Culture

Today the Poetry Market of Paris has begun with Catalonia as its special focus. Catalan poets have read their poems in the 28th edition of the most important poetry fair in Europe.

A newly approved Tunisian law prohibits citizens to criticise the Tunisian government in front of other countries and organisations. A band of writers met in Barcelona to take a stand against this action.

The European leading centre for design research and promotion presents a new series of events to overview 21st century changes in production processes. 3D technologies are said to become an essential tool for design professionals.

Second edition of the electronic music festival aimed at the youngest audience

The travelling exhibition will start in London in April 2011 and will carry on in Barcelona and Washington D.C. It will discover the cultural origins of the famous artist, being the greatest exhibition on Miró in the UK.

The Slow Food association has released a red and a white wine produced from ancient vinyeards. The wines are produced with autochthonous varieties of grapes, which existed in the Lleida territories before the phylloxera plague in the late 19th century.

The Grec Festival has started. Barcelona main summer festival combines theatre, music, dance and circus. Its main spot is the openair Greek theatre, which hosts evening shows. However, spectacles cover the entire city from now on until early August.

The town of Veciana hosts some of the finest examples of Romanesque work

A street exhibition shows large scale pictures representative of Franco?s times in the same places in which they were taken. The photos focus on the political dimension of the dictatorship: Franco?s repression and the resistance movements.

Cultural diversity and greater cooperation plan to unite Southern European musical scene. The PortalBlau music festival held in the Catalan Costa Brava has created a website to foster exchanges between music festivals across the Mediterranean sea.

New material portrays surrealist genius in a serious light. The acquisitions will be added to the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation's collection to better understand the personality of one of the most universal Catalan painters.

Wilco, Pet Shop Boys and Orbital head a strong line up at the Parc del Fòrum

The revamped 10,000 square metre site allows visitors to understand what it was really like in Ancient Times. Empúries is one of the largest archaeological sites in Catalonia, with well-preserved ruins from Greek and Roman towns.

The Santa Monica Arts Centre shows material from 11 young artists, selected by a top level international jury. Sculpture, video and photography are used to express the links between space, time and memory.

Leading figure of Catalan Art Nouveau a key influence on the genius from Màlaga