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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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Sporting Events > Athletics
The new edition of Marató Barcelona will be this Sunday March 8th.
Since 2006 the race has been gaining numbers of runners from 4.425 in 2006 till 12.211 in 2010, and this year is expected to have even more runners divided in the 6 different categories: starting with Sub 23 (between 18 and 22 years) and Senior (from 23 to 44 years) to the 4 different categories for Veterans (A from 35 to 44 years; B from 45 to 54 years; C from 55 to 64 years and D from 65 years over). Actually, after the registration was closed, the number of runners inscribed for the 2011 Barcelona Marathon is of...
Barcelona Marathon 2011
The new edition of Marató Barcelona will be this Sunday March 8th.
Since 2006 the race has been gaining numbers of runners from 4.425 in 2006 till 12.211 in 2010, and this year is expected to have even more runners divided in the 6 different categories: starting with Sub 23 (between 18 and 22 years) and Senior (from 23 to 44 years) to the 4 different categories for Veterans (A from 35 to 44 years; B from 45 to 54 years; C from 55 to 64 years and D from 65 years over). Actually, after the registration was closed, the number of runners inscribed for the 2011 Barcelona Marathon is of...
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...
Musical Events and Dance > Concerts
To coincide with the release of their upcoming 20th studio album, The World Is Yours, Motörhead will embark on a UK tour in November 2010 and on a European tour in December 2010, being on stage in Barcelona on December 17 in the Sant Jordi Club concert stage.
The British group Motörhead is a rock band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Ian Fraser Kilmister (the only constant member of the band) , known mostly by his stage name Lemmy. The rock/heavy-metal band, usually a power trio, had particular success in the early 1980s with several successful singles...
Motörhead - The World Is Yours
To coincide with the release of their upcoming 20th studio album, The World Is Yours, Motörhead will embark on a UK tour in November 2010 and on a European tour in December 2010, being on stage in Barcelona on December 17 in the Sant Jordi Club concert stage.
The British group Motörhead is a rock band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Ian Fraser Kilmister (the only constant member of the band) , known mostly by his stage name Lemmy. The rock/heavy-metal band, usually a power trio, had particular success in the early 1980s with several successful singles...
Musical Events and Dance > Concerts
The Monster Ball Tour is the second worldwide concert tour by Lady Gaga in support of her second studio album, The Fame Monster. The Monster Ball Tour began November 27, 2009, four days after the release of The Fame Monster album, and a month later that her previous concert Tour with rapper Kanye West, titled Fame Kills, was suddenly canceled.
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born in New York in March 1986) is an American recording artist, better known by her stage name Lady Gaga. She began performing in the Lower East Side rock music scene of New York City's in 2003 and enrolled at New...
Lady Gaga - The Monster Ball Tour
The Monster Ball Tour is the second worldwide concert tour by Lady Gaga in support of her second studio album, The Fame Monster. The Monster Ball Tour began November 27, 2009, four days after the release of The Fame Monster album, and a month later that her previous concert Tour with rapper Kanye West, titled Fame Kills, was suddenly canceled.
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born in New York in March 1986) is an American recording artist, better known by her stage name Lady Gaga. She began performing in the Lower East Side rock music scene of New York City's in 2003 and enrolled at New...
Musical Events and Dance > Concerts
Shakira Live In Concert, the Tour of Earthly Delights, is the fifth concert tour by Colombian singer-songwriter, Shakira. The tour is in support of her sixth and seventh studio albums, She Wolf, due out in October 2009, and Sale El Sol, that will be released on October 2010. The tour starts on September 15, 2010, in Canada, continues with several concerts in the United States and arrives to Europe in November being in Barcelona on November 24th at the Palau Sant Jordi.
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, known professionally as Shakira, is a Colombian singer, songwriter, musician, record producer,...
Shakira Live in Concert - Barcelona
Shakira Live In Concert, the Tour of Earthly Delights, is the fifth concert tour by Colombian singer-songwriter, Shakira. The tour is in support of her sixth and seventh studio albums, She Wolf, due out in October 2009, and Sale El Sol, that will be released on October 2010. The tour starts on September 15, 2010, in Canada, continues with several concerts in the United States and arrives to Europe in November being in Barcelona on November 24th at the Palau Sant Jordi.
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, known professionally as Shakira, is a Colombian singer, songwriter, musician, record producer,...
Musical Events and Dance > Concerts
Michael Bublé will start on September 24 in the Aviva Stadium in Dublin the second group of the European concerts of his Crazy Love World Tour and will be in Barcelona at the Palau Sant Jordi on October 30, 2010, and in Madrid at the Palacio de Deportes on October 31 in the two only concerts he will give in Spain.
Michael Steven Bublé was born in 9 September 1975, and is a Canadian singer, actor and songwriter. He has won several awards, including two Grammy Awards (2008 for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album – Call me Irresponsible and in 2010, the Michael Bublé...
Michael Bublé - Crazy Love Tour
Michael Bublé will start on September 24 in the Aviva Stadium in Dublin the second group of the European concerts of his Crazy Love World Tour and will be in Barcelona at the Palau Sant Jordi on October 30, 2010, and in Madrid at the Palacio de Deportes on October 31 in the two only concerts he will give in Spain.
Michael Steven Bublé was born in 9 September 1975, and is a Canadian singer, actor and songwriter. He has won several awards, including two Grammy Awards (2008 for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album – Call me Irresponsible and in 2010, the Michael Bublé...
Musical Events and Dance > Concerts
To celebrate 40 years in the business, since the release in 1970 of their first album “Supertramp”, Rick Davies and some of the members of group are back on stage with their European 70-10 Tour.
Supertramp, a British progressive rock band, released a series of top-selling albums in the 1970s and early 1980s. In 1969, Roger Hodgson, joined Rick Davies in the formation of the group with other members including Richard Palmer (guitar, balalaika, vocals) and Robert Millar (percussion, harmonica). Initially, Roger Hodgson sang and played bass guitar (and, on the side, guitar, cello...
