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Asia Festival at the CCCB in Barcelona
The CCCB in Barcelona presents Festival Asia, which is being held between the 15th and 25th of September, with various different settings in the city such as Plaza de los Ángeles, Plaza Joan Coromines, and the Patio de les Dones del CCCB, at the Biblioteca Ateneu Barcelonés. Organised by the Asia House, the festival is a collaborative effort from CCCB, MACBA, The Library of Catalonia, the MERCE festival, the Ayuntamiento of Barcelona, and the Diputacion of Barcelona. The festival has been held every year, since its first version in 2001, and its objective has always been to encompass, and embody the Asian culture, and bring it within the realms of the Iberian Peninsula, especially Barcelona, which is known for its multicultural diversity. For the 10th edition, the focus has been placed on the countries which constitute Central Asia, a region which extends from the Caspian sea to the outskirts of the Chinese and Russian borders. The area is known for its nomadic villages, as it became known as the silk route, it served as a pathway of ideas and people between Europe and the Middle East. To celebrate and strengthen the history of this culture, the group Turan from Kazakhstan will open the festival with a mixture of contemporary and traditional sounds from their country, and the general area of Central Asia. The group wear beautiful traditional Mongolian dress, and is made up of four men and a woman, and their music is a harmonious and powerful mix of styles and sounds. Kazakhstan, a central Asian country classified as one of the world´s most vast, extensive lands is one...Jamboree Barcelona
One of the most legendary places in Barcelona´s nightlife, where you´ll be able to find from jazz to electronic music, as well as pop and hip hop.
Bcnetabikes Barcelona
Bicycle Rental and Sale and complements for these. Located in the neighbourhood of the Barceloneta, a few steps from the sea.
El Celler de la Boqueria Barcelona
El Celler de la Boqueria is a winery which is served by its owners and where you´ll be able to find over 500 exquisite bottles with prices ranging from 7 and 120
Jaume Carbonell in Barcelona
CaixaForum Barcelona exhibits until the 9th of September Jaume Carbonell 1942 – 2010 Retrospective, which gathers the work of the Catalan painter who defined himself as figurative “because the images are inside the world that surrounds me”. The exhibition is a route to the work of the Catalan painter who reflected the self and Mediterranean culture, both in the domain of the landscape´s own colours and luminosity, as in the freshness of the themes that will identify him with the iconography of this Spanish region. Jaume Carbonell was born in Barcelona in 1942. He was a painter, draftsman, engraver and he made interesting works enameled in glass and painting on clay. Creative from a young age, he studied in the Massanas Sumptuary arts Conservatory and in the Book art Conservatory and he later travelled to Italy to get to know the great Renaissance painters, those who had been the focus of his admiration from an early age. His first exhibition was in the Ateneu Barcelonès in 1966 and, later, they were followed by exhibitions in galleries in Madrid, Valencia, Zaragoza, Toulouse and London, among other cities in Europe where he marvelled the public with landscapes made in a very particular painting style of lightly texturized paintings. It´s interesting to observe the work of Carbonell and his different styles that are included in the pictorial trends of the 20th century. In his beginnings, naif would dominate his paintings in certain ways, both in the use of shiny colours as in the figurative way. Even in his recent work Castillo de Irás y no Volverás, there´s a reminiscence of naif from...
MECAL Air Short Film Festival in Barcelona
Until the 17th of September, Poble Espanyol in Barcelona is hosting short film festival MECAL Air, which opens up to the public the best work being made in the field, with works presented at the International Short Film Festival 2011. The goal of the organisers is to help promote the short film, and integrate it into different cultural and artistic sectors, and widen it´s accessibility in a social arena. It is for this reason that they have selected a relaxed, open environment for their venue – an open air space, with picnic tables, cushions to sit on the floor and hammocks, and where everyone is welcome to enjoy a refreshment, cinema, and fresh air with their family and friends. As well as the relaxed atmosphere of cultural exchange, the producers of MECAL Air have created a concept of the cinema-art of shorts which does not exclude anyone, with competitions to win free entrance, and spaces for voluntary work in cinema and communications. This will be the third edition of the show, and hopes to be a part of the Barcelona summer more than ever. The film sessions take place on Fridays and Saturdays, and are organised according to theme. Throughout the month, the themes will include terror, a sex special, creative publicity, two sessions with the best from the world of shorts, and a special on the war of the galaxies. The month kicks off with the series of screenings under the title “Terror in the Woods” on saturday the 2nd of september. As the name suggests, it is all about horror – that genre which seeks to paralyse...
