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Pere Portabella
A program of screenings drawn from this Catalan filmmaker’s repertoire.
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A program of screenings drawn from this Catalan filmmaker’s repertoire.

MACBA’s exhibition looks back to when video became a tool for political intervention.

An exhibition on a donation of 18 video artworks by Han Nefkens Foundation.

Reflecting on MACBA’s 30-year journey through a metaphor of starling murmuration.

An exhibition led by two Palestinian artists featuring songs, poetry, installations and more.

Festival U22 returns as Barcelona’s young cinema festival

The socially committed film and photojournalism festival returns

This incredible artist’s first exhibition held at La Virreina.

A sun-soaked photography project capturing the Poblenou coastline.

A new exhibition on the work of Catalan visionary artist Josep Maria de Sucre

A snapshot of emerging artistic talent from the Universitat de Barcelona’s Faculty of Fine Art.

Practical ideas from Japanese minimalism

Casa Batlló’s Magic Nights brings this quartet to its Dragon rooftop

Mike Leigh’s prickly, darkly funny family drama

El Palace’s Rooftop Garden transforms into the city’s best open-air screen.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s coolly controlled debut feature

Peter Bogdanovich’s classic screwball comedy

Dreamy, earthy psychedelia from Japan

An energizing group-training session at Barcelona’s seafront.

Slow down, get creative and enjoy something a bit off the beaten track

The CCCB’s latest exhibition delves into one of the most loaded ideas in culture.

The rooftop of an Egyptologist’s hotel – discreet, art-filled, no day-club treatment.

This charmingly grimy Raval bar is famous for its absinthe, and said to be Barcelona’s oldest.

The arthouse cinema reopens as Catalunya’s first “cinema co-op.”

This UK-style brewery is one of Barcelona’s most central stops for quality brews.

An intimate Italian-inspired restaurant serving up small plates and natural wines.

Mexican street food in the Eixample, from breakfast chilaquiles to tacos by six.

A sprawling food hall in a converted garage just off Passeig de Gràcia.

A cocktail bar with a warm atmosphere, excellent soundtrack and great drinks.

The menu is full of delights like tapas, burgers, pasta dishes and wok-based treats – all sure to put a smile on the face of the fussiest of eaters.

The city’s best-known swingers club – discreet, stylish and not remotely seedy.

Opened by the trailblazing team behind Milk and Firebug, GiGi’s is one of those places where every day feels like Sunday.

Steps away from Santa Maria del Mar sits this gem of a café.

Four spaces in one, including the new D.F. Mexican restaurant.

Maiaia is a vermuteria with family and tradition at its core.

This French-owned restaurant is perfect for romantic meals, group celebrations and those times when you need somewhere “nice but affordable.”

A brewery and a beautiful bar where you can quaff your way through the Belgian-Catalan inspired brews.

Casa Lolea’s sister restaurant, in a converted century-old hardware store.

The weekend brunch is a local fixture, offering staples like pancakes and Eggs Benedict.

This centenarian horchatería is loved for its artisanal icy treats.

The space is an embodiment of the founders’ passion for American craft beer and food.

A cocktail bar done up as a mad alchemist’s lab – test tubes, fermenting jars.

Boa-Bao takes diners on a culinary journey through flavors of Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines and beyond.

One of Barcelona’s most exciting craft beer utopias.

This tapas bar sits among Sarrià’s burgeoning scene along its main street, Major de Sarrià.

Market-fresh Mediterranean food is their game, but Asian influences assert themselves too.

Among the flurry of one of La Rambla’s many Gòtic tributaries, Sub Rosa would be everyone’s regular watering hole, if only there was enough space.

This self-dubbed “cocktail bar and book collection” is the latest gem to appear in Les Corts.

Wash down generous portions of Mexican fare with peso-priced micheladas.

A Venezuelan-run gastrobar on Carrer Riego, one of the reasons Sants is rising.

Anita’s handmade gelato runs past 150 flavors, from pistachio to halva, scooped fresh all day.