Barcelona International Jazz Festival

The Barcelona International Jazz Festival has become a global event for the genre. The festival has been going for half a century and is characterised by its balance of top jazz artists and new performers. The programme for this 51st edition features artists such as Andrea Motis, Peter Bernstein Quartet, Richard Bona & Alfredo Rodríguez,…

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…

Smart City Expo World Congress 2019

The digital transformation, the urban environment, mobility, governance and finance, inclusive and shared cities are the main themes covered by the Smart City Expo World Congress. This is a leading smart city event and has become a global reference point bringing together municipal representatives, institutions, notable intellectuals, research centres and businesses to tackle the changes…