SubjectCulture and leisure
Maria-Mercè Marçal in present continuous
Twenty years after her death, the work of the poet and fiction author who was ‘three times a rebel’ in her own words, is seeing a renewed vitality in the political...
Copyright and freedom of expression in the Internet Age
The European Union has tabled a new directive on copyright to harmonize different aspects of the European digital market.
“The success of Permagel was like another flash flood that washed over me”
Eva Baltasar
She was unjustly obscure until only very recently and that may have been largely due to poetry.
Open cityOpening up the city, rethinking the city
The change in era we’re currently experiencing is altering many of the values, conceptual schemes and balances upon which post-war Europe was built. The “Ciutat...
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...
Deconstructing Music
Music is like water that slips through your fingers: just what is the nature of this ephemeral thing, held to be the most abstract and universal language?
The transformative power of the decorative arts
Forged iron, ceramics, wood, glass, pavement, coats of arms, clocks, bells… Art historian Francesc Fontbona edited Les arts aplicades a Barcelona (The...
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