Curation and Exhibition Mediation

The Specialisation Diploma in Curation and Exhibition Mediation enables students to specialize in the curation, design, and production of new formats and exhibition content. From a contemporary perspective, the temporary exhibition is approached as an event that is complex and multi-dimensional, which involves creative and discursive work, mediation, and an intersection with cultural politics.

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→ From 13 February 2026 to 23 January 2027
→ Alternating Friday and Saturday, from 4 pm to 8 pm (online), intensive on-campus courses in July
→ Blended
→ 30 ECTS
→ 4,590 €
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Along with the diploma in Exhibition Design and Production, this diploma forms part of the Master’s Degree in Lifelong Learning in Exhibitions. Curation and design.

It features collaboration from different museums, art galleries, and cultural institutions in Barcelona such as the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC), the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB), the Museu del Disseny de Barcelona, the Filmoteca de Catalunya, and the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), among others.

As a whole, the programme provides a research space based on the complementary relationship between theory and practice, and its deployment in real, imaginary, or possible contexts. This course is designed as a journey of creation and experimentation between temporary spaces, exhibition experiences, and content configuration. Through case studies, the master’s degree offers situations from which participants can gain experience and practice in curation, critical reflection, and space design. The modular structure ensures that the programme is constantly updated and innovative.

Who it’s aimed at

The master’s degree is aimed at people with university education or professional experience in creative and cultural fields such as design, architecture, art, art history, the humanities, anthropology, sociology, communication and the media, or cultural management. All individuals with sensibility and interest who wish to complement their knowledge in the conception of spaces, the creation of content, or the design of experiences and exhibitions are also eligible to apply to the programme.

Career opportunities

Curation of exhibitions in museums and other cultural institutions.
Exhibition design.
Curatorial projects for ephemeral events such as festivals, fairs, seminars or congresses.
Organisation of public museum programmes, educational activities and community mediation.
Consultancy in the development of exhibition spaces.
Consultancy on heritage musealisation projects.
Mediation in the deployment of educational activities and public programmes.

Objectives

Present the main currents of thought in the field of curatorial practice and their applicability in different areas of culture.
Provide the conceptual and technical elements to propose exhibition projects based on a combined vision between curation, space design, and production.
Provide tools for the research, creation, planning, management, design, and implementation of processes before and after the implementation of specific proposals.
Learn within an interdisciplinary platform to address the complexity of carrying out projects in real contexts.
Learn about the most innovative experiences in the creation of exhibitions, the configuration of production, and intermediation processes that impact and transcend their configurations in space at the same time.
Connect participants in the circuits of art, design, and contemporary architecture related to exhibitions.

Programme

Exhibition Design (9 ECTS). This course develops specific conceptual, technical, and technological knowledge related to exhibition design in all its dimensions, such as:

Spatial design
Design and production
Museographic resources
Exhibition and scenography
Graphic design
Design and communication
Publications
Design for diversity
Design and curatorship

Teaching Staff: Anna Alcubierre, Javier Nieto, Emiliana (Emili Padrós y Anna Mir), Ignasi Cristià, Roseta Mus, Todojunto (Ricardo Duque y Tiago Pina), Pere Álvaro, Avanti Studio (Alex Dobaño) y Martí Guixé.

Lighting and Digital Formats (6 ECTS). An introduction to audiovisual technologies, experimental animation resources, and exhibition lighting. The course explores the conceptual and technical possibilities that the digital environment opens up in exhibition design.

Digital formats
Lighting
Audiovisual content and techniques

Teaching Staff: ESTAMPA (Daniel Pitarch and Marcel Pie), ILM (Jordi Moya), Burzon Comenge (Ester Comenge and Albert Burzon), and Anna Alcubierre.

Exhibition Production (6 ECTS). This course provides broad knowledge in areas related to the production of temporary exhibitions:

Coordination and content management
Work teams
Production and installation
Touring exhibitions
Registration and management of artworks
Preventive conservation
Organization of cultural events

Teaching staff: Carlota Broggi, Aida Mestres, Silvia Tena, Lavínia Mayer, Tatiana Tarragó, Begoña Sánchez, and Ruth Bagan.

Case Studies in Exhibition Design (6 ECTS). This is an on-site course held in July of each edition of the master’s program, where various museums and art centers in the Barcelona metropolitan area serve as the setting. The course is based on field visits to each facility, where students engage with the respective institutional processes guided by different professionals.

Teaching staff: Anna Alcubierre and Oriol Fontdevila.

Among the visited facilities are the master’s permanent collaborators: Disseny Hub Barcelona (DHUB), Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC), Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB), and Filmoteca de Catalunya. The program also includes visits to facilities that change annually.

Final Specialization Diploma Project in Exhibition Design and Production (3 ECTS). Development of an autonomous project related to exhibition design and production. The project includes supervision by a tutoring team and the organization of individual and group work sessions.

Teaching staff: Anna Alcubierre and Oriol Fontdevila, with the possibility of involving the rest of the postgraduate teaching staff for individual tutoring sessions.