© Joan Mateu Parra
“My political beliefs never influenced my professional decisions”

José María Mena

José María Mena admits that, if it were up to him, he would never have retired. He is, and always has, been a fighter who likes to be on the front lines. For years, he led the...

Tierno Galván, Narcís Serra and other invited authorities at the San Isidro celebrations in 1981. © Imagen Fotógrafos / Biblioteca Pública Arús
The two sides of Tierno Galván’s personality

In 2012, the son of Enrique Tierno Galván donated his father’s personal archive to Barcelona. This collection was entrusted to the Gran Logia Simbólica Española [Symbolic Grand...

Rember Yahuarcani, Aquells altres mons (díptic), acrílic sobre llenç, 2024. Cortesia de l'artista. © Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
A paradise threatened by greed

One of the historical events underpinning the extraordinary exhibition Amazons. The Ancestral Future, on display until 4 May at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (...

Illustration ©Octavi Serra
The day after it allCultural apocalypse

There is a debate within the left that I find not only intellectually misleading but also politically...

Illustration ©Octavi Serra
The day after it allExhuming memory

As part of the Exhumar la memoria [Exhuming Memory] project, a team of archaeologists is attempting to locate...

Illustration ©Octavi Serra
The day after it allThe Enlightenment does not get nostalgia

For decades, we’ve been enveloped in a general sense of pessimism, partly as a result of postmodern...

Illustration ©Octavi Serra
The day after it allEurope and the Virus of the Past

At the end of 2019, I finished my novel Time Shelter, which was supposed to be a near dystopia...

Audience seated outside Can Felipa attending the talk "Desglobalisation?"  © Imatges Barcelona / Xavi Torrent
From country estates and stately homes to community centres

Community centres, which celebrated their fortieth anniversary two years ago, represent the city’s most extensive network of public cultural spaces. They offer a...

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