Supertramp - The 70-10 Tour
To celebrate 40 years in the business, since the release in 1970 of their first album “Supertramp”, Rick Davies and some of the members of group are back on stage with their European 70-10 Tour.
Supertramp, a British progressive rock band, released a series of top-selling albums in the 1970s and early 1980s. In 1969, Roger Hodgson, joined Rick Davies in the formation of the group with other members including Richard Palmer (guitar, balalaika, vocals) and Robert Millar (percussion, harmonica). Initially, Roger Hodgson sang and played bass guitar (and, on the side, guitar, cello...
Sporting Events > Athletics
The 20th European Athletics Championships will be held in Barcelona from July 27 to August 1,2010, under the auspices of the European Athletics Association and the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation. The opening ceremony will be Monday, July 26, and the competitions will be in the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in the Olympic complex of the Montjuich Mountain except the road tests of Racewalking and Marathon which will run on urban street circuits in central Barcelona. More than 1,200 athletes from Europe from the 50 member countries will compete in these days in 24 and 23 disciplines...
European Athletics Championship
The 20th European Athletics Championships will be held in Barcelona from July 27 to August 1,2010, under the auspices of the European Athletics Association and the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation. The opening ceremony will be Monday, July 26, and the competitions will be in the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in the Olympic complex of the Montjuich Mountain except the road tests of Racewalking and Marathon which will run on urban street circuits in central Barcelona. More than 1,200 athletes from Europe from the 50 member countries will compete in these days in 24 and 23 disciplines...
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
In 2010 and for the first time the Grec and Sonar Festivals will come together for a very special night with a joint production, on June Thursday 17th, bringing to Barcelona the Japanese composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda.
In the Teatre Grec in the Montjuic Mountain, the Classic place of the Grec Festival, Ryoji Ikeda will present two different shows on a single night. The first, “Spectra [Barcelona]”, is a large-scale installation, located in the amphitheatre, which will use an immense white light as sculptural material. This installation is similar to one organized by Ikeda...
Ryoji Ikeda
In 2010 and for the first time the Grec and Sonar Festivals will come together for a very special night with a joint production, on June Thursday 17th, bringing to Barcelona the Japanese composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda.
In the Teatre Grec in the Montjuic Mountain, the Classic place of the Grec Festival, Ryoji Ikeda will present two different shows on a single night. The first, “Spectra [Barcelona]”, is a large-scale installation, located in the amphitheatre, which will use an immense white light as sculptural material. This installation is similar to one organized by Ikeda...
Musical Events and Dance > Festivals
The 34th edition of the Grec Festival will take place in 2010. The Grec Festival is the summer’s main annual date of Barcelona with theatre, dance, music and circus
Although the centre of the festival is in the Teatre Grec de Montjuïc, where the inaugural shows invariably take place, the Grec Festival also occupies other different sites and venues all over the city, that after so many years have become traditional for the Festival like the Plaça del Rei, the Teatre Lliure, the Mercat de les Flors, the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, L'Auditori together with another group of...
Grec Festival of Barcelona 2010
The 34th edition of the Grec Festival will take place in 2010. The Grec Festival is the summer’s main annual date of Barcelona with theatre, dance, music and circus
Although the centre of the festival is in the Teatre Grec de Montjuïc, where the inaugural shows invariably take place, the Grec Festival also occupies other different sites and venues all over the city, that after so many years have become traditional for the Festival like the Plaça del Rei, the Teatre Lliure, the Mercat de les Flors, the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya, L'Auditori together with another group of...
Musical Events and Dance > Concerts
Cocked, Locked, Ready to Rock Tour 2010
The rock band Aerosmith will be in the Palau Sant Jordi of Barcelona on Sunday June 27 for the only concert that the band will perform in Spain. The rock band is celebrating the 40 years of the group, and in this concert they will review their entire career with their best hits like 'Dream On' and 'Sweet Emotion'.
Aerosmith is an American hard rock band many times referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston” which through the years has gone from their roots blues-based hard rock mixing with elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues....
Aerosmith in Barcelona
Cocked, Locked, Ready to Rock Tour 2010
The rock band Aerosmith will be in the Palau Sant Jordi of Barcelona on Sunday June 27 for the only concert that the band will perform in Spain. The rock band is celebrating the 40 years of the group, and in this concert they will review their entire career with their best hits like 'Dream On' and 'Sweet Emotion'.
Aerosmith is an American hard rock band many times referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston” which through the years has gone from their roots blues-based hard rock mixing with elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues....
Musical Events and Dance > Concerts
Presenting his last studio album Ali e Radici Eros Ramazzotti will be in the Palau Sant Jordi on February 15th after his concert in Madrid on February 13th. Eros Luciano Walter Ramazzotti (born on October 28, 1963), known simply as Eros Ramazzotti, is an Italian singer and songwriter and one of the most popular artists in Italy and not only well known in most non English-speaking European countries but also in most of the Spanish-speaking countries as he has released most of his albums in both Italian and Spanish.
In this world tour that will take Eros Ramazzotti throughout Europe and America...
Eros Ramazzotti returns to Barcelona
Presenting his last studio album Ali e Radici Eros Ramazzotti will be in the Palau Sant Jordi on February 15th after his concert in Madrid on February 13th. Eros Luciano Walter Ramazzotti (born on October 28, 1963), known simply as Eros Ramazzotti, is an Italian singer and songwriter and one of the most popular artists in Italy and not only well known in most non English-speaking European countries but also in most of the Spanish-speaking countries as he has released most of his albums in both Italian and Spanish.
In this world tour that will take Eros Ramazzotti throughout Europe and America...
Art and Culture > Art Exhibitions
MNAC- December 09 to April 10
To celebrate the 75 anniversary of the inauguration of the Museu d’Art de Catalunya, the MNAC is celebrating it by bringing together 75 masterpieces of Catalan art from different periods belonging to private collections, Catalan, European and American museums, and ecclesiastic patrimony. From December 2 2009 to April 11 2010 the show will allow a journey through the history of Catalan art from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. Important pieces of great artistic quality from the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods, the nineteenth...
