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![Visit to the Ethnological Museum's reserves during the spring of 2023 with artist Agnes Essonti to choose the objects she would use. © Rosa Lleó Visit to the Ethnological Museum's reserves during the spring of 2023 with artist Agnes Essonti to choose the objects she would use. © Rosa Lleó](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_130_plec-de-cultura_exposicions_1100x548.jpg?itok=y0ACktOV)
Picture yourself stepping into an exhibition that, rather than drawing from the conventional history of its discipline, draws upon all those subversive narratives historically...
![Chef Jordi Vilà accompanied by the head chefs of Alkimia, Cristina Beired and Marcos Valyi. © Joan Pujol Creus for the Alkimia restaurant Chef Jordi Vilà accompanied by the head chefs of Alkimia, Cristina Beired and Marcos Valyi. © Joan Pujol Creus for the Alkimia restaurant](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_130_plec-de-cultura_debat_1100x548.jpg?itok=d40WEMAm)
On 28 November, at a gala hosted in Barcelona, the restaurant Disfrutar, established by Eduard Xatruch, Oriol Castro and Mateu Casañas, achieved the prestigious three Michelin...
![Image of a composer robot generated through the Midjourney AI system. Image of a composer robot generated through the Midjourney AI system.](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_129_plec-de-cultura_tendencies_1100x548_music.jpg?itok=O34I1Usi)
Disruptive technologies are a driver of change and progress in today’s society, but they also pose significant legal challenges in the realm of intellectual property, image...
![Roses de Foc de Barcelona Roses de Foc de Barcelona](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_129_llibres_rosesfoc_1100x548_baixa.jpg?itok=hxckLZWb)
In recent years, the notion has increasingly taken hold that the repeated and violent explosion of social conflict in 19th- and early 20th-century Barcelona had made the city...
![Peix blau, a piece created in 1998. Photo: André Morin and Amassagou, 1995. Photo: David Bonet. © Miquel Barceló, VEGAP, Barcelona, 2024 Peix blau, a piece created in 1998. Photo: André Morin and Amassagou, 1995. Photo: David Bonet. © Miquel Barceló, VEGAP, Barcelona, 2024](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_129_plec-de-cultura_exposicions_ample-1100.jpg?itok=Wf8OtoMc)
Miquel Barceló (Felanitx, 1957) is primarily known for his bold and powerful painting, characterised by overflowing materiality and significant value in the art market. However,...
![Construction workers’ demonstration descending Carrer de Ferran in 1976. © Pilar Aymerich Construction workers’ demonstration descending Carrer de Ferran in 1976. © Pilar Aymerich](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_129_plec-de-cultura_llibres_ample-1100.jpg?itok=KGDvrwlv)
Can a memoir be written in pictures? On flicking though and reading La Barcelona de Pilar Aymerich [Pilar Aymerich’s Barcelona], the answer is a categorical yes. The...
![Two young people chat while eating at one of the available tables on the Clariana de les Glòries lawn. © Images Barcelona / Àlex Losada Two young people chat while eating at one of the available tables on the Clariana de les Glòries lawn. © Images Barcelona / Àlex Losada](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_129_plec-de-cultura_debat_1100x548.jpg?itok=rjQj5Eed)
Education is a collective endeavour; we all play a role in shaping the minds of children, serving as their unwitting role models. The responsibility for a child’s education is a...
![The rhythms of 31 FAM draw on music from beyond the usual realms of influence. © Nil Ventura The rhythms of 31 FAM draw on music from beyond the usual realms of influence. © Nil Ventura](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_128_pleccultura_tendencies_01_1100x548.jpg?itok=EfqB_Qom)
In the music of their era, every generation has found a vehicle for passing on values, lifestyles and collective aspirations. Lately, some of the most popular music genres have...
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