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
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Museo Thyssen hosts Balthus retrospective
Madrid’s Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza opens a major retrospective on the work of artist Balthasar Klossowski de Role (1908-2001), who was known as Balthus, on 19
‘Idomeneo’ opera opens at Madrid’s Teatro Real
On 19 February, Madrid’s Teatro Real premieres a new version of Mozart‘s Idomeneo, Rè di Creta, a co-production with the Canadian Opera Company of Toronto and
Spanish master Bermejo arrives in Barcelona
Some 21 oil paintings by the 15th-century Spanish master painter, Bartolomé Bermejo, have gone on display at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) as part
Concerts coming up in Madrid and Barcelona
In the coming weeks, various bands visit Spain to perform as part of their current tours. Below is a round-up of who you can see
Bilbao holds 16th LGBTI film festival
From 18 February, Bilbao opens the 16th edition of its international LGBTI film festival, Zinegoak. The theme for this year’s event is a call for
Netflix wars at Berlinale as lesbian drama premieres
The first Netflix movie in competition at the Berlin film festival, telling the extraordinary true story of a gay marriage in Spain a century ago,
Bilbao stages Rossini opera
Bilbao’s Palacio Euskalduna continues its 2018/2019 opera season this week with four performances of Semiramide, a two-act work by Gioachino Rossini that was premiered in 1823
Japan Weekend Madrid returns
On 16 and 17 February Madrid hosts another edition of Japan Weekend, the Spanish capital’s celebration of a range of contemporary Japanese culture. The packed
Girona Circus Festival runs from 14-19 Feb
The circus is coming to town, and this year the International Girona Gold Elephant Circus Festival has some new features planned for its eighth edition.
