Featured Events in Barcelona in May 2025 (June Updated)

A group exhibition that aims to reverse the dramaturgy of the museum by putting the artwork at the centre so we can address its will, its energy and its poetic intention. What would happen if we separated the artwork from the museographic context that surrounds it? Would it be possible to think of museography as a kind of aphasia, a loss of language? Would it be possible to break up the dramaturgy of the museum that guides us in how to move through its spaces, how to register the artistic experiences they offer us, and how to apprehend the sensations that emanate from them? If we assumed that this shift were possible, what other meanings might arise, allowing us to interpret the work in a different way, and also to reinvent the museum as an institution? If that were within the realm of possibility, could we respond directly to the will of the work, to its energy and desire, to its ‘poetic intention’? Martinican poet and philosopher Édouard Glissant states that the poem must never deny the “way of the world”: can the museum put the work of art and the ways in which it reflects the world at the centre of everything?

The museum will present a large video installation at the Sala Oval (Barcelona, 1943). Created in New York City between 1980 and 1982, From the center is a fundamental work both in the artist’s career and in the history of video art. This work of great technical complexity and rich in meaning evokes the great megalithic monuments of antiquity, is an electronic "Stonehenge", in the words of the artist. Due to its quality and importance in the historical perspective of Catalan contemporary art, the Generalitat has recently acquired it for the National Collection of Contemporary Art and is already part of the MNAC collections. The twelve monoliths in a circle form a large transient panorama and offer a total of partial visions that, as a whole, represent a unique and complete contemplation of the world. The filming of all the images was made over two years from a single fixed point on the roof of a building in the center of Manhattan, on the Broadway corner of the Grand St. George. The sounds and music of each of the twelve channels were created by the artist, musician and sound pioneer Peter Van Riper (1942-1998). The sum of the twelve video and sound channels generate an intense and complex space.

The exhibition Pleas of Resistance traverses more than twenty-five years of practice by the artist Carlos Motta, who consistently engages with the body and sexual dissidence as a terrain of experimentation and political contestation. His early explorations of photographic self-portraiture are shown alongside his most recent performances and video installations. The exhibition explores the magnitude of Motta’s artistic research and its implacable rigor in relation to the archive, interrogating its violence, its silencing and its desires. Motta’s work challenges the imposition of Eurocentric epistemologies – from the time of the conquest and colonial period in the Americas to the present day – and considers the legacy of religion as a perpetrator and disturbing vehicle of coloniality.

The MNAC, at the Musée des Beaux Arts in Lyon and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, will be exhibiting this exhibition for the first time in the three versions of the Vision of St. Francis of Assisi by Pope Nicholas V, a masterpiece by Francisco de Zurbarán (1598-1664). The exceptional possibility of confronting the three paintings gives light on each of them. The work that preserves the MNAC has undergone a profound restoration process that has allowed it to recover its original appearance and to remove the details hidden by the passage of time. In the vision of St. Francis by Pope Nicholas V, Zurbarán depicts a legendary episode in which the Pope asked the Pope to see the mummified body of the saint in the crypt of the basi of ’Assisi. The painter condenses a complex narrative action by focusing on the essentials and shows us only the subjective vision of the Pope. Zurbarán has the figure of Saint Francis as a work of ’art in a museum, working with light, space and geometric construction. It gives him strength and a prodigious presence, making it seem that the mummy of the saint takes his own life. From the contemplation of the real, the images transport us beyond reality, or inside, their soul. This exhibition will also bring together other works by Zurbarán, among them the two twin versions, which are very different from his famous still life’atuells, the Museo del Prado and the Museu Nacional ’d’Art de Catalunya. In these paintings, Zurbarán creates an aesthetic of the emptiness, the distance and the presence, and the silence, where we do not distinguish the everyday life of the religious mystery.

This photography exhibition by Joaquim Gomis brings together a selection from the extensive reportage that the great friend of Joan Miró and Joan Prats made of the Prats family's hat shop on Rambla de Catalunya. The Prats hat shop became an improvised cultural center and a magical creative center where anything was possible. The shop windows were transformed into exhibition spaces.