Convidats d’Honor - Guests of Honour
MNAC- December 09 to April 10
To celebrate the 75 anniversary of the inauguration of the Museu d’Art de Catalunya, the MNAC is celebrating it by bringing together 75 masterpieces of Catalan art from different periods belonging to private collections, Catalan, European and American museums, and ecclesiastic patrimony. From December 2 2009 to April 11 2010 the show will allow a journey through the history of Catalan art from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. Important pieces of great artistic quality from the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods, the nineteenth...
Art and Culture > Barcelona Highlights
One of the interesting sites to visit in the Montjuic Mountain which attracts large numbers of visitors, including both local and foreigners, is the Font Magica at the end of Reina Maria Cristina Avenue.
For the Great Universal Exhibition of 1929 the engineer Carles Buigas designed and ambitious project of fountains, cascades, ponds, jets that went from the Palau Nacional, up on the Montjuic mountain up to Plaza España, ending with a bright row of columns on either side of the Reina Maria Cristina Avenue (now replaced by illuminated jet fountains of similar proportions). At the...
Font Magica de Montjuic
One of the interesting sites to visit in the Montjuic Mountain which attracts large numbers of visitors, including both local and foreigners, is the Font Magica at the end of Reina Maria Cristina Avenue.
For the Great Universal Exhibition of 1929 the engineer Carles Buigas designed and ambitious project of fountains, cascades, ponds, jets that went from the Palau Nacional, up on the Montjuic mountain up to Plaza España, ending with a bright row of columns on either side of the Reina Maria Cristina Avenue (now replaced by illuminated jet fountains of similar proportions). At the...
Musical Events and Dance > Festivals
The Grec Festival of music, dance and drama is held every summer annually in Barcelona since 1976, organized by the Institut de Cultura of Barcelona City Council.
In its 33rd edition, The Barcelona Grec'09 Festival will start on 20 June and will take place till 2 August with more than 60 shows of theater, dance, music and circus.
The Grec Festival 09 brings on stage great artists, from national and international panorama, of music and dance and drama such as Calixto Bieito, Lluís Pasqual, Jordi Savall, Joan Ollé, Georges Lavaudant, Keith Jarrett, Amos Gita, Robert Lepage, Romeo...
Grec Festival 09
The Grec Festival of music, dance and drama is held every summer annually in Barcelona since 1976, organized by the Institut de Cultura of Barcelona City Council.
In its 33rd edition, The Barcelona Grec'09 Festival will start on 20 June and will take place till 2 August with more than 60 shows of theater, dance, music and circus.
The Grec Festival 09 brings on stage great artists, from national and international panorama, of music and dance and drama such as Calixto Bieito, Lluís Pasqual, Jordi Savall, Joan Ollé, Georges Lavaudant, Keith Jarrett, Amos Gita, Robert Lepage, Romeo...
Sporting Events > Athletics
The Marató de Barcelona of 2009 will be taking place on March 1st.The race will start at 8:30 am, with an approximate running time for the first runner of 2 hours and 15 minutes, and with an expected record of participants.Open to athletes of all nationalities, licensed or non licensed.
The race will start and end in the Avinguda María Cristina on the Montjuich Mountain and it will goe through some emblematic sights of the city like the Barcelona Futbol Club Stadium (Camp Nou ), Several important Modernist buildings and works from Gaudi, Casa Batlló, Casa Milá (La...
Barcelona Marathon 2009
The Marató de Barcelona of 2009 will be taking place on March 1st.The race will start at 8:30 am, with an approximate running time for the first runner of 2 hours and 15 minutes, and with an expected record of participants.Open to athletes of all nationalities, licensed or non licensed.
The race will start and end in the Avinguda María Cristina on the Montjuich Mountain and it will goe through some emblematic sights of the city like the Barcelona Futbol Club Stadium (Camp Nou ), Several important Modernist buildings and works from Gaudi, Casa Batlló, Casa Milá (La...
Art and Culture > Art Exhibitions
MNAC- February to May 09
The Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya is presenting from February 19th to May 3rd, two exhibitions dedicated to Spanish Valencian painter Joaquin Sorolla. The first is dedicated to the work commissioned by art dealer and scholar Archer Milton Huntington (1870-1955), founder of the Hispanic Society of America, to decorate the library of the New York-based American institution, called Vision of Spain, consisting on 14 large panels with a range from 12 to 14 feet in height, and total 227 feet in length, that dominate the later years of Sorolla's life, with a representation...
Sorolla, A View of Spain
MNAC- February to May 09
The Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya is presenting from February 19th to May 3rd, two exhibitions dedicated to Spanish Valencian painter Joaquin Sorolla. The first is dedicated to the work commissioned by art dealer and scholar Archer Milton Huntington (1870-1955), founder of the Hispanic Society of America, to decorate the library of the New York-based American institution, called Vision of Spain, consisting on 14 large panels with a range from 12 to 14 feet in height, and total 227 feet in length, that dominate the later years of Sorolla's life, with a representation...
Art and Culture > Art Exhibitions
MNAC - Montjuic - November to January 2009
Nearly 3 months to visit this retrospective of Juli Gonzalez in Barcelona organized by the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya.
The MNAC will be organizing the first retrospective exhibition held in Barcelona devoted to this great Catalan artist, one of the most outstanding sculptors of the early avant-garde, who pursued his artistic career in Paris.
The show will present original iron sculptures, and will also include drawings and object arts – mainly jewels – from centres like the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía...
Juli Gonzalez
MNAC - Montjuic - November to January 2009
Nearly 3 months to visit this retrospective of Juli Gonzalez in Barcelona organized by the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya.
The MNAC will be organizing the first retrospective exhibition held in Barcelona devoted to this great Catalan artist, one of the most outstanding sculptors of the early avant-garde, who pursued his artistic career in Paris.
