Out of Frame - CaixaFòrum BarcelonaExhibitions
02/05/2025 - 10/26/2025

Goya's Black Paintings and Rembrandt's The Night Watch are two well-known masterpieces. Now, the exhibition Out of Frame at the Caixaforum Barcelona offers an unprecedented approach to them thanks to two audiovisuals that have recently become part of the Contemporary Art Collection of the "la Caixa" Foundation. The two video installations by Rineke Dijkstra and Philippe Parreno have one element in common: both are based on interaction with the public. The video installation Night Watching by Rineke Dijkstra captures the various comments of the audience observing Rembrandt's The Night Watch, although the Dutch painter's work is never seen on screen. Philippe Parreno's immersive film La quinta del sordo takes place in the house where Goya created his black paintings to recreate a space that no longer exists. Undoubtedly, an original and fiercely contemporary way of approaching traditional art.