Francesc Galí i Fabra (Barcelona, 1880-1965), the author of the paintings of the dome that crowned the Palau Nacional, was one of the most important figures of Catalan art in the first half of the 20th century. Together with Pompeu Fabra, he refurbishd the Catalan artistic pedagogy during the Noucentisme period, becoming the master of a generation of artists from his School of Art, where he formed Joan Miró or Llorens Artigas, and the Escola Superior de Bells de la Mancomunitat de Catalunya. Galí also developed a fruitful artistic career as a painter, cartoonist, muralist, posterist and illustrator. His work goes through all Catalan modernism: Modernism, symbolism, Noucentisme and the avant-garde. Despite his merits, Galí chose to play an invisible role: to be an artist, to work in the shadow of his disciples and to take care of his legacy. This exhibition aims to make visible what was hidden. I want to see the footprint of the person who didn’t want to leave a trace. At the same time, the exhibition explores a chapter of the origins of the museum, in the context of the great expansion project that has the centenary of the International Exhibition of 1929.

"I learned to swim on dry Land" is an exhibition by the artist and essayist Coco Fusco, which explores the confrontation between art and power in post-revolutionary Cuba. Through poetry, performance, and activism, the exhibition recovers the voices of dissident creators such as Virgilio Piñera and Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara. With unpublished documentation and references to the U.S. and its policies, Fusco offers a reflection on language, censorship, and cultural resistance.

The exhibition is the result of exhaustive research and study focused on a work by Joan Miró, Painting (c. 1925), which is part of the Foundation's Collection. The analysis and conclusions of this project were developed by the Department of Preventive Conservation and Restoration, in collaboration with the CRBMC and the Pablo de Olavide University of Seville. The study, carried out primarily using non-invasive techniques, allows us to understand in detail the types of pigments and binders used in the creation of the work. It also provides a surprising new insight into the history of the painting before Miró's intervention and reveals previously unknown aspects of its conservation and evolution.

The practice of Paula García-Masedo (Madrid, 1984) reorganizes attention to the establishment of forms by examining, through sculpture, the relationship between its materials and external causes, namely, forces. The forces addressed are those belonging to the collective, those of the cultures of matter. Her work develops through serial operations that give rise to specific situations of order and presence and contribute to the perception of genealogical relationships.

The practice of Paula García-Masedo (Madrid, 1984) reorganizes attention to the establishment of forms by examining, through sculpture, the relationship between its materials and external causes, namely, forces. The forces addressed are those belonging to the collective, those of the cultures of matter. Her work develops through serial operations that give rise to specific situations of order and presence and contribute to the perception of genealogical relationships. Her work has been presented at CA2M (Madrid), Patio Herreriano (Valladolid), La Capella (Barcelona), TEA (Santa Cruz de Tenerife), the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (Madrid), La Casa Encendida (Madrid), and the Fabra i Coats (Barcelona), among other spaces. She has curated exhibitions and projects at CentroCentro (Madrid), Liga DF (Mexico City), and Monoambiente (Buenos Aires). He co-founded the independent publication Pols (Valencia). He has published two books with Caniche Editorial.

The creation of Joan Miró would not be properly understood without the large number of drawings, sketches, annotations and preliminary studies that he kept over the years. Miró's methodical character finds in the drawing an ideal instrument, always within reach, that allows him to retain embryonic ideas and visualize them. In some cases the works are faithful transpositions of preparatory drawings, with references to colors, measurements, the title or the technique. However, support is not always a conventional role. Sometimes an ad stimulates irony or a newspaper article provides a context or set to figures and signs, evoking how distressing or desolate the representation might be. Other times it's just a snippet to set up a fleeting mental connection. The support never disguises what it is: a ticket, a sheet of an agenda or a calendar, the back of a typed letter or the closing of an envelope. Then Miró's manual dating contradicts the printed date on the page torn from the agenda, the typed text that translutes claims to be read and the envelope leaves its folds intersecting.

