SubjectCulture and leisure
![Arcadi Oliveres](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_126_llibres_papersdepau_ample1100.jpg?itok=rebIEtZe)
Arcadi Oliveres (1945-2021) was many things: teacher, inspirational figure, activist, writer, peace researcher, tireless lecturer, agitator of minds, etc., but, when it came to...
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Elvira Dyangani Ose opened her first exhibition in the MACBA collection in December 2022. After chronological exhibitions and other shows with a socio-political theme, the aim...
![Retrat d'Eugènia Balcells ©Cristina Calderer](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_126_entrevistaeugenia_1100x548_1.jpg?itok=_TNYJcyu)
Eugènia Balcells
A multifaceted artist, Eugènia Balcells (Barcelona, 1943) never stops. A pioneer of multimedia art and a member of the Catalan group of conceptual artists, driven by a boundless...
![Il·lustració. ©David Sierra](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_125_digital_relat_1100x548.jpg?itok=4jRVVwbc)
Gosh, walking all the way up is tiring, isn’t it?
I can picture you coming here, to Montjuïc, to Miró’s mountain and the Font del Gat fountain and cruising, in broad daylight....
![Pablo Picasso and Joan Miró in Vallauris (France), in 1948. © Arxiu Successió Miró © Vegap / Barcelona 2022.](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_125_digital_exposicions.jpg?itok=QSw-cDXr)
The year 2023 is dedicated to Picasso-Miró, since it shall mark the 50th and 40th anniversaries of their deaths, respectively. Among other initiatives, the Fundació...
![Jordi Sabater Pi al llindar de la selva guineana](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/sabater_pi_web.jpg?itok=Rld7sKDx)
Every day, Dr. Jordi Sabater Pi (1922-2009) remembered the rainforest in Equatorial Guinea, ever since he had to leave the country, forced by circumstances and accompanied by his family...
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True crime fever has caught on in Catalonia in recent years through such unorthodox products as Carles Porta’s Crims programme, Clàudia Pujol’s books and the Psycholand...
![Vista aèria de Barcelona de nit](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/vista-aeria-de-la-ciutat-i-els-llums.jpg?itok=rlCPVZky)
In the course of a day, 1,660,314 people constantly breathing and on the move generate a great number of movements, interactions, needs, aspirations… In a year, 11,510 new lives are born...
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