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Pere Portabella
A program of screenings drawn from this Catalan filmmaker’s repertoire.
arts & culture
Art and culture worth your time – museums, galleries, dance, theater and the exhibitions everyone’s talking about.
Barcelona
arts & culture
Art and culture worth your time – museums, galleries, dance, theater and the exhibitions everyone’s talking about.
Events
Monday, Sep 28
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Light Filtered Through the Cracks
MACBA’s exhibition looks back to when video became a tool for political intervention.
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Echoes: Videos from the Han Nefkens Foundation Donation
An exhibition on a donation of 18 video artworks by Han Nefkens Foundation.
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Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme
An exhibition led by two Palestinian artists featuring songs, poetry, installations and more.
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Like a Dance of Starlings
Reflecting on MACBA’s 30-year journey through a metaphor of starling murmuration.
Tuesday, Sep 29
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Declaration of Love to Lenin, Juana Dolores Romero Casanova
This incredible artist’s first exhibition held at La Virreina.
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Patrim’25: Look in Silence. That Blues Look
A snapshot of emerging artistic talent from the Universitat de Barcelona’s Faculty of Fine Art.
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Elisava
A sun-soaked photography project capturing the Poblenou coastline.
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Josep Maria de Sucre, Activist and Visionary Artist
A new exhibition on the work of Catalan visionary artist Josep Maria de Sucre
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Backstory Talks: Daisuke Yosumi
Practical ideas from Japanese minimalism
Sunday, Oct 4
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Art & Coffee Oil Painting Workshop
Slow down, get creative and enjoy something a bit off the beaten track
Ongoing
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The Cult of Beauty
The CCCB’s latest exhibition delves into one of the most loaded ideas in culture.
Places
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Espai [b]
A small Gràcia gallery that has backed contemporary local artists since 2003.
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Tablao de Carmen
Tablao de Carmen blends traditional Spanish food, drinks and tapas with an intimate flamenco show.
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Norma Comics
A range covering all genres from manga and superheroes to horror and beyond.
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Hibernian
Quiet, unassuming and tucked away within the bohemian barrio of Gràcia, Barcelona’s only secondhand English bookshop is more than meets the eye.
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Moco Museum
Barcelona’s Modern & Contemporary art museum in El Born, sister to the original in Amsterdam.
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Casa de les Punxes
The “House of Spikes” is one of the city’s most impressive Modernist buildings.
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Gaudí’s Pedrera: The Origins
La Pedrera after dark – projections inside and video mapping on Gaudí’s façade.
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Antifaz Comics
Comics as well as graphic novels, fantasy and horror fiction, DVDs and toys.
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Casa Vicens
Gaudí’s first Modernist jewel in Barcelona, completed in 1883, is among the pioneer buildings in Europe’s Art Nouveau.
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Camp Nou Experience
Barça’s museum and trophies, with a viewing platform over the stadium works.
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Collage
As well as being an established space for teaching English to children through the arts, Collage also runs creative writing course for adults.
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Sagrada Família
Forty years of Gaudí’s life were devoted to working tirelessly on the Sagrada Família.
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Continuarà Comics
One of the longest running points of reference for comic fans in Barcelona.
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Palau Macaya
In addition to a permanent exhibition on Modernisme, the space hosts many talks.
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CaixaForum
Is it a museum, a gallery or an event space? The answer is all three, and much more besides.
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Free Time
Going against the grain of digitalization, this book store is keeping print alive for Barcelona’s die-hard paperback fans.
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Perfume Museum
The city has a hidden treasure – more treasure chest than museum.
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MACBA
Barcelona’s reference par excellence for contemporary art and culture.
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El Call
Visit Europe’s oldest synagogue.
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La Puntual
Unassuming yet enchanting, it has played host to some of the most skilled puppeteers around, captivating local little ones since 2005.
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Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts
One of Barcelona’s oldest collections of art, free of charge.