¡Ven a ver la mejor Lucha Libre en Directo de Barcelona! Después de un fin de semana histórico para el wrestling español, RIOT Wrestling presenta RIOT Wrestling: MayDay, donde nuestro Campeón Absoluto TJ Charles se enfrentará al miembro del Bullet Club, Robbie X. También tendremos a nuestro Campeón Condal Pedrolo,que defenderá su campeonato frente al famoso Iker Navarro, el Administrador César Bravo buscara venganza contra el Ninfómano en proceso de deconstrucción Guillermo, y mucha más acción el 3 de mayo en el Casinet de Hostafrancs. Las entradas son limitadas y los asientos numerados, ¡Consigue tu entrada ahora! Information Source: Resist Pro Wrestling | eventbrite

Il primo ed unico open mic in italiano a Barcellona! Per un sabato pomeriggio da spendere tra risate, demenzialità e tanta voglia di stare insieme! Questo è uno spettacolo allo sbaraglio: aperto a chiunque voglia partecipare attivamente, proponendo pezzi comici (inediti o collaudati), poesia e canzoni. Non mettiamo freno alla creatività! Venite alla Comedy Clubhouse e sentitevi come a casa! Presenta la Wendy! Per maggiori informazioni contattate @wendylafortu su ig Information Source: The Comedy Clubhouse BCN | eventbrite

🎨 Café, Cerámica y Conexión: Un Taller Creativo para Conocer Personas 🌟** Únete a nosotros en una experiencia única donde la creatividad y la conexión toman protagonismo. En este taller, tendrás la oportunidad de crear y pintar tu propia pieza de cerámica mientras disfrutas de un café y deliciosos snacks en un ambiente relajado y acogedor. **¿Qué incluye?** - Todo el material necesario para crear y pintar tu pieza de cerámica. - Café y snacks para deleitarte mientras trabajas. - Una actividad creativa diseñada para romper el hielo y fomentar nuevas amistades. - La guía de expertos en cerámica para que tu obra sea espectacular. -Hazla a tu manera y recuerda que solo tiene que ser perfecto para ti ❤️ **Preguntas frecuentes:** 1. **¿Cuántas personas participan?** El grupo está limitado a 12 personas para garantizar una experiencia personalizada. 2. **¿Necesito experiencia previa en cerámica?** ¡No! Este taller está diseñado para principiantes y para quienes ya aman el arte Y quieren desconectar ❤️ 3. **¿Qué pasa con mi pieza de cerámica una vez terminada?** Podrás llevártela como recuerdo de esta experiencia única. Después de 2 semanas 4. **¿Cuál es el ambiente del evento?** Será relajado, amigable y perfecto para conectar con otros mientras disfrutas creando. ---Que tus Domingos sean diferentes Este taller no solo es una oportunidad para explorar tu lado creativo, sino también para disfrutar de buenos momentos y hacer nuevas amistades. ¡Nos encantaría verte ahí! ¿Qué te parece? 😊 Information Source: Barcelona | eventbrite

Arquitecturas peligrosas (Puente Editores) es una indagación en categorías culturales como la sexualidad, la comodidad, el género, el placer o la salud a partir de una serie de arquitecturas anónimas y colectivas que acomodan prácticas sociales fuera de la norma. *** En Arquitecturas peligrosas, compilación de cinco textos cortos y una entrevista, se ofrece una aproximación a prácticas espaciales que se han resistido a formar parte de la historiografía de la arquitectura, para desvelar así las relaciones entre los espacios, las tecnologías, los cuerpos y las subjetividades que moldean nuestras sociedades más allá de los entramados de deseo y poder hegemónicos. *** Pol Esteve Castelló es doctor arquitecto, investigador y profesor. Su práctica se encuentra en la intersección entre el espacio, la tecnología, los cuerpos y la subjetividad, con especial interés por las arquitecturas anónimas y el pensamiento y la práctica queer. Su trabajo toma distintos formatos, desde el texto a la instalación, y ha sido presentado y publicado internacionalmente en el contexto de la arquitectura y del arte. Es autor de diversos artículos sobre arquitectura en su encuentro con la sexualidad, el género, el placer, la percepción y la gobernabilidad. Es cofundador del estudio de arquitectura GOIG. En la actualidad es docente en la Architectural Association de Londres y en la ETH de Zúrich. María García Ruiz es artista e investigadora con formación en arquitectura, interesada en cómo se generan las disposiciones espaciales y sus imaginarios. Su trabajo se enfoca en tres líneas de investigación: el paisaje y la relación entre la mirada, el espacio y la tecnología; la arquitectura de los cuerpos en movimiento; y las territorialidades del flamenco. Actualmente realiza un doctorado en Filosofía en la UAB, formando parte de GEARAD. Ha participado en la comisaría de exposiciones como Actually, the Dead Are Not Dead (2019-2020) y Máquinas de vivir (2017-2018). Ha recibido la Beca MULTIVERSO en videoarte (2017), el Premi Miquel Casablancas (2016) y becas de Recerca i Creació del Departamento de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya (2016-2018). Information Source: Llibreria Finestres | eventbrite

