‘Roma’ wins three Oscars but ‘Green Book’ is best film
Alfonso Cuaron bagged a hat trick of Oscars on Sunday for Roma, his love letter to his childhood in 1970s Mexico City, but civil rights...
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Hollywood gets ready for glitzy Oscars gala
Hollywood‘s A-listers will hit the red carpet Sunday for the Oscars – the climax of a long, eventful awards season that could yield some big surprises....
Maritime Museum recalls Catalonia’s seafaring past
On 25 February Barcelona’s Maritime Museum inaugurates a new exhibition covering three centuries of Catalonia’s maritime past. ‘Cataluña más allá del mar‘ (‘Catalonia beyond the...
CCCB celebrates 25th anniversary
The Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB) is this weekend celebrating its 25th anniversary with two days of free activities including live music and...
Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel performs in Madrid
On 22 February, the acclaimed Welsh bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel performs a recital at Madrid’s Teatro Real. As part of the ‘Voces del Real’ (Voices of...
Max Beckmann is focus of new BCN CaixaForum show
On 21 February CaixaForum in Barcelona open its first exhibition devoted to Max Beckmann, widely considered to be one of the greatest German painters of...
The world of Egyptian pharaohs arrives in Girona
The lost world of the Egyptian pharaohs has arrived in the Catalan city in Girona. This CaixaForum exhibition, previously shown in Barcelona, is staged in collaboration...
CaixaForum Madrid welcomes Toulouse-Lautrec show
On 20 February, CaixaForum Madrid inaugurates its latest exhibition, an exploration surrounding the work of artist Toulouse-Lautrec. The exhibition also features many of his contemporaries...
BCN’s Fundación MAPFRE focuses on US photographer
Barcelona’s Fundación MAPFRE opens a new exhibition featuring the work of US photographer Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) on 20 February. The show is entitled ‘Berenice Abbott. Portraits...
Barcelona gets ready for Buenos Aires book fair
‘Barcelona, literary city‘ is the slogan under which the Catalan capital will take part in the Buenos Aires International Book Fair, which takes place from...
