CategoryExhibitions
An exhibition for playing
Set up as a video game, the exhibition Gameplay takes us a journey through the history of video games, understanding how their language works and analysing...
The eight-hour day, a triumph of the workers’ struggle
Barcelona’s labour mobilisation began in the early 20th century to tackle the living conditions endured by the working class. To mark the centenary of the...
Design as a political tool
Viennese designer and activist Victor Papanek was one of the twentieth century’s most influential harbingers of social activism and sustainability in design. The...
A story of its own
The FEMINISMS! exhibition at the CCCB [Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona], curated by Gabriele Schor and Marta Segarra, is a show not to be missed...
Art as a reflection of history
Eric Hobsbawm, the British Marxist historian, coined the expression “a brief century” to refer to the period between the First World War (1914) and the collapse of...
Charlotte
Charlotte’s story is the unique story of a girl immersed in a tragic family legacy, a lineage of suicides, a litany of inherited deaths which is abruptly...
A Certain Darkness
The exhibit A Certain Darkness can be seen until January 5 at the CaixaForum.
Gala and Lee Miller, Surrealism in a room of one’s own
Gala was the wife and muse of Salvador Dalí, as well as his secretary and salesperson. Lee Miller was a stunningly beautiful fashion model who worked with Man Ray and...
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