Let there be music: festival season in Catalonia is on
A guide to some of the best festivals in Catalonia happening this summer
July 6, 2018 02:21 PM
Culture
Culture news and stories from Barcelona and Catalonia
New exhibition shines light on Gala Dalí
The muse and wife of surrealist artist Salvador Dalí remembered through photos, drawings, paintings and documents at the MNAC in Barcelona
July 5, 2018 05:51 PM
Santana, Kool & the Gang, Jonas Kauffman and more at Peralada Festival 2018
32nd edition of event brings big local and international names to northern Catalonia, with variety of styles from ballet to Hip Hop
July 5, 2018 01:06 PM
Catalan archaeologists discover buried ancient Iberian city
Ground-penetrating radar has revealed a 2.5 hectare pre-Roman urban site close to Tarragona
July 5, 2018 01:02 PM
Gilgamesh: 4,000 year-old epic kicks off Barcelona festival
Oriol Broggi brings ancient story alive on stage for the Grec Festival 2018
July 3, 2018 01:27 PM
Gentrification, Sun Tzu and Silvia Pérez Cruz: Barcelona’s Grec festival kicks off
Theatre, dance and music throughout July
July 2, 2018 07:52 PM
Second ‘No Surrender’ festival a smash hit
Over 1,000 musicians perform rendition of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Badlands’ at event
July 1, 2018 11:22 AM
Big international presence in new season of Barcelona's Teatre Lliure
41 shows on the bill, including Jan Fabre's 24 hour erotic mega-montage 'Mount Olympus'
June 30, 2018 12:11 PM
St Vincent, Franz Ferdinand and Iron&Wine feature in Vida Festival
Sellout musicfest kicked off on Thursday and is to go through till Sunday in coastal town of Vilanova i la Geltrú
June 29, 2018 12:27 PM
Musicians come together with tribute song for August terror attack in Barcelona
‘La Rambla’ performed by 50 artists in Catalan rumba style fused with jazz, rap and, more
June 28, 2018 07:57 PM
Washington festival prepares to showcase Catalan culture
Smithsonian Folklife Festival in the US capital will celebrate cultural elements from human towers and sardana dancers to “big heads” and crema catalana
June 27, 2018 08:00 PM
Human towers defy gravity in Valls
Groups build nine-level high 'castells' during traditional festival in southern Catalonia
June 24, 2018 06:16 PM
La Caixa foundation and British Museum sign new joint agreement
Two institutions will continue to work together putting on new exhibitions in CaixaForum centres between 2020 and 2024
June 22, 2018 05:33 PM
Ancient murals now open to public
The Gothic artwork in Barcelona monastery is “crucial” for transition into Renaissance and display rare blue hues
June 22, 2018 01:56 PM
NGO defending freedom of artistic expression says Spain is “major concern”
International organization Freemuse wants Spanish government to change law used to jail musicians over their lyrics
June 21, 2018 06:20 PM
Read the latest updates and breaking news on culture and cultural topics from Barcelona and Catalonia. Keep up to date with the city’s museums dedicated to some of the biggest artists in the world such as Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, and Antoni Tàpies, as well as other institutions such as the National Art Museum (MNAC), the Contemporary Art Museum of Barcelona (MACBA), and exhibition spaces like the Contemporary Culture Center of Barcelona (CCCB), CiaxaForum, and CosmoCaixa.