HEREU has launched SEGONA RESIDÈNCIA, a new project in Barcelona dedicated to the personal collections of artists, designers and cultural figures. The name means second home. It is an exhibition space focused on presenting collections as a way of understanding the trajectory and sensibility of those who assembled them.

Daniel Riera

Throughout their lives, creative people accumulate objects, images, and materials. These do not follow the rules of a formal collection. They come from everyday use, from friendships, from chance encounters. SEGONA RESIDÈNCIA treats this archive as something worth looking at closely. Each edition presents a selection from it, and the exhibition functions as a symbolic residency. A temporary place to inhabit another way of seeing. There is also a publication that expands the project with photographs of the person’s home, a conversation, and additional material.

The first exhibition features the personal collection of Daniel Riera, a photographer based in Barcelona. Over the years, he has amassed a catalogue of works, photographs, and objects that reflect the visual references, friendships, and encounters that have shaped his career. The exhibition includes works by artists such as Louis Fratino, David Armstrong, Yannis Tsarouchis, José Pérez Ocaña, and Margaret Modlin, among others. But the pieces are not presented individually. They are conceived as part of a broader visual ecosystem, where relationships, contrasts, and repetitions emerge across the space. The installation follows the logic of Riera’s own environment, where accumulation and intuition sit alongside moments of precision and calm. Recurring motifs appear throughout: portraiture, the male body, mythological symbolism. These generate connections between works from different contexts and time periods.

The private opening is on May 7, 2026. The public opening follows on May 12, and the exhibition runs until July 9. If you are in Barcelona, it is worth a visit. Think of it as stepping into someone else’s second home.