Until the 25th of February, 2012.- This isn’t about another flashback, but a proclamation, inscribed in La Pedrera, to reflect on the function, limits, and destiny of art in excess, and the accumulation of so many works. Perejaume, since long ago, hasn’t stopped repeating the necessity to unpaint, undo, and undraw in order to restore the words and images to their original state, so that we… Continue reading

Until the 10th of January, 2012.- Junceda’s graphic works, created to the rhythm of the time in which the artist lived his intense day-to-day life, along with some constantly-changing situations that he intimately shared with the wide public to which they were directed, every time result more representative of a period of Catalan strength which, at least in its essence, would have to return.

THe… Continue reading

Until the 4th of December.- Peru: stories of child labor forms part of a campaign for awareness, information, and condemning child labor. “Work is not for children” is composed of 41 images by the photographer Juan Díaz. Boys and girls who survive in dumps, workers in cemeteries, bricklayers, and fishermen in lake Titicaca play the leading roles in this photographic exhibition.

Where: Centro Cívico Sarrià… Continue reading

Until the 14th of January, 2012.- A selection of photographs by Jacques Léonard, “El payo chac”) Paris, 1909 – L’Escala, 1995). Married to Rosario, a gypsy from the warehouses of Montjuïc, Léonard was able to photograph the Barcelona gypsy community from within. From this activity of the domestic sphere, there are 3000 negatives from the early 1950s to the mid-1970s that possibly form the most important… Continue reading

Until the 8th of January, 2012.- Award-winning, nominated, and candidates for the sixth edition of the 2011 Prize for Design in Recycling are displayed in this exhibition that shows the winners or reproductions, screens with images and technical explanations. The prize, awarded every two years, distinguishes products, projects, strategies and materials that integrate the promotion of prevention, recycling, and recyclability into the design.

Where: Palau… Continue reading

First and third Sunday of the month.- The Route of the Poblenou Cemetery consists of a visit to the Barcelona of the 19th century through different mausoleums and the important people buried there.

The route is, by definition, a short but fantastic and evocative reconstruction of 100 years of history. It is a route that began in 1775 when bishop Clement blessed the new funeral… Continue reading

Until the 29th of January, 2012.- The exhibition “Advertising in Catalonia 1857-1957. Roldós and the pioneers” explains the origin and development of modern publicity in Catalonia and the notable role of pioneers like Rafael Roldós, who converted a rudimentary activity into a first-class technical profession, while at the same time contributed to the fact that Barcelona became the driving force of publicity in Spain.

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Until the 15th of January, 2012.- “Chile: Photography and Coexistence” is a selection of visual works on the subject of coexistence, understood as an essential resource of peace, composed of a large sample of photography projects by contemporary Chilean artists.

Made from a universe of more than 180 projects financed by public funds from the State of Chile between 2004 and 2011, the exhibition is… Continue reading

Until the 15th of January, 2012.- This exhibition, organized by the Victoria & Albert Museum of London, wants to rescue the figure of Sergei Diaghilev (Novgorod, 1872 – Venice, 1929) through his dance company, the Ballets Russes, without which the evolution of dance throughout the 20th century could not be understood. The exhibition shows a journey through the most important scenes and events that led the… Continue reading