Open Streets

GET OUT ONTO THE STREETS THE FIRST WEEKEND OF EVERY MONTH! We’re opening up Barcelona’s streets for people to enjoy a city free of exhaust fumes, motorbikes, cars and noise! We’re fighting the climate crisis by cutting the traffic in the city’s main streets, turning them into healthier and more welcoming places. So, the first…

“El Pi en festes”

In 1995 the El Pi neighbourhood reclaimed its Sant Josep Oriol Festivities, dedicated to the Barcelona saint who lived between the 17th and 18th centuries. This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the festivities and to celebrate that a commemorative exhibition has been planned at the Casa dels Entremesos. Entitled “El Pi en festes. Vint-i-cinc…

‘Nada es imposible’

The magician who surprised Stephen Hawking with one of his games and who became Europe’s biggest crowd-pulling illusionist with his last show, La gran ilusión, is back to show his unflagging capacity to surprise people with Nada es imposible. Antonio Díaz, El Mago Pop, offers us a journey through the extraordinary, full of surprises, fun,…

The friendship between Pablo Picasso and Paul Éluard

“Paul Éluard loved Picasso and was loved by him, probably like nobody else: there was a uniquely unsuspecting tenderness between them, as between equals”, wrote Claude Roy, who knew both artists. Éluard was Picasso’s best friend from 1935 onwards. Following the disappearance of Apollinaire, Éluard was the only poet Picasso could converse with and exchange…

‘Queen Tribute, Break Free!’

All the hits from one of the biggest rock bands in history, performed on stage by Break Free! This band manages to capture the original sound and highly personalised style and stage presence which shot Queen to international fame. Queen Tribute, Break Free! recreates the operatic rock songs, universal anthems and powerful ballads that put…

‘David Lynch. Dreams: Homage to Fellini’

The exhibition ‘David Lynch. Dreams: Homage to Fellini’ features eleven lithographic prints created by Lynch in 2018 at the Item Éditions de Paris workshop out of admiration for Federico Fellini, and in particular his iconic film Otto e Mezzo. The pieces complement the display of twelve original drawings by Fellini himself, from the Fellini Foundation…

Barcelona Obertura Spring Festival

The second edition of the Barcelona Obertura Spring Festival is being held in February and March. This is the first festival to be jointly organised by the Liceu, the Palau de la Música Catalana and L’Auditori. The festival brings together renowned national and international artists, with concerts at all three venues. Numerous free performances are…

Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week

Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week features the latest in wedding dresses, clothing for grooms, partywear, communion and ceremonial dress offered by the most prestigious international companies. The fair warms up with the Passarel·la Gaudí Núvies fashion parade before the main event. This is a must for lovers of wedding fashion, a global leader in this sector….

‘Objects of Desire’

Surrealism inspired the design of everyday objects right from the start. Yet the impact this artistic movement had on design, particularly after World War II, is not well known. The exhibition ‘Objects of Design. Surrealism and Design 1924-2020’ explores the two-way exchange between surrealism and design, juxtaposing works of surrealist art with outstanding pieces of…