Culture

17.06.2013 - 07.38 pm Barcelona's electronic music festival Sonar breaks all records in its 20th anniversary edition With the Pet Shop Boys, Kraftwerk, 2 ManyDJs, Jurassic 5 and Laurent Garnier as guaranteed crowd pullers, the 20th edition of the Sonar Festival was...	11.06.2013 - 10.43 pm The pact between Columbus and the Catholic Monarchs prior to America’s discovery on show in Barcelona An exhibition, with documents dating from between the 10th century and 1493, displays the oldest preserved copy of the ‘Capitulations of Santa Fe’....	07.06.2013 - 09.02 pm The European Union's Mies van der Rohe Architecture Award celebrates its 25th anniversary in Barcelona The Catalan capital hosts the Mies van der Rohe Foundation, which delivers this award with the European Commission every two years. Reykjavik’s new...	06.06.2013 - 10.17 pm Tom Sharpe leaves an unfinished autobiography after dying in his Costa Brava house aged 85 The world-famous English satirical writer, author of the ‘Wilt’ series and the novel ‘Porterhouse Blue’, died in the Catalan coastal village of...
04.06.2013 - 09.42 pm Catalonia remembers flamenco legend Carmen Amaya Carmen Amaya is considered the best flamenco dancer in history whose passionate and wild style changed the conception of flamenco. Born in Barcelona...	03.06.2013 - 08.28 pm 'The Act of Killing' wins the Barcelona International Documentary Film Festival's main award The 16th edition of the DocsBarcelona festival increased audience figures by 40% compared to 2012. The festival organisation thinks that one of the...	31.05.2013 - 03.41 pm The special universe of Antoni Tàpies on display at the Venice Biennale The Palazzo Fortuny presents an exhibition that explores the Catalan artist’s work as well as his own private collections. The exhibition, ‘Tàpies....	27.05.2013 - 03.55 pm Blur conquers Primavera Sound The British band met all expectations as headliner of the festival with a macro-concert crammed full of well-known hits. The younger sister of Beyonc...
22.05.2013 - 08.46 pm Barcelona's Primavera Sound Festival keeps growing in size, budget and visitors The independent music event held in Barcelona occupies 20,000 square metres, has a budget increase of 7% (reaching 7.5 million euros) and an...	09.05.2013 - 05.05 pm The XX light up Barcelona’s Poble Espanyol as a preview of the Primavera Sound festival The XX performed last week at the Poble Espanyol in Barcelona. The band from London played songs from their hit albums ‘xx’ and ‘Coexist’. Besides...	29.04.2013 - 07.56 pm The most 'animated' edition of the International Short Film Festival Mecal Pro comes to an end The 15th edition of the International Short Film and Animation Festival of Barcelona, known as Mecal Pro, has ended after 350 short films were...	25.04.2013 - 06.46 pm A free warm-up of the Primavera Sound Festival with 22 concerts in Barcelona bars ‘Primavera als Bars’ is a pre-festival date of the city with one of its main music events, the Primavera Sound. This free show will bring 22...
24.04.2013 - 04.37 pm The best day of the year for writers, readers and booksellers alike: Sant Jordi Victus, the historical novel by Albert Sánchez Piñol, has triumphed on the Catalan National Day of roses and books both in the Spanish and Catalan...	22.04.2013 - 02.32 pm The 19th Latin American Film Festival in Lleida showed 117 films from 14 different countries The 19th edition of the Latin American Film Festival in Lleida ended last weekend after showing 117 films from 14 different countries. Argentine film...	15.04.2013 - 10.28 pm New music festival in Barcelona during the summer with Josep Carreras and Julio Iglesias topping the programme The Festival ‘Jardins del Palau de Pedralbes’ will take place between the 20th of June and the 8th of July in the Catalan capital. Josep Carreras,...	09.04.2013 - 03.07 pm Dubbing, a practice in the spotlight Dubbing is deeply rooted in Spanish and Catalan television and cinema but it is now dealing with a crisis of demand. At the same time, voices have...