For lovers of Gaudí, visit https://www.lapedrera.com/es/casa-mila/?_gl=1*1vlutpk*_up*MQ..*_ga*Mzc2MTgxNjA0LjE3NjMyMTc3ODU.*_ga_BSFDMLDZ8D*czE3NjMyMTc3ODQkbzEkZzAkdDE3NjMyMTc3ODQkajYwJGwwJGg5MzgzNjEwNTE.*_ga_7MYH5M6W44*czE3NjMyMTc3ODQkbzEkZzAkdDE3NjMyMTc3ODQkajYwJGwwJGgw\.

I highly recommend this exquisite exhibit. Words and photos simply cannot capture the lyricism of Iglesias’ work or its sensitive juxtaposition with Gaudí’s Modernist masterpiece. Enjoy!