International Bear Week in Sitges
Barcelona is one of Spain´s most liberal cities. The large quantity of visitors from around the world that arrive to the Catalan capital make of it a meeting point for various generations and styles, musical tastes, art and culture. Barcelona´s economy is effectively reliant on this large affluence of tourism. Therefore, different activities take place, from parties, festivals, concerts, exhibitions, cultural meetings and seminars among others, that promote cultural exchange and the visit of representatives from different countries. The openness that Barcelona has on a cultural, academic and artistic level makes it suitable for change and diffusion. On the other hand, there´s still great conservativeness among the people of Barcelona, above all when it comes to new trends and migrations. During the last ten years, Barcelona has grown in a considerable way due to the large quantity of immigrants, students and artists that arrive in the city looking for new encounters. That´s how, despite the break that tradition and culture brings, there´s a wide open mind when it comes to new sexual and gender identities. This way, Barcelona is an open bridge for the gay, lesbian and LGBT community in general. Sitges´ beach, located only a few minutes away, is one of the most popular places for the gay and lesbian community. On this beach, thousands of people gather every year to build a community and have a good time during summer. The nice sands, the shiny sea and the sun are perfect complements for whoever is looking for new friends, romance or maybe just an adventure. Sitges is only 35km away from Barcelona, which makes it easily accessible...
Murals under the magnifying glass at MUHBA in Barcelona
Gothic art, one of the most important in existence in the entire world, was born in Western Europe after the middle ages. The art originated in the north of France, but it soon expanded throughout the entire West. In the most part of Europe, Gothic art developed through many different forms which have today become high icons of art; central places for this include Germany, England and Spain. In counter position to Roman art, which expressed the rural society of peasants and fighters, the gothic represents the cultural development of the sectors of the bourgeoisie, the universities, the religious orders, and other, more revolutionary sections of society. Unlike the small rural churches which had principally displayed Roman art, Gothic art was characterised by incredible, vast constructions, full of light and unique; unmistakably original architecture. Although architecture is the most famous form of this artistic movement, it is not the only one; there are also numerous painting and other Gothic art works. It was in this style that the San Miquel chapel of the Pedralbes monastery was decorated; with mural work appointed in 1346 to Ferrer Bassa, who lived from 1285 until 1348, by abbess Francesca Saportella, for her cell. The works, as anyone immersed in the world of art will know, are closely related to the Franciscan devotion for the passion of the christ, the pleasures of the Virgin, and other saintly figures. The History Museum in Barcelona is presenting an exhibition called “Murales bajo la lupa. Las pinturas de la capilla de San Miquel”, until the 31st January, which is all about Gothic Barcelona, and its many important...Librería Xoroi Barcelona
Librería Xoroi is a place dedicated exclusively to books about psychology and psychoanalysis.
Belle Epoque Portraits in Barcelona
La CaixaForum de Barcelona exhibe hasta el 20 de octubre Retratos. CaixaForum in Barcelona exhibits, until the 20th of October, ´Retratos de la Belle Epoque´ (Portraits of the Belle Epoque), which shows the historical period that goes from the end of the 19th century until 1914 – date of the First World War – through portraits. During this period there was a great change in European society that would affect art and the relationship between the artist and its public. It´s then when the first art avant-gardes surge, as well as impressionism, post-impressionism and Art Nouveau. The exhibition explores in a majestic way the iconographic and psychological transformations from a delimited period, through 78 works and 42 artists, among which we can find Giovani Boldini, Edvard Munch, Egon Schiele, John Singer Sargeant, Joaquín Sorolla, Oskar Kokoschka and Henri de Toulouse Lautrec among others. The works are organized around nine outlooks on the portrait of the Belle Epoque, which go from its beginning until the crisis that ends up in war. After the Franco-Prussian war, Europe lived a period of peace that lasted close to four decades. During that period, which is where Belle Epoque belongs, there´s a very important economic, technical and scientific development that would reflect in arts and thoughts. During those years, Sigmund Freud broke academia with his therapeutical practice of psychoanalysis. There are the years of the Industrial Revolution and the surge of Marxism, the proliferation of the unions, the large migrations of poor Europeans to the United States and urban growth. The process of enormous accumulation of the industrial bourgeoisie began to sophisticate its tastes...Promotions
