SubjectPublic leadership
![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...
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Francesc Escribano
Francesc Escribano is a journalist with the soul of an anthropologist. In his youth, he grappled with choosing between these two professions, and over time, he has merged the...
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The design of a substantial amount of housing is based on an obsolete concept that organises space according...
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Cities are emerging as key players in the European challenge of building a human-focussed model for housing....
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Moving from mere talk to management will be the necessary shift in scale to balance housing supply and demand...
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There is less of a window of opportunity for action than previously thought. In fact, time is running out. This winter has combined all the makings of a perfect storm: accelerating...
![Pablo Picasso and Joan Miró in Vallauris (France), in 1948. © Arxiu Successió Miró © Vegap / Barcelona 2022.](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_125_digital_exposicions.jpg?itok=QSw-cDXr)
The year 2023 is dedicated to Picasso-Miró, since it shall mark the 50th and 40th anniversaries of their deaths, respectively. Among other initiatives, the Fundació...
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Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook’s academic and professional career is in the purest Atlanticist tradition. Specialising in the interface between foreign policy and cities, she is an...
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