Survivor’s guide to Barcelona’s art

What do Roman ruins, Gothic plazas, Art Nouveau and artistic luminaries like Antonio Gaudí, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró and Antoni Tàpies have in common? The answer is that they are all defining elements of Barcelona’s life that permeate the city’s cultural scene. Barcelona’s reputation as a world centre for art, architecture and design is growing every year. With a plethora of cultural activities on offer, the perennial problem in the Catalonian capital is not finding things to do, but finding the time to do them all!
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Protesting with art

Who said art cannot be political? Art is mainly a vehicle for the expression of political views and protest. The Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) gives many examples of “embedded” art and creativity placed in the service of political protest, in an exhibition curated by Guy Schraenen under the title On the Margins of Art. Creation and Political Engagement. The exhibition, running until September 27, brings together some 230 artist’s books, magazines, flyers, posters, postcards and other printed material dating to the period from 1933 to 2008.
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