Six Artists in the Mallorca Spotlight
3 min read · 03 Jul 2026
In Palma de Mallorca this summer? If so, check out painter and former YBA Fiona Rae’s Spanish debut at Es Baluarde Museum, where Jannis Kounellis raises his sails. Across the island capital’s galleries, Lydia Blakeley basks in aftersun, Stephen Felton riffs off pictograms and Renaissance art, and Karlos Gil gives recycling a dystopian twist. Erwin Olaf is also a guest star of Mallorca PhotoFest.
Fiona Rae, Your shadow at morning striding behind you, 2025 (detail). Courtesy of Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris / Brussels. Copyright of the work of art, Fiona Rae, VEGAP, Illes Balears, 2025. Photo: Aurélien Mole
Fiona Rae - Vista
Until August 23, Es Baluard Museu d'Art Contemporani de Palma
Palma's leading contemporary art museum, Es Baluard, presents Fiona Rae's Vista, the former YBA's first solo museum exhibition in Spain. A survey of three decades of her work, the presentation includes paintings lent by prominent collections including Tate.
See more on esbaluard.org
Untitled (1969). Copyright estate of Jannis Kounellis, 2025. Photo: Mimmo Iodice
Jannis Kounellis - Labyrinth without Walls
Until August 30, Es Baluard Museu d'Art Contemporani de Palma
El Baluard Museum also presents Jannis Kounellis's Labyrinth without Walls. The exhibition by the Arte Povera artist explores themes of time and persistence through his maritime-themed works, including his Venetian sail pieces plus works made from reused Mallorcan cotton sails.
See more on esbaluard.org
Lydia Blakeley, Softly, oil and pencil on linen. Copyright the artist and courtesy of Balazsi Gallery
Lydia Blakeley - Aftersun
Until September 4, Balazsi Gallery
Lydia Blakeley’s first solo exhibition with the gallery includes the British artist's latest paintings. Together with her photography, the show explores desire, sensation, and the lingering afterglow of sensory experience.
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Stephen Felton: If the Moon Had a Mouth It Would Swallow All the Fishes. Photo by Juan David Cortés. Courtesy of the artist and Florit/Florit
Stephen Felton - If the Moon Had a Mouth It Would Swallow All the Fishes
Until September 11, Florit/Florit Gallery
Florit/Florit presents an exhibition of new works by Felton, featuring enigmatic paintings that draw on symbols, myth, and ritual imagery. The artist combines ancient-looking pictograms with the mystery of Renaissance painting.
See more on floritflorit.com
Installation view: Erwin Olaf - Against Time. Copyright the artist and courtesy of Baró Galeria
Erwin Olaf - Against Time
Until September 4, Baró Galeria
Baró presents an exhibition of photographs by Erwin Olaf as part of Mallorca PhotoFest (until August 30). Focusing on Olaf’s still-life images of flowers, the exhibition explores photography’s relationship with time, memory, and mortality.
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Karlos Gil, Extinction (Taipei) (2023). Copyright the artist. Photo by Juan David Cortés. Courtesy of the artist and Florit/Florit
Karlos Gil - New Fog
Until September 11, Florit/Florit Gallery
Florit/Florit presents a solo exhibition of new works by Karlos Gil. Through sculpture, film, and reimagined industrial neon signs, the artist explores desire, technological memory, and the relationship between humans and obsolete technologies and gives them a dystopian twist.
See more on floritflorit.com
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