Barcelona Metropolis

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New times are ahead, and they will change everything. Artificial intelligence (AI) is bringing about a significant shift in the economic and business sectors, as...

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Our perception of social media has been turned on its head. These platforms first gained media attention for their crucial role in organising social movements like the Arab...

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I read Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari before it became a global publishing sensation and long before the author emerged as a cult figure in Silicon Valley and Davos. This admission...

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In 2012, the son of Enrique Tierno Galván donated his father’s personal archive to Barcelona. This collection was entrusted to the Gran Logia Simbólica Española [Symbolic Grand...

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• Exhibitions

One of the historical events underpinning the extraordinary exhibition Amazons. The Ancestral Future, on display until 4 May at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (...

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Community centres, which celebrated their fortieth anniversary two years ago, represent the city’s most extensive network of public cultural spaces. They offer a...

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A photograph of Luis García-Berlanga at the now-closed Bodega Bohemia greets us as we enter the exhibition Interior Berlanga. Cinema, vida i humor...

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The profound technological shift and changing patterns of cultural consumption have fundamentally shaken the role of journalists and cultural critics, reshaping their identity...