Este año volvemos con más diseño, más ganas y más movimiento que nunca, en una nueva edición del FESesDESIGN. Un evento dedicado al diseño que tiene como objetivo reunir a profesionales y entusiastas del sector para compartir conocimientos, experiencias y promover el intercambio creativo. Conferencias, workshops, mesas redondas e invitados de primer nivel. Los próximos 30 y 31 de mayo de 2025 tienes una cita con el diseño en la Antiga Fàbrica Estrella Damm. Information Source: ESDESIGN, escuela superior de diseño de Barcelona | eventbrite

Malaysian visual anthropologist Weiyan Low is interested in the intersection of technology and everyday materialism. In his fieldwork, Low collaborated with Rumah Kosong, a local film collective, on a documentary about the Kelantan Match Factory. Founded in 1933 and staffed by a predominantly female workforce, it is the last functioning match factory in Malaysia. The memories of the workforce paint a story of productive decline and aging that contrasts with, and also fits with, the careful maintenance of the machinery and the bond that the workers feel for their work. The humble matchstick, a functional object evocative of bygone customs that increasingly has fewer users, has become a symbol of its resistance to obsolescence.

To close the celebration of the forty-five years of spaces 10 and 13, and as an introduction to the commemorative exhibition of the fifty years of the Fundació Joan Miró, we will present three rebuildings of outstanding exhibitions of young female artists from the 1970s and 1980s. We have selected, in chronological order, three representative projects of the Fina Miralles exhibitions (1979), Susana Solano (1980) and Eva Lootz (1986). Between two courtyards refers to the architectural characteristics of the old Espai 10 of the Fundació Miró. Becoming today in the gift shop, the Espai 10 was a diaphanous room with large windows on both sides that overlook the Patio del Olivo and the Patio del Algarrobo.

The CAFFEINE FIT CLUB event is set to take place on May 2, 2025, in the vibrant city of Barcelona. Fitness enthusiasts will gather at the prestigious Condal CrossFit Barcelona located at 159 Carrer de Pere IV, 08018 Barcelona. This event promises to be a unique opportunity for participants to engage in a variety of fitness activities, network with like-minded individuals, and embrace a healthy lifestyle. Don't miss out on this exciting fitness event in the heart of Barcelona.

*This event is in English* Come along for improv’s most fun & social improv format. For this jam, the BIG bar is transformed into a comfy living room to be filled with chat, stories, and laughs. And when the chat simply gets too good to stay seated? Improv scenes inspired by the conversation fill the stage. Whether you want to just chat, just play, just watch, or do all three with a glass of wine in hand, The Living Room Jam is the perfect place for improvisers to meet and play! 8.30pm Doors & Bar Open 9.00pm Jam Starts Tickets: 8€ online presale 10€ on the door *30% discount for current students of BIG! Information Source: Barcelona Improv Group | eventbrite

Experience the ultimate fitness event at the CAFFEINE HYBRID SESSIONS in Barcelona. Hosted at the renowned Condal CrossFit Barcelona, located at 159 Carrer de Pere IV, 08018 Barcelona, this event is scheduled for May 2, 2025. Join fitness enthusiasts and experts for an exciting session that combines the energizing power of caffeine with invigorating workout routines. Don't miss this unique opportunity to push your limits and achieve your fitness goals in a dynamic and motivating environment. Mark your calendars for an unforgettable fitness experience at the CAFFEINE HYBRID SESSIONS.

