SubjectCulture and leisure
![Fabra i Coats: Centre d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona © Eva Parey](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/03_tendencies_portada_fabraicoats_1100.jpg?itok=riWypURM)
The circuit of public amenities dedicated to promoting the visual arts in Barcelona has widened and has been given renewed impetus with generational changes in their management. Santa...
![Els salaris de la ira.Miquel Puig Raposo (La Campana, 2021)](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/04-llibre_miquelpuig_portada_1100.jpg?itok=BdWfv4M2)
In his book Els salaris de la ira [Wages of Wrath], Miquel Puig opens the debate on workers’ wages, stagnant for decades. According to his theory, the abundance of workforce has...
![Antonio Machado a Barcelona (1938-39)](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/04_llibre_machado_portada_1100.jpg?itok=VfDrTK0x)
Barcelona meant a lot to Antonio Machado, who arrived in the city in April 1938 with some family members. Testimony to those days lie in his numerous contentious articles published in...
![Retrat de Cesc Gelabert. © Álex Losada](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/entrevista_cescgelabert_portada_1100x548.jpg?itok=5jwPIsxS)
Cesc Gelabert
At 68, Cesc Gelabert still dances and boasts the same impeccable figure he had when he began to move on the Barcelona scene in the 1970s. He would have liked to be the shaman of the...
![Il·lustració. © Sandra Rilova](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/06_ilustracioneudaldespluga_01_1100x548.jpg?itok=Io90U1YZ)
Popular culture is overflowing with discourses with religious undercurrents, such as mindfulness or new-age products, which promise to make us more productive, healthier and happier....
![Il·lustració. © Sandra Rilova](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/05_ilustracionmonicacornejo_01_1100x548.jpg?itok=bcqV1JCb)
While medieval theologies considered body torture as an optimal means for spiritual growth, today contemporary spirituality has progressively incorporated values such as health, well-...
![Il·lustració. © Sandra Rilova](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/04_ilustracionangelicasatiro_01_1100x548.jpg?itok=BxXRZ7PF)
Beyond the current trend of spirituality, profound issues need to be present in the education of the new generations. The key to spirituality in schools is enabling each child to develop...
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