Art
AI Artwork Projected on Historic Gaudí House Draws Nearly 100K People
Sofia Crespo’s artwork for Casa Batlló in Barcelona was a rainbow of stimuli alluding to a narrative of searching, awakening, and religious ecstasy.
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Butt-Naked Visitors Take Over Barcelona Museum
The Archaeology Museum of Catalonia is welcoming visitors in their birthday suits.
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Barcelona Museum Gives Censored Art a Permanent Home
The new Museu de l’Art Prohibit will house a collection of more than 200 artworks that have been removed, banned, or denounced.
Art
Cinthia Marcelle Celebrates Collaboration Through Chaos
Collaboration in Marcelle’s work pursues ambiguity and disorder in order to destabilize hierarchies of race and class.
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Exploring the Politics of Masks Beyond COVID
Though masks are popularly conceived of as limiting expression, they allow their wearers to access a range of emotionality, of which the human face alone is incapable.
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Drawing the Intricate Environment of an Indigenous Venezuelan Community
Despite his work’s apparent abstraction, Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe insists that “I don’t invent anything, everything I do is my jungle and what is there.”
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For Just $1, You Can Live in a Gaudí Masterpiece for a Night
Casa Vicens was Gaudí's first-ever commission in Barcelona and one of the first buildings of the Art Nouveau movement.
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Barcelona City Council Steps in to Preserve a Little-known Keith Haring Mural
The mural is tucked behind the DJ booth at a former nightclub, which is slated to become a home for seniors.
Art
How Art Can Operate as Soft Power
As the polarization over Catalan independence deepens in Spain, two recent exhibitions at the Antoni Tàpies Foundation underscore how art and soft power are more relevant than ever before.
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Healing History’s Scars in the Art of Kader Attia
Kader Attia's new solo exhibition in Barcelona reminds us of the permanence of scars as well as our ability to heal.
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Gaudy Gore and Artful Architecture in a Gaudí Graphic Novel
The book follows a fictional murderer through the iconic architectural creations of Antoni Gaudí.
Art
How Are Catalonia's Cultural Institutions Responding to Political Chaos?
As the rift between Madrid and Barcelona deepens, Catalonia's art institutions are caught between a rock and a hard place — and largely silent on political issues.