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Culture news and stories from Barcelona and Catalonia
Photographer Ariadna Arnés exhibits three AI artworks at New York's NFT.NYC 2025
Event gathers artists, creators, and art collectors coming from over 100 countries
Imagine Dragons' night of Demons, Bones, and Thunder at Barcelona's Olympic Stadium
US pop-rock band returns to Catalan capital with 'Loom World Tour'
'The best cuisine in the world': Catalonia launches global campaign to promote its gastronomy
Over 100 Michelin-starred chefs team up with farmers and fishers to promote Catalonia's culinary scene
'El 47' and 'Marco' star wins 2025 National Cinematography Award
Standout force in contemporary Spanish cinema, Eduard Fernández also made directorial debut with 'El Otro'
Catalan language seen as key for career growth despite daily use declining
Only 8.6% foreign-born residents speak Catalan regularly
Sitges launches new one-stop film office to boost local filming and tourism
Coastal town aims to attract audiences by creating tourist routes based on popular shoots
‘Explaining the origins of the nation’ – why the Sixena Monastery frescoes are important to Catalonia
Art historian Albert Velasco explains historical, cultural, and artistic significance of murals at centre of legal wrangle
Aitor Zabala becomes first Catalan chef outside of Spain to win three Michelin stars
Somni restaurant, located in Beverly Hills, is Los Angeles’s first to earn three Michelin stars
Barcelona's Museum of Forbidden Art closes its doors due to protests
Exhibit will become a traveling nomadic collection
Aragon issues request to recover Sixena mural paintings forcefully from Catalonia
Regional government sets 7-month deadline, and calls to close exhibition halls to let technicians work
German Expressionism exhibition opens in Barcelona in first showing outside Germany
Barcelona Diocesan Museum presents 43 graphic works and paintings from Museumsberg Flensburg
Aragonese authorities ask for 24-hour surveillance on Sixena mural paintings
Vilanova de Sixena city council calls to close Catalan National Art Museum rooms with artworks and €150 million temporary embargo
Barcelona's Enigma makes World's 50 Best Restaurants list
Project from chef Albert Adrià the only Catalan that makes the prestigious ranking
Berga celebrates quintessential Patum Completa tradition with fire and demons
Northern town celebrates Corpus Christi events honoring murdered local 20 years ago
Read the latest updates and breaking news on culture and cultural topics from Barcelona and Catalonia. Keep up to date with the city’s museums dedicated to some of the biggest artists in the world such as Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, and Antoni Tàpies, as well as other institutions such as the National Art Museum (MNAC), the Contemporary Art Museum of Barcelona (MACBA), and exhibition spaces like the Contemporary Culture Center of Barcelona (CCCB), CiaxaForum, and CosmoCaixa.