The show will present original iron sculptures, and will also include drawings and object arts – mainly jewels – from centres like the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía...
Art and Culture > Outdoor Sculptures
The Barcelona Pavilion is known as one of Mies van der Rohe‘s main works. However few observations have been made regarding Georg Kolbe’s sculpture Morning, which plays an important role as an integral component of architecture inside the building.
It is surprising also that the statue was not created for the Barcelona Pavilion, into which it was so successfully adapted. Together with the female figure Evening, Kolbe had made it for Ceciliengärten,“ the residential estate of Heinrich Lassen in Berlin-Schöneberg, where both works stood opposite one another on the...
Georg Kolbe - The Morning - Dawn
The Barcelona Pavilion is known as one of Mies van der Rohe‘s main works. However few observations have been made regarding Georg Kolbe’s sculpture Morning, which plays an important role as an integral component of architecture inside the building.
It is surprising also that the statue was not created for the Barcelona Pavilion, into which it was so successfully adapted. Together with the female figure Evening, Kolbe had made it for Ceciliengärten,“ the residential estate of Heinrich Lassen in Berlin-Schöneberg, where both works stood opposite one another on the...
Art and Culture > Art Exhibitions
Joan Miro Foundation - Montjuich Mountain - October to January 09
The Joan Miro Foundation opens the season 08-09 with "Modern American", exhibition curated by Sarah Newman and Sarah Cash that brings together more than a hundred works of American Artists of the end of the nineteenth and twentieth century.
The exhibition offers an extense view of the evolution of modern art in the United States of America, exploring the different styles and techniques used, from landscape painters or artists strongly influenced by the trends of Paris, to abstract expressionism artists and others...
Modern American
Joan Miro Foundation - Montjuich Mountain - October to January 09
The Joan Miro Foundation opens the season 08-09 with "Modern American", exhibition curated by Sarah Newman and Sarah Cash that brings together more than a hundred works of American Artists of the end of the nineteenth and twentieth century.
The exhibition offers an extense view of the evolution of modern art in the United States of America, exploring the different styles and techniques used, from landscape painters or artists strongly influenced by the trends of Paris, to abstract expressionism artists and others...
Art and Culture > Art Exhibitions
CaixaForum Barcelona - Montjuic - June to September 2008
China has been making big changes in the last decades, not only in politics but also an important social and cultural transformation has occurred and has been reflected by the Chinese artists and their work.
The exhibition that arrives to Caixa Forum Barcelona is a comprehensive overview of the whole Chinese contemporary abstract art, not well known outside of China. Around eighty works from more than 40 artists expressing themselves in different materials, sculptures and installations from the past three decades, that gives a...
Chinese Contemporary Art
CaixaForum Barcelona - Montjuic - June to September 2008
China has been making big changes in the last decades, not only in politics but also an important social and cultural transformation has occurred and has been reflected by the Chinese artists and their work.
The exhibition that arrives to Caixa Forum Barcelona is a comprehensive overview of the whole Chinese contemporary abstract art, not well known outside of China. Around eighty works from more than 40 artists expressing themselves in different materials, sculptures and installations from the past three decades, that gives a...
Art and Culture > Art Exhibitions
MNAC - Montjuic - February to May 2008
This exhibition of Romanesque Art and the Mediterranean, Catalonia, Toulouse and Pisa (1120-1180), organized by the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya in co-production with the Sociedad Española de Conmemoraciones Culturales will be taking a look at one of the most brilliant and creative periods of Catalan Romanesque art. The show will bring together in the MNAC one hundred major twelfth-century works from museums in France, Italy, England and the United States, as well as from Pisa Cathedral, the Romanesque monuments of Toulouse and the doorway...
Romanesque Art and the Mediterranean
MNAC - Montjuic - February to May 2008
This exhibition of Romanesque Art and the Mediterranean, Catalonia, Toulouse and Pisa (1120-1180), organized by the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya in co-production with the Sociedad Española de Conmemoraciones Culturales will be taking a look at one of the most brilliant and creative periods of Catalan Romanesque art. The show will bring together in the MNAC one hundred major twelfth-century works from museums in France, Italy, England and the United States, as well as from Pisa Cathedral, the Romanesque monuments of Toulouse and the doorway...
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 > Barcelona Museums
Montjuic Mountain - Palacio Nacional
The National Art Museum of Catalonia (Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya - MNAC) in Barcelona, is housed in the Palau Nacional at the Montjuich mountain, built for the 1929 International Fair.
It was during the last 80's that the Italian Architect Gae Aulenti was commissioned to carry out the project to adapt the old structure of the building and turn it into a museum with a modern concept for the display of the several collections that form part of it. Due to many technical complications these works lasted much longer than expected and it was only...
Romanesque Gallery - Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Montjuic Mountain - Palacio Nacional
The National Art Museum of Catalonia (Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya - MNAC) in Barcelona, is housed in the Palau Nacional at the Montjuich mountain, built for the 1929 International Fair.
It was during the last 80's that the Italian Architect Gae Aulenti was commissioned to carry out the project to adapt the old structure of the building and turn it into a museum with a modern concept for the display of the several collections that form part of it. Due to many technical complications these works lasted much longer than expected and it was only...
Musical Events and Dance > Concerts
The new Tour 2008-2009 started on September 12 at the Freedom Square in Kharkiv and they will be in Barcelona on October 22 at the Palau Sant Jordi.
This English Rock and Hard Rock Band was formed in 2004 as result of the collaboration between Paul Rodgers (former lead singer of Bad Company, Free, The Law and The Firm) and Brian May and Roger Taylor (two former members of the group Queen). Previously Guitarist Brian May had performed with Paul Rodgers in the concert of the 50th anniversary of the Fender Stratocaster guitar in London, September 2004, and a few weeks later, Paul Rodgers...