*This event is in English* Saturday Night Laughs is high energy improv at its best - a double bill featuring two hilarious improv sets to get your weekend started right! In the first half, some of Barcelona’s finest improvisers create hilarious scenes and sketches in the moment based on their own true stories. Each show features a new cast who are thrown together to explore truth in comedy, and all its possible interpretations. In the second half, Helix embark on a freeform journey into the unknown. They unfold the spiralling connections between different worlds, some which appear and blink out in an instant and others which last until the end of time. The only thing connecting these twists and turns is a thin strand, spun from one single idea. 7.30pm Doors & Bar Open 8.00pm Show Starts Tickets: 12€ online presale 15€ on the door *30% discount for current students of BIG! Information Source: Barcelona Improv Group | eventbrite

Un cop al mes el Rouge Cocktail Club obre les portes als millors còmics i còmiques de l'escena local i es converteix en el Rouge Comedy Club. Stand-up comedy en estat pur, en una hora de comèdia ininterrumpida! Obertura de portes 19h. Inici del show 19:30.Idioma català/castellà a elecció de cada còmic/a. Information Source: Massa Comedy | eventbrite

Lo que se nos pasó (Industrial Complexx) es un recorrido por las escenas de la música industrial y experimental en el estado español, así como de su influencia en otras disciplinas artísticas como son el cómic o el teatro. *** El título del libro —Lo que se nos pasó— hace referencia directa a la desinformación sistemática de una corriente musical originada desde la omisión y, en muchas ocasiones, desde el rechazo. Barcelona y Madrid fueron ciudades claves, con un ecosistema propio creado desde la nada; sin embargo, fueron muchos los puntos donde emergieron este tipo de células independientes e inconexas. Bandas y artistas como Esplendor Geométrico, Macromassa, Javier Hernando, Comando Bruno, Francisco López y un largo etcétera, moldearon una escena que a la mayoría nos resultó inexistente, y todo a pesar de la constancia generada desde distintos ámbitos para crear más que un nexo, una comunidad. Lo que se nos pasó narra cómo muchos de estos proyectos consiguieron aflorar, y lo más importante, consiguieron resistir y sobrevivir en un clima inhóspito y poco propicio para su desarrollo. La música experimental, el industrial o el arte sonoro, provocaron la creación de una serie de disciplinas paralelas como las performances o los fanzines, o incluso influyeron en los cómics del historietista Miguel Ángel Martín. Los inicios de La Fura dels Baus, de la mano de Marcel·lí Antúnez, escenifican plenamente el ansia libertaria de una generación que nació y creció bajo el yugo de la dictadura franquista. *** Fascinado por la EBM y como DJ, Ximo Noguera exploró estilos como el psy trance, el breakbeat, el IDM y el electro, y a mediados de los 90 se unió al colectivo Ultimatum DJ’s. En 2013 fundó junto a Jesús Sierra el sello NXT Recordings, y en 2019 creó Industrial Complexx, una plataforma que combina sello, editorial y webzine, con más de 40 referencias publicadas. Como escritor, ha firmado biografías de artistas como Esplendor Geométrico, Atom™, Absolute Body Control o Bauhaus. Además, dirige y presenta flu ïm, programa de Alzira Ràdio, dentro de la red de emisoras municipales valencianas. Desde 1979, Javier Hernando ha estado involucrado en la música experimental, primero siendo parte de Xeerox, y luego con sus proyectos en solitario, su propio sello Ortega y Cassette y su programa de radio. En la última década, ya sea en solitario o en colaboración, ha publicado una increíble serie de discos de electrónica abstracta y profundamente evocadora que os recomendamos encarecidamente. Su último trabajo, Dómina Esteléctira ha sido recientemente publicado por Geometrik. Jordi Valls es el impulsor de Vagina Dentata Organ, una iniciativa de arte y música ruidista que comenzó a principios de los años ochenta. Antes de iniciar este proyecto, Valls colaboró con bandas como Throbbing Gristle y Whitehouse. Además de su carrera musical, Valls es autor del libro The London Punk Tapes, publicado en 2010, que recoge grabaciones en casete de conciertos de punk en Londres durante 1976 y 1977. Information Source: Llibreria Finestres | eventbrite

