Primavera Sound cancels for 2021, will celebrate 20th anniversary in 2022
Barcelona’s biggest live music festival cites uncertainty over preparation and legal framework as reasons for calling this year's edition off
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Culture news and stories from Barcelona and Catalonia
Twinned planets: Mars under the human gaze
The CCCB’s new exhibition thoughtfully explores our evolving relationship with the red planet
Barcelona live music festival Primavera Sound announces new event for Spring 2021
After having to cancel entire 2020 line-up due to Covid-19, festival returns this year with new “Colosseum Nights” concerts planned
Joan Margarit, revered Catalan poet who wrote for the lonely, dies aged 82
The writer was the recipient of the prestigious Cervantes Prize in 2019
A women’s revolution, art from the Belarus protests comes to Barcelona
Female-led activism is center of exhibition running from February 5 to 23
Culture sector suffers losses of 24% due to the pandemic
Authorities grant €23.7 million in financial aid to workers and businesses affected
Catalan-French animated film ‘Josep’ nominated at César Awards
Feature follows life of artist Josep Bartolí who exiled following Civil War and was detained in concentration camps in France
Carnival in the time of Covid-19, Catalonia keeps the party alive
With many restrictions still in place, here is a lowdown of all that is still possible this festive season
PODCAST: Catalonia's booming videogame industry
From indie hits to startup successes, the gaming sector has exploded in recent years
From indie studios to multinationals, Catalan videogame industry is