You could start hunting for art in several places. Along Carrer de Montcada are several commercial galleries, the biggest being Galeria Maeght (Carrer de Montcada 25). Others include the Galeria Surrealista, next to the Museu Picasso, the Sala Montcada of the Fundacio La Caixa (Carrer de Montcada 16), Galeria Beaskoa next door and Galeria Montcada (jammed in next to the Palau de Dalmases). In Barri Gotic you'll find several galleries in Carrer de Petritxol.
Predictably enough, the presence of the Museu d'Arte Contemporani de Barcelona in El Raval is turning the surrounding area into an artsy zone. You'll find a half dozen small galleries and designer stores on Carrer del Doctor Dou, Carrer d'Elisabets and Carrer dels Angels.
The classiest concentration of galleries - about a dozen of them - is on the short stretch of Carrer del Consell de Cent between Rambla de Catalunya and Carrer de Balmes. A particularly interesting place is Galeria Victor Saavedra (tel 93 238 51 61; Carrer d'Enric Granados 97). Saavedra, himself an artist, has been promoting all sorts of artists from around Europe since the late 1980s.
The Guia del Ocio also carries a limited list of art galleries.
For many, a big Miro print or a Picasso poster would make the perfect gift. The Fundacio Joan Miro, Museu Picasso and Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (Macba) are all well stocked. The souvenir shops in the Oficina d'Informacio de Turisme de Barcelona (Placa de Catalunya 17), and Palau de la Virreina (La Rambla de Sant Josep 99) also carry limited offerings.
For high-quality postcards of Barcelona, prints and the like investigate Estamperia d'Art (tel 93 318 68 30; Placa del Pi 1).
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