Queen + Paul Rodgers
The new Tour 2008-2009 started on September 12 at the Freedom Square in Kharkiv and they will be in Barcelona on October 22 at the Palau Sant Jordi.
This English Rock and Hard Rock Band was formed in 2004 as result of the collaboration between Paul Rodgers (former lead singer of Bad Company, Free, The Law and The Firm) and Brian May and Roger Taylor (two former members of the group Queen). Previously Guitarist Brian May had performed with Paul Rodgers in the concert of the 50th anniversary of the Fender Stratocaster guitar in London, September 2004, and a few weeks later, Paul Rodgers...
Sporting Events > Motor Races
Barcelona, Palau Sant Jordi - October 2008
The European Tour 2008 of the Monster Jam Races is on. After Gothenburg/Sweden, Brøndby/Denmark, Brussels/Belgium and Arnham/Holland the Monster Jam Tour 2008 will be in Barcelona on October 24 and 25.
Monster Jam is a live Motor Sport event tour and television show created by Live Nation (formerly Clear Channel Entertainment) that recently has been bought by Feld Entertainment, Inc. As a result of the acquisition, Live Nation Motor Sports will be immediately renamed Feld Entertainment Motor Sports. Although individual event formats can vary...
Monster Jam 2008 European Tour
Barcelona, Palau Sant Jordi - October 2008
The European Tour 2008 of the Monster Jam Races is on. After Gothenburg/Sweden, Brøndby/Denmark, Brussels/Belgium and Arnham/Holland the Monster Jam Tour 2008 will be in Barcelona on October 24 and 25.
Monster Jam is a live Motor Sport event tour and television show created by Live Nation (formerly Clear Channel Entertainment) that recently has been bought by Feld Entertainment, Inc. As a result of the acquisition, Live Nation Motor Sports will be immediately renamed Feld Entertainment Motor Sports. Although individual event formats can vary...
Musical Events and Dance > Festivals
Barcelona Eclectic music festival, July 2008.
On its third edition this summer Music festival adds to the traditional venue from the last past two years, the Poble Espanyol, the venue of the Espacio Movistar 2.0 in the new location at the Campus Diagonal of the Barcelona University.
10 concerts during the month of July will bring music and sounds from different styles and places of the world, and rhythms of new age, pop, soul, folk, jazz or hip hop.
The opening concert will be in the Poble Espanyol with the classics B-52s starting their Funplex Tour 2008 to present the new studio...
B-estival 2008
Barcelona Eclectic music festival, July 2008.
On its third edition this summer Music festival adds to the traditional venue from the last past two years, the Poble Espanyol, the venue of the Espacio Movistar 2.0 in the new location at the Campus Diagonal of the Barcelona University.
10 concerts during the month of July will bring music and sounds from different styles and places of the world, and rhythms of new age, pop, soul, folk, jazz or hip hop.
The opening concert will be in the Poble Espanyol with the classics B-52s starting their Funplex Tour 2008 to present the new studio...
Sporting Events > Athletics
European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation
The XII EuroGames, a sort of "Olympic Games” will take place this year in Barcelona from July 24th-27th. Since 1992 when the first EuroGames were carried out in the city of Den Haag till today many other European cities like Berlin, Paris, Manchester or Zurich have already received the games, but it is the first time that the games arrive to the Mediterranean Sea.
The EuroGames are a gay and lesbian sporting event in Europe, hosted by license of the European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation and organized by one or more of the federation's...
XII EuroGames
European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation
The XII EuroGames, a sort of "Olympic Games” will take place this year in Barcelona from July 24th-27th. Since 1992 when the first EuroGames were carried out in the city of Den Haag till today many other European cities like Berlin, Paris, Manchester or Zurich have already received the games, but it is the first time that the games arrive to the Mediterranean Sea.
The EuroGames are a gay and lesbian sporting event in Europe, hosted by license of the European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation and organized by one or more of the federation's...
Sporting Events > Other Sports
SWATCH FIVB Beach Volley World Tour 08, May/June 2008.
During the last week of May, Barcelona will receive, for the first time, the world’s best Beach Volleyball players looking forward for the Olympics. Barcelona will be one of the final qualifying tournaments for the best 24 men’s teams and the best 24 women’s teams looking forward on Beijing 2008.
After the events in Australia, China and Prague the Barcelona Hyundai Open is part of the SWATCH FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, which includes players from all five continents participating in more than 35 events.
Form...
HYUNDAI OPEN Barcelona
SWATCH FIVB Beach Volley World Tour 08, May/June 2008.
During the last week of May, Barcelona will receive, for the first time, the world’s best Beach Volleyball players looking forward for the Olympics. Barcelona will be one of the final qualifying tournaments for the best 24 men’s teams and the best 24 women’s teams looking forward on Beijing 2008.
After the events in Australia, China and Prague the Barcelona Hyundai Open is part of the SWATCH FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, which includes players from all five continents participating in more than 35 events.
Form...
Musical Events and Dance > Concerts
Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys - June 2008
The hard rock band Bon Jovi from Sayreville, New Jersey is coming to Barcelona in the only concert in Spain, to present its last album “Lost Highway”. On June 1st of 2008 they will be in the Estadi Olimpic “Lluis Companys” in Montjuic after 5 years of their last visit to Barcelona. Jon Bon Jovi and his band started this worldwide tour last October in Newark, New Jersey, with 10 concerts and more than 150.000 entrances sold.
The group formed by lead singer Jon Bon Jovi, guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, bassist...
Bon Jovi - Hard Rock Band
Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys - June 2008
The hard rock band Bon Jovi from Sayreville, New Jersey is coming to Barcelona in the only concert in Spain, to present its last album “Lost Highway”. On June 1st of 2008 they will be in the Estadi Olimpic “Lluis Companys” in Montjuic after 5 years of their last visit to Barcelona. Jon Bon Jovi and his band started this worldwide tour last October in Newark, New Jersey, with 10 concerts and more than 150.000 entrances sold.
