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Trabajos de Campo (Field Work)
18 September 2009 - 16 January 2010. Trabajos de Campo is a photographic exhibition which explores the traditions and rural roots of Spanish culture and society through the work of Cristobal Hara and...
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John Cage and Experimental Art - The Anarchy of Silence
23 Oct 2009 - 4 Jan 2010. John Cage (1912-1992) is credited with changing the course of modern music in the 20th century by shaping a new conceptual horizon for post-war art.
The Museo d'Art Conte...
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17 Sept- 31 Oct 2009. Canadian artist Mike Swaney's preferred medium is an eclectic and colourful mix of collage and paint. His work often features abstract faces and figures, as well as distorted arc...
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Maurice de Vlaminck: A Fauve Instinct
2 July-18 October 2009. Born in Paris in 1876, de Vlaminck started his career as a musician and later gave violin lessons by night while painting by day. A chance meeting on a train with another young...
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Retallables de la Guerra Civil (1936-1939)
16 June - 24 Sept 2009. The Museo d'Historia de Catalunya presents a quirky but serious exhibition of cartoon cut-outs used during the Spanish Civil War. An effective yet subtle form of propaganda, th...
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This is War! Robert Capa in Action
7 July - 27 September 2009. Already exhibited in New York, London and Milan, the MNAC brings together 150 photographs taken by Robert Capa during the many international conflicts he covered as a war c...
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Taller Intensivo Internacional de Danza Moderna y Afro-Latino. Febrero 20 al 27. Direcci
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The Architecture of Andrea Palladio at CaixaForum.
6 June - 6 Sept 2009. The Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio (1508 - 1580) has had a profound effect on world architecture, inspiring generations of European architects and later achieving populari...
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20 June - 2 August 2009. The Grec Barcelona Festival began in 1976 when a group of actors, writers and directors staged shows at Mount Montjuic's Greek amphitheatre. Now an annual feature on Barcelona...
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Treasures of Atapuerca at Caixa Catalunya.
8 May - 28 June 2009. Caixa Catalunya presents an extraordinary exhibition of prehistoric human fossils from Spain's Sierra de Atapuerca karst sites. The thousands of fossils and stone tools, on displ...
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'Cinema Quinqui' at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
25 May - 6 September 2009.Translated as 'delinquent cinema', this exhibition focuses on the role played by juvenile delinquents in Spanish society, which peaked between 1978 and 1985, and reflected th...
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21-27 May 2009. For seven days Barcelona becomes home to millions of written and spoken words, as it celebrates poetry on an enormous scale. Approaching the subject in a readily accessible style, the...
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La Casa dels Cors Trencats by GB Shaw.
9 May - 21 June 2009. The Teatre Nacional de Catalunya stages "La Casa dels Cors Trencats" - a Catalan reworking of George Bernard Shaw's 1919 play "Heartbreak House". A mixture of farce and tragedy,...
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2 April-17 May. Andalusian painter Rafael Zabaleta is acknowledged as having been to the forefront of Spain's second avant-garde movement. Born in Quesada in 1907, like many artists Zabaleta spent tim...
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10 March - 30 May 2009 Barcelona's Teatre Poliorama, located in the centre of Rambla, and Palau de la M
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Mecal International Short Film Festival
27 March - 5 April 2009. Mecal International Short Film Festival begins on 27 March at the new multidisciplinary cultural venue lugAr.
The festival opens with Ressaca, meaning "Hangover", a project...
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Richard Rogers & Architects at the Caixa Forum.
6 Mar-7 June 2009. First shown at one of Richard Rogers
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Bamako photo exhibition at the CCCB.
25 Feb-1 June 2009. Presenting an overview of contemporary African photography, the Bamako festival presents selected photos and videos from the 7th African Photography Meeting held in the Malian capi...
