Jorge Bravo founded ethall in Barcelona in 2011 with a program initially focused on contemporary drawing. In 2018, he moved the gallery from the Raval neighborhood to an industrial warehouse in L’Hospitalet. Since then, Salvador 24 has hosted exhibitions by artists such as Sergio Prego, Itziar Okariz, Luz Broto, Francesc Ruiz, and Martín Vitaliti, featuring works that include sculpture, installation, video, and performance.
Gallery Profile
Jorge Bravo founded ethall in 2011 in Barcelona’s Raval neighborhood. Contemporary drawing played a particularly important role during the early years, and artists such as Francesc Ruiz, Aleksandra Kopff, Javier Peñafiel, and Juan Ugalde exhibited at the gallery. In 2015, ethall participated in ARCOmadrid for the first time. The project presented by Sergio Prego and Martín Vitaliti received the award for best booth in the Opening section. In 2018, Bravo moved the gallery to Salvador 24, in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat. The move involved transitioning from the space in the Raval to a larger former industrial warehouse.
In *Cuatro paredes* (2021), Luz Broto used the eight pillars of the nave as starting points to erect four drywall walls and divide the gallery into five spaces, some accessible and others closed off. The project was later continued at MACBA with *Una pared*, a work that was added to the museum’s collection.
In 2023, Jorge Bravo organized the exhibition *La elección de las cosas: Efervescence and Coagulation in 1990s Barcelona* at ethall . It brought together works by Francesc Ruiz, Alberto Peral, Sergio Prego, Itziar Okariz, Javier Peñafiel, Ana Laura Aláez, Joan Morey, and Lluís Hortalà, among others. Bravo selected works by artists he had met during the 1990s and who had played a role in his own artistic development.
The current lineup includes Josu Bilbao, Luz Broto, Leo Burge, Juande Jarillo, Marc Larré, Idoia Leache, Ana Martínez Fernández, Violeta Mayoral, Rasmus Nilausen, Itziar Okariz, Diego Paonessa, Sergio Prego, Eulàlia Rovira, Francesc Ruiz, Manuel Saiz, Sinéad Spelman, and Martín Vitaliti.
Program
Why Go
Sergio Prego, Itziar Okariz, and Francesc Ruiz are part of the core group of artists with whom ethall collaborates. Prego has developed much of his work at the intersection of sculpture and spatial intervention. Okariz has made the body, the voice, and language recurring themes in her work. Ruiz uses drawing and the conventions of comics as a starting point to create installations that extend throughout the gallery.
Sergio Prego was born in San Sebastián in 1969. After studying Fine Arts at the University of the Basque Country, he moved to New York and worked in Vito Acconci’s studio from 1998 to 2002. In 2019, he represented Spain at the Venice Biennale alongside Itziar Okariz in *Perforated*, a project curated by Peio Aguirre. In 2025, the Guggenheim Bilbao presented *Vito Acconci / Sergio Prego: YOU*, an exhibition dedicated to the work of both artists and the relationship they maintained since Prego’s years in New York. His work is included in the collections of the Guggenheim Bilbao and the Reina Sofía Museum.
Itziar Okariz was born in San Sebastián in 1965. The Reina Sofía Museum holds nine of her works, including pieces from the “Body Building” and “Irrintzi” series. In 2019, she shared the Spanish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale with Prego. Francesc Ruiz was born in Barcelona in 1971. He began by working in formats similar to comics and later transformed his graphic sequences into installations that can occupy entire rooms. The MACBA holds works by him and uses the term “expanded comic” to refer to this part of his body of work. In 2015, Ruiz participated in the Spanish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale alongside Cabello/Carceller and Pepo Salazar. He has held solo exhibitions at Gasworks in London, the Fundació Joan Miró, the Fundació Suñol, and the Centre d’Art La Panera.
Luz Broto was born in Barcelona in 1982 and has also worked at MACBA, the Centre d’Art La Panera, Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, and CA2M. Her projects often take their cue from the existing conditions of the buildings she works in, such as entrances, pathways, or physical divisions.
What to Expect
In October 2026, two exhibitions are on view at Salvador 24. *Clin.* by Eulàlia Rovira and *Overflow* by Sergio Prego opened during Barcelona Gallery Weekend and will remain on view through October 31.
Rovira was born in Barcelona in 1985; he studied Fine Arts and took the Art in Context program at the Universität der Künste in Berlin. He has presented projects at the Centre d’Art La Panera, the Capella de Sant Roc, and M|A|C Mataró. Since 2013, she has also been developing projects with Adrian Schindler. In *Clin.*, he presents works that explore position, orientation, and balance.
In *Overflow*, Sergio Prego continues a project he began at ethall in 2022 with *El rostro ajeno* (The Stranger’s Face), a title taken from the film by Hiroshi Teshigahara. For the new exhibition, he has created hollow clay structures formally related to haniwa, funerary figures produced in Japan during the Kofun period.
Prior to these two exhibitions, the 2026 program included *Roen Plastic* by Marga Estelrich; *Jabulani: An Exact Roundness*, curated by Àlex Palacín; and *One, Two, Alone* by Violeta Mayoral. In 2025 , Julia Spínola, Idoia Leache, Helena Ripoll, and Diego Paonessa exhibited at Salvador 24 .
What to Do Nearby
From Salvador 24, you can walk to Tecla Sala, housed in a former textile factory built in the late 19th century. The complex currently houses the Tecla Sala Art Center, the Central Library, TPK Art and Contemporary Thought, the L’Hospitalet Study Center, and the Arranz-Bravo Foundation. The Tecla Sala Central Library houses a specialized comic book collection of over 30,000 volumes and a collection dedicated to the blues.
From there, you can continue on to Carrer Xipreret. The street features several buildings linked to L’Hospitalet’s history prior to its industrial transformation, including Casa Espanya, L’Harmonia, and Can Riera. For lunch, Debut is located at Carrer Lleida 32, near the center of L’Hospitalet. Another option is to end your outing at Mary Pickford, a cocktail bar located at 246 Enric Prat de la Riba.