Look what fell out…of the closet! It’s Matty & Aurelio and we’re just bursting with excitement to share with you a hilariously raw and unapologetically queer comedy night! We’re two of Barcelona’s favourite queer comedians and in this show we invite you to join us on our zesty, chaotic journeys through love, sex and the magic of being queer. From disasters in the bedroom, the bathroom and the darkroom, The Prolapse is a crochet of comedy, weaving together all of our stories that were locked in the closet for too long! Come and clear your doubts about the pains of douching! Prevent near-death choking experiences! Learn the protocol for close encounters of the vaginal kind! We’re so excited to share with you our deepest secrets with our signature smutty, fabulous sense of fun. The Prolapse is not just jokes but a joyous, liberating experience for queer audiences and anyone who can take it. The show takes place in the beautiful basement bar of El Paraigua, home of AtoMIC Comedy's monthly LGBTQ+ shows. This is a PWYW show. Reserve your spot for free and pay what you want after the show. Cash, card and Bizum payments accepted - cash preferred. Doors open at 20:30 Show starts at 21:00 @matty.j.comedy @lovalalova @atomiccomedybcn Information Source: AtoMIC Comedy | eventbrite

La mitologia grecoromana està plena de monstres femenins que van esdevenir arquetips de la malignitat. Sota aquestes imatges negatives es condemnaven determinats trets i accions considerats una amenaça social pel sistema patriarcal de l’Antiguitat. Aquestes poderoses criatures, sempre vinculades amb un destí fatal, estan profundament arrelades en l’imaginari occidental, també pel que fa a la seva presència en la cultura pop contemporània. En aquest curs volem deixar parlar a algunes d’aquestes monstres: les erínies o fúries, paradigmes de les dones venjadores; les sirenes, mortíferes femmes fatales, i la cèlebre Medusa, emblema de l’horror i la fascinació, així com víctima de violació i feminicidi. A través de fonts procedents de la literatura, les arts plàstiques i el cinema, estudiarem les principals mutacions en les representacions d’aquestes monstres al llarg del temps, així com els canvis que es donen en allò que simbolitzen. Sota la convicció que no podem viure sense mites, intentarem deconstruir les narracions patriarcals que s’han fet d’elles, alhora que els donarem veu per tal que ens expliquin la seva història, sense oblidar que, quan elles parlen, no deixen de parlar-nos de les nostres identitats. Information Source: Casa Blackie | eventbrite

La mitologia grecoromana està plena de monstres femenins que van esdevenir arquetips de la malignitat. Sota aquestes imatges negatives es condemnaven determinats trets i accions considerats una amenaça social pel sistema patriarcal de l’Antiguitat. Aquestes poderoses criatures, sempre vinculades amb un destí fatal, estan profundament arrelades en l’imaginari occidental, també pel que fa a la seva presència en la cultura pop contemporània. En aquest curs volem deixar parlar a algunes d’aquestes monstres: les erínies o fúries, paradigmes de les dones venjadores; les sirenes, mortíferes femmes fatales, i la cèlebre Medusa, emblema de l’horror i la fascinació, així com víctima de violació i feminicidi. A través de fonts procedents de la literatura, les arts plàstiques i el cinema, estudiarem les principals mutacions en les representacions d’aquestes monstres al llarg del temps, així com els canvis que es donen en allò que simbolitzen. Sota la convicció que no podem viure sense mites, intentarem deconstruir les narracions patriarcals que s’han fet d’elles, alhora que els donarem veu per tal que ens expliquin la seva història, sense oblidar que, quan elles parlen, no deixen de parlar-nos de les nostres identitats. Information Source: Casa Blackie | eventbrite