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The festival is mainly celebrated in the streets surrounding Plaza de la Paja, Calle Toledo, Plaza de las Visitillas, and the Church of Our Lady of the Dove. Besides religious traditions such as the procession of Our Lady, there are various competitions, musical performances on open-air stages, food stalls, and more. Especially after sunset, people flock to the streets to enjoy a drink at open-air bars, admire the brightly lit and flower-adorned streets, and fully immerse themselves in the festive atmosphere.

History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Does Rhyme is a new programme at the Museo Reina Sofía that aims to establish a dialogue between Pablo Picasso's Guernica (1937) and other significant works of art that present certain parallels in their modes of representation or thematic concerns, but which come from different historical and cultural contexts. In this first instalment of the series, curated by Tamar Garb, Picasso's emblematic work can be seen for the first time alongside African Guernica (1967) by Dumile Feni (Worcester, South Africa, 1942 – New York, 1991), one of the key artists of African modernity.Dumile Feni's work, which is markedly biographical in nature, emerged in the context of state violence and institutionalised racial oppression under South African apartheid. Created during the 1960s, African Guernica invokes Picasso's work, not only in its title but also in its synergies with the Spanish artist's visual vocabulary. In this way, Dumile Feni's large charcoal drawing also draws on the simplification and expressive distortion of figures, monochromatic tone and dramatic lighting, abstraction and dislocation of space, and even the conjunctions between animals and humans. But it is not only formal elements that resonate in the Spanish and African versions of Guernica; the shared use of a monumental scale is also crucial in highlighting the violence inherent in all situations of war, discrimination and oppression throughout history.Although it has been exhibited frequently in South Africa, African Guernica has never travelled abroad. Displayed in close dialogue with Picasso's work for the first time, this presentation invites visitors to the exhibition to speculate on the similarities and differences between the two works, created in different historical and geographical contexts, as well as to discover other works by the South African artist that are also part of the presentation. The confrontation between Picasso's anti-war cry of anguish in the context of the Spanish Civil War and the South African drawing created thirty years later in the context of the brutal violence of South African apartheid invites critical reflection on the different issues raised by the exhibition.History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Does Rhyme is a series of interventions within the Reina Sofía's Collection, that consist of juxtaposing an equivalent to Guernica from another time or geopolitical sphere, contextualised by an academic work of art history as an interpretative framework. The title of the series is a phrase traditionally attributed to the writer Mark Twain, but apocryphal, never written by the author.

Eva Jüszkiewicz (born 1984 in Gdansk, Poland) reconstructs the visual imagery of classical European portraiture, engaging in a critical dialogue with classic images of female beauty. She deconstructs and reimagines female figures depicted in historical paintings, placing these images within a contemporary context, thus opening up new, multi-layered interpretations. Jüszkiewicz combines exquisite traditional techniques with subversive and provocative content to create paintings that are both rooted in tradition and boldly break with convention.

This exhibition will showcase approximately eighty works, encompassing oil paintings, pastels, charcoal drawings, and sculptures (the latter created from the mid-1990s to the present), categorized by theme. Each section focuses on one of the most common classical art forms in her work—figures, still lifes, and landscapes—as well as Carmen Laffont's own iconic imagery, such as baskets, cabinets, grapevines, limestone or limescale, and salt mines.

The 2026 Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix will take place from September 11 to September 13 at Madring, Madrid. This event marks Round 16 of the 24-race 2026 FIA Formula One World Championship season. The 2026 F1 calendar features a record-breaking 24 Grands Prix across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas, running from the season-opening race in March through the finale in December, making it the longest and most extensive season in Formula 1 history. For the full 2026 F1 schedule, circuit maps, and ticket release dates, Trip.com will provide ongoing updates to help fans conveniently plan their race experience.