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In About Barcelona we have information of things that are happening in the city, events, fairs, congresses, or popular events that will take place together with Festivals and Concerts, Sporting Events and Art Exhibitions. Also information on interesting places to vist and what we like to call our favourite places, museums and outdoor sculptures. And if you are interested, we can provide your Barcelona Accommodation for your stay during the events, congresses or Festivals you are willing to participate.
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Art and Culture > Art Exhibitions
A synthesis of Art and Architecture in Russia, 1915 1935
The exhibition Build the Revolution, Art and Architecture in Russia, 1915-1935 addresses one of the most outstanding periods in the history of architecture, ranging from the years before the October Revolution to the founding of the USSR. The artists and architects came together under the Bolshevik cause to create, through art and architecture, a new society based on the socialist ideas.
It was a period highlighted by the radical proposals of architects like Konstantin Melnikov and Moisei Ginsburg, and visual artists from the constructivist...
Construir la Revolución - Build the Revolution
A synthesis of Art and Architecture in Russia, 1915 1935
The exhibition Build the Revolution, Art and Architecture in Russia, 1915-1935 addresses one of the most outstanding periods in the history of architecture, ranging from the years before the October Revolution to the founding of the USSR. The artists and architects came together under the Bolshevik cause to create, through art and architecture, a new society based on the socialist ideas.
It was a period highlighted by the radical proposals of architects like Konstantin Melnikov and Moisei Ginsburg, and visual artists from the constructivist...
Art and Culture > Art Exhibitions
In the Space 1 of the Kowasa Gallery you can visit the first solo exhibition in Spain of the Swiss photographer Jacques Pugin (Bulle, 1954). The exhibition is formed by a group of twenty photographs of medium and large format offering a tour of some of the latest series of Jacques Pugin, which include Sacred Site 1-2 (2001-2009), Paysages greffes (2005-2008), La montagne s'ombre (2005-2009), The Namibian (2007) and Ethiopia, Algeria, Islande (2008-2009).
Jacques Pugin installed himself in Zurich in 1972 to become a photographer. His first solo exhibition was in 1977 at the Galerie 38. In 1978,...
Jacques Pugin, Photographs
In the Space 1 of the Kowasa Gallery you can visit the first solo exhibition in Spain of the Swiss photographer Jacques Pugin (Bulle, 1954). The exhibition is formed by a group of twenty photographs of medium and large format offering a tour of some of the latest series of Jacques Pugin, which include Sacred Site 1-2 (2001-2009), Paysages greffes (2005-2008), La montagne s'ombre (2005-2009), The Namibian (2007) and Ethiopia, Algeria, Islande (2008-2009).
Jacques Pugin installed himself in Zurich in 1972 to become a photographer. His first solo exhibition was in 1977 at the Galerie 38. In 1978,...
Art and Culture > Art Exhibitions
The exhibition A floating world, Photographs by Jacques Henri Lartigue presented in the CaixaForum Barcelona is the first major retrospective exhibition of this photographer in Spain.
Jacques Henri Lartigue, born in Courbevoie (outside of Paris) from a wealthy family, is most famous for his stunning photos of automobile races, planes and fashionable Parisian women from the turn of the century. He started taking photos at the age of 6, being primarily his own life and the people and activities in it his subject matter. He photographed friends and family at play, running and jumping, racing wheeled...
A floating world, Photographs by Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986)
The exhibition A floating world, Photographs by Jacques Henri Lartigue presented in the CaixaForum Barcelona is the first major retrospective exhibition of this photographer in Spain.
Jacques Henri Lartigue, born in Courbevoie (outside of Paris) from a wealthy family, is most famous for his stunning photos of automobile races, planes and fashionable Parisian women from the turn of the century. He started taking photos at the age of 6, being primarily his own life and the people and activities in it his subject matter. He photographed friends and family at play, running and jumping, racing wheeled...
Art and Culture > Art Exhibitions
CaixaForum Barcelona - December 07 to April 08
Organized by the Fundacion "La Caixa" and NBC Photographie, Paris, this exhibition is dedicated to Charlie Chaplin and his work. The exhibition is formed by around 250 documents, mainly photography’s, posters, documents and extracts of films, some of which are unpublished. Through images, the sample narrates the history of Charlie Chaplin, the actor and the public figure, from the creation of the personage of Charlot to the end of its career.
This exhibition can be seen at Caixaforum from December 20 till April 27, 2008.
Picture:...
Chaplin in Pictures
CaixaForum Barcelona - December 07 to April 08
Organized by the Fundacion "La Caixa" and NBC Photographie, Paris, this exhibition is dedicated to Charlie Chaplin and his work. The exhibition is formed by around 250 documents, mainly photography’s, posters, documents and extracts of films, some of which are unpublished. Through images, the sample narrates the history of Charlie Chaplin, the actor and the public figure, from the creation of the personage of Charlot to the end of its career.
This exhibition can be seen at Caixaforum from December 20 till April 27, 2008.
Picture:...
Art and Culture > Art Exhibitions
Centro de Cultura Contemporanea de Barcelona - April/May 2007
There is a map on which communities that are not part of the processes that dominate world geopolitics are condemned to oblivion. These communities are overlooked by the international political agenda, and so are banished from the sphere of solutions and political responsibilities.
In this awareness-raising project by MSF, the multimedia installation Somalia, based on photographs by Pep Bonet, is the starting point for a series of activities, culminating in the debate Geography of forgotten crises, organised by the CCCB. Words...
Somalia: Surviving oblivion
Centro de Cultura Contemporanea de Barcelona - April/May 2007
There is a map on which communities that are not part of the processes that dominate world geopolitics are condemned to oblivion. These communities are overlooked by the international political agenda, and so are banished from the sphere of solutions and political responsibilities.
In this awareness-raising project by MSF, the multimedia installation Somalia, based on photographs by Pep Bonet, is the starting point for a series of activities, culminating in the debate Geography of forgotten crises, organised by the CCCB. Words...