The group formed by lead singer Jon Bon Jovi, guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, bassist...
Art and Culture > Art Exhibitions
Joan Miró Foundation Montjuic - October 07 to January 08
The Joan Miró Foundation is presenting from 26 October to 27 January 2008 “A body without limits”, a major exhibition sponsored by BBVA and curated by the art historian Jean-Louis Prat. Its aim is to help us to understand the changes in the portrayal of the human body that took place in the twentieth century.
Over 80 paintings and sculptures from 41 artists that cover from 1900 to 2000. Names like Matisse, Picasso, Miró, Duchamp, Chagall, Moore, Dubuffet, Tàpies and Saura, among others...
A body without limits
Joan Miró Foundation Montjuic - October 07 to January 08
The Joan Miró Foundation is presenting from 26 October to 27 January 2008 “A body without limits”, a major exhibition sponsored by BBVA and curated by the art historian Jean-Louis Prat. Its aim is to help us to understand the changes in the portrayal of the human body that took place in the twentieth century.
Over 80 paintings and sculptures from 41 artists that cover from 1900 to 2000. Names like Matisse, Picasso, Miró, Duchamp, Chagall, Moore, Dubuffet, Tàpies and Saura, among others...
Musical Events and Dance > Musical Theatre
Live music concert - Palau Sant Jordi, December 2007
DELIRIUM, a live music concert that pushes the limit of arena performance.
Inspired by some of Cirque du Soleil's most memorable musical moments, producer/arranger Francis Collard has revisited the works of composers René Dupéré, Benoit Jutras and Violaine Corradi, infusing new life into these cherished classics. Lyrics by Robbie Dillon have been added to the instrumental tracks, bringing a fresh, poetic dimension to the music. The result is a unique mix of percussive-driven pop, melodious ballads and worldbeat-inspired...
Delirium - Cirque de Soleil
Live music concert - Palau Sant Jordi, December 2007
DELIRIUM, a live music concert that pushes the limit of arena performance.
Inspired by some of Cirque du Soleil's most memorable musical moments, producer/arranger Francis Collard has revisited the works of composers René Dupéré, Benoit Jutras and Violaine Corradi, infusing new life into these cherished classics. Lyrics by Robbie Dillon have been added to the instrumental tracks, bringing a fresh, poetic dimension to the music. The result is a unique mix of percussive-driven pop, melodious ballads and worldbeat-inspired...
Art and Culture > Art Exhibitions
Museu de Art Nacional de Catalunya -MNAC- October 07 -January 08
The Yves Tanguy exhibition brings to Barcelona nearly 200 pieces of this French painter’s artistic career that cover the different facets of his Surrealist Universe. Yves Tanguy (1900-1955) is one of the most outstanding figures of the Surrealist movement and by whom no retrospective exhibition has ever been put on in this country.
The exhibition is completed with a selection of books and magazines of the time containing illustrations by Tanguy, original photographs and unpublished documentation previously in the...
Yves Tanguy. The Surrealist Universe
Museu de Art Nacional de Catalunya -MNAC- October 07 -January 08
The Yves Tanguy exhibition brings to Barcelona nearly 200 pieces of this French painter’s artistic career that cover the different facets of his Surrealist Universe. Yves Tanguy (1900-1955) is one of the most outstanding figures of the Surrealist movement and by whom no retrospective exhibition has ever been put on in this country.
The exhibition is completed with a selection of books and magazines of the time containing illustrations by Tanguy, original photographs and unpublished documentation previously in the...
Art and Culture > Art Exhibitions
At CaixaForum Barcelona, September - December 2007
To Louis-Antoine Prat, the passion for art came primarily through his father, a great collector who died when Louis-Antoine was very young. Since then he has always being related to art and also to the Louvre Museum.
The Prat Collection is one of the most important private collections dedicated to the French drawing of XVII, XVIII and XIX centuries.
Pierre Rosenberg, commissioner of the exhibition and honorary director of the Louvre Museum, has selected 100 drawings of the Prat Collection to show a chronological route of the main movements...
Passion for the drawing. From Poussin to Cézanne.
At CaixaForum Barcelona, September - December 2007
To Louis-Antoine Prat, the passion for art came primarily through his father, a great collector who died when Louis-Antoine was very young. Since then he has always being related to art and also to the Louvre Museum.
The Prat Collection is one of the most important private collections dedicated to the French drawing of XVII, XVIII and XIX centuries.
Pierre Rosenberg, commissioner of the exhibition and honorary director of the Louvre Museum, has selected 100 drawings of the Prat Collection to show a chronological route of the main movements...
Musical Events and Dance > Musical Theatre
Palau Sant Jordi, November 2007
The Rat Pack - Live From Las Vegas is a stage musical produced by Flying Music Ltd. that retells the tale of the big three - Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin. It has been a huge success in London. This spectacular production celebrates the incredible singing talent of three world famous entertainers and performers and some of the finest music and song that has ever been recorded. Drift back to a glamorous era where the famous rubbed shoulders with the politicians and partied hard, Frank, Sammy & Dean, all singing, all dancing, all round...
RAT PACK - LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS
Palau Sant Jordi, November 2007
The Rat Pack - Live From Las Vegas is a stage musical produced by Flying Music Ltd. that retells the tale of the big three - Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin. It has been a huge success in London. This spectacular production celebrates the incredible singing talent of three world famous entertainers and performers and some of the finest music and song that has ever been recorded. Drift back to a glamorous era where the famous rubbed shoulders with the politicians and partied hard, Frank, Sammy & Dean, all singing, all dancing, all round...
Musical Events and Dance > Festivals
Palau Sant Jordi - Barcelona , October 2007
The 1st ASICS MUSIC FESTIVAL, will take place on the 12 and 13 of October in the Palau Sant Jordi of Barcelona, and it will be more than 12 hours of direct music with the following artists on stage: Paulina Rubio, Antonio Orozco, El Sueño de Morfeo, Chambao, Hombres G, Mikel Erentxun and also Pet Shop Boys and Dover.
