and in Spain, she launched her own private design firm and MOB in 2010. After working for years in various architecture firms in the U.S. The idea for MOB was a dream that grew out of her graduate school thesis. Self-described “mastermind” of MOB is Hong-Kong born Cecilia Tham, who holds a master’s degree in architecture from Harvard. The name may ring of political unrest, but it is actually an acronym for Makers of Barcelona. Many of these ad-hoc organizations were created by foreigners.
Several groups of artists and art patrons have gotten more creative, taking matters into their own hands and presenting on a shoe-string budget the works of worthy artists eager to get their creative efforts in front of the art-loving public of Barcelona. While large cultural institutions still manage to present worthwhile offerings for the public, often drawing upon the holdings in their permanent collections rather than mounting expensive exhibitions of travelling and costly-to-insure works of art, smaller galleries have struggled to keep their doors open. In these times of austerity when funding is hard to come by in all fields, the arts have suffered particularly. We look at four small galleries that have found a way to stay alive and thrive. Surviving in the art world takes talent and ingenuity, even under the best of economic conditions.
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