Together with these two days of concerts, the people that go to the venue of the Palau Sant Jordi will have access to more than 3,000 square meters in which the Japanese Multinational ASICS will recreate the city of Tokyo to a...
1st ASICS MUSIC FESTIVAL
Palau Sant Jordi - Barcelona , October 2007
The 1st ASICS MUSIC FESTIVAL, will take place on the 12 and 13 of October in the Palau Sant Jordi of Barcelona, and it will be more than 12 hours of direct music with the following artists on stage: Paulina Rubio, Antonio Orozco, El Sueño de Morfeo, Chambao, Hombres G, Mikel Erentxun and also Pet Shop Boys and Dover.
Together with these two days of concerts, the people that go to the venue of the Palau Sant Jordi will have access to more than 3,000 square meters in which the Japanese Multinational ASICS will recreate the city of Tokyo to a...
Musical Events and Dance > Concerts
The Police at the Olympic Stadium, September 2007
The english musical band The Police a rock band, strongly influenced by reggae music, become one of the most popular groups in the world in the early 1980s. Formed in 1977 and, even being very popular, they stopped playing together in 1985.
They reunited again after 21 years apart, on February 11th 2007 to perform at the opening act of the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. After this performance the three member of the band Sting (Gordon Summer), Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland announced a world tour during 2007. They will also be playing at the...
Police in Barcelona
The Police at the Olympic Stadium, September 2007
The english musical band The Police a rock band, strongly influenced by reggae music, become one of the most popular groups in the world in the early 1980s. Formed in 1977 and, even being very popular, they stopped playing together in 1985.
They reunited again after 21 years apart, on February 11th 2007 to perform at the opening act of the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. After this performance the three member of the band Sting (Gordon Summer), Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland announced a world tour during 2007. They will also be playing at the...
Musical Events and Dance > Concerts
David Bisbal - Palau Sant Jordi, September 2007
The singer is presenting his third album “Premonicion” that appeared on September of last year. This Premonicion Tour 07 started on March, and the first three months David Bisbal has been on tour through different countries of South and Central America going from Chile and Argentina to Mexico with more than 30 concerts.
During these next four months, from June till ends of September David Bisbal will be touring Spain with more than 50 concerts in different places of the country. In Barcelona he will be presenting his show at...
Premonicion Tour 07 in Barcelona
David Bisbal - Palau Sant Jordi, September 2007
The singer is presenting his third album “Premonicion” that appeared on September of last year. This Premonicion Tour 07 started on March, and the first three months David Bisbal has been on tour through different countries of South and Central America going from Chile and Argentina to Mexico with more than 30 concerts.
During these next four months, from June till ends of September David Bisbal will be touring Spain with more than 50 concerts in different places of the country. In Barcelona he will be presenting his show at...
Musical Events and Dance > Concerts
ALEJANDRO SANZ - Palau Sant Jordi, September 2007
Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz has suspended the American tour to present his last album, “El tren de los momentos”. He had already been in Chile, Peru Argentina, Uruguay and Mejico and was still missing the concerts in United States Puerto Rico and Republica Dominicana.
Sanz will retake the tour “El tren de los momentos” in August 4th in Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, north of Spain) to continue with more than 20 concerts through Spain during the months of August and September; and will be in Barcelona on September...
El tren de los momentos en Barcelona
ALEJANDRO SANZ - Palau Sant Jordi, September 2007
Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz has suspended the American tour to present his last album, “El tren de los momentos”. He had already been in Chile, Peru Argentina, Uruguay and Mejico and was still missing the concerts in United States Puerto Rico and Republica Dominicana.
Sanz will retake the tour “El tren de los momentos” in August 4th in Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, north of Spain) to continue with more than 20 concerts through Spain during the months of August and September; and will be in Barcelona on September...
Art and Culture > Art Exhibitions
Fundacio Joan Miro - March to June 2007
Sculpture by the way - Claes Oldenburg (Stockholm, 1929) and Coosje van Bruggen (Groningen, 1942) began to collaborate in the 1970s with works based on everyday objects that they turned into monumental sculptures. The first collaboration was the Trowel I, sited in the sculpture park of the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, the Netherlands. Since then, they have made more than forty Large-Scale Projects for different cities, towns, and museums around the world. In Barcelona for the Olympic Games in 1992 they where commissioned the...
Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
Fundacio Joan Miro - March to June 2007
Sculpture by the way - Claes Oldenburg (Stockholm, 1929) and Coosje van Bruggen (Groningen, 1942) began to collaborate in the 1970s with works based on everyday objects that they turned into monumental sculptures. The first collaboration was the Trowel I, sited in the sculpture park of the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, the Netherlands. Since then, they have made more than forty Large-Scale Projects for different cities, towns, and museums around the world. In Barcelona for the Olympic Games in 1992 they where commissioned the...
Art and Culture > Art Exhibitions
MNAC- Museu de Art Nacional de Catalunya, March to June 2007
From the Golden Age to Goya presents a selection of over 80 works from some of the principal artists in the history of Spanish art in the modern age. Among the drawings in the exhibition are compositions by such outstanding artists as Francisco Pacheco, Vicente Carducho, Claudio Coello, Jusepe de Ribera and, above all, Francisco de Goya, by whom the public will be able to admire a large number of works.
In all, the exhibition provides the opportunity to take a look at a broad chronological period of the history of Spanish drawing,...
Spanish Drawings in the Hispanic Society of America.
MNAC- Museu de Art Nacional de Catalunya, March to June 2007
From the Golden Age to Goya presents a selection of over 80 works from some of the principal artists in the history of Spanish art in the modern age. Among the drawings in the exhibition are compositions by such outstanding artists as Francisco Pacheco, Vicente Carducho, Claudio Coello, Jusepe de Ribera and, above all, Francisco de Goya, by whom the public will be able to admire a large number of works.
In all, the exhibition provides the opportunity to take a look at a broad chronological period of the history of Spanish drawing,...
Musical Events and Dance > Concerts
In Barcelona at the Palau Sant Jordi, June 2007
Maná returns to Barcelona to present in direct "Amar es combatir", the last and successful album of the group, with their particular Hard rock/Latin pop sound. After three years of absence of the scenes Maná is back with this World-Wide Tour in more than 100 cities and around more than 40 countries during 2007. They are without any doubt one of the most popular Mexican band of all times.
Maná is a three-time Grammy Award and five-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Mexican rock band from Guadalajara whose career has...
Amar es Combatir - Mana
In Barcelona at the Palau Sant Jordi, June 2007
Maná returns to Barcelona to present in direct "Amar es combatir", the last and successful album of the group, with their particular Hard rock/Latin pop sound. After three years of absence of the scenes Maná is back with this World-Wide Tour in more than 100 cities and around more than 40 countries during 2007. They are without any doubt one of the most popular Mexican band of all times.
Maná is a three-time Grammy Award and five-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Mexican rock band from Guadalajara whose career has...
Musical Events and Dance > Concerts
At the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, June 2007
The Rollings are back on stage. With the ‘A BIGGER BANG’ TOUR 2007 they will be visiting through the summer more than 20 European countries and 30 concerts, starting on June 5th in Wercher, Belgium.
This will be the time for all the European fans to see Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts on stage and even more for all the ones that could not see them last year when they were forced to cancel some concerts.
4 concerts in Spain: Madrid, San Sebastian, El Ejido and in Barcelona at the Olympic Stadium on June...
The Rolling Stones in Barcelona
At the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, June 2007
The Rollings are back on stage. With the ‘A BIGGER BANG’ TOUR 2007 they will be visiting through the summer more than 20 European countries and 30 concerts, starting on June 5th in Wercher, Belgium.
This will be the time for all the European fans to see Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts on stage and even more for all the ones that could not see them last year when they were forced to cancel some concerts.
4 concerts in Spain: Madrid, San Sebastian, El Ejido and in Barcelona at the Olympic Stadium on June...
Musical Events and Dance > Concerts
B’Day at the Palau Sant Jordi, May 2007
R n'B singer Beyoncé will be in Barcelona presenting her second studio album B’Day, released on September 4, 2006 worldwide. The album's title comes from the fact that September 4 is Beyoncé's birthday. B'Day was nominated for various Grammy Awards and won for Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards.
The album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 with first week sales of 541,000 copies and at number one on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles is...
Beyonce in Barcelona
B’Day at the Palau Sant Jordi, May 2007
R n'B singer Beyoncé will be in Barcelona presenting her second studio album B’Day, released on September 4, 2006 worldwide. The album's title comes from the fact that September 4 is Beyoncé's birthday. B'Day was nominated for various Grammy Awards and won for Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards.
The album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 with first week sales of 541,000 copies and at number one on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles is...
Musical Events and Dance > Concerts
At the Palau Sant Jordi, April 2007
The Mexican singer Luis Miguel is coming to Spain to celebrate his 25th Anniversary of his Musical Career. He will be singing in 9 different cities of Spain an on April 30th he will at the Palau Sant Jordi with his fans from Barcelona. Even he has Mexican passport he was born in Puerto Rico and his parents are from Italy, Marcela Basteri, and Spain, Luis Gallego. He recorded his first album at the age of 12, and through his career he has received several Grammy Awards.
Luis Miguel
At the Palau Sant Jordi, April 2007
The Mexican singer Luis Miguel is coming to Spain to celebrate his 25th Anniversary of his Musical Career. He will be singing in 9 different cities of Spain an on April 30th he will at the Palau Sant Jordi with his fans from Barcelona. Even he has Mexican passport he was born in Puerto Rico and his parents are from Italy, Marcela Basteri, and Spain, Luis Gallego. He recorded his first album at the age of 12, and through his career he has received several Grammy Awards.
Art and Culture > Art Exhibitions
Caixa Forum Barcelona - November 06 March 07
This exhibition considered like a great anthology dedicated to Hermen Anglada Camarasa, gathers all the stages of the work of the painter, since the beginning, by the hand of his teacher Modest Urgell, until the years of fullness. In addition, the exhibition displays the work of Anglada next to the work of his teachers and contemporaries to demonstrate the extraordinary irradiation that took place. Anglada Camarasa (Barcelona, 1871 - Port de Pollença, 1959) was one of the main names of the modern Catalan art and, with no doubt, the one that...
The world of Anglada Camarasa
Caixa Forum Barcelona - November 06 March 07
This exhibition considered like a great anthology dedicated to Hermen Anglada Camarasa, gathers all the stages of the work of the painter, since the beginning, by the hand of his teacher Modest Urgell, until the years of fullness. In addition, the exhibition displays the work of Anglada next to the work of his teachers and contemporaries to demonstrate the extraordinary irradiation that took place. Anglada Camarasa (Barcelona, 1871 - Port de Pollença, 1959) was one of the main names of the modern Catalan art and, with no doubt, the one that...
Art and Culture > Art Exhibitions
Caixa Forum Barcelona - July to October 2006
160 works of the artist, between sculptures, drawings and builds graph. Opening on July 19th and till October 29th you will have the chance to revise part of the work of one of the great artists from the XXth Century. Brought in its majority from the Henry Moore Foundation, but also from several public and deprived organizations from Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. The main subjects of Moore from his different periods are represented in the exhibition in sculptures, drawings and his graphic work. And as Henry Moore preferred...
Henry Moore at the Caixa Forum
Caixa Forum Barcelona - July to October 2006
160 works of the artist, between sculptures, drawings and builds graph. Opening on July 19th and till October 29th you will have the chance to revise part of the work of one of the great artists from the XXth Century. Brought in its majority from the Henry Moore Foundation, but also from several public and deprived organizations from Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. The main subjects of Moore from his different periods are represented in the exhibition in sculptures, drawings and his graphic work. And as Henry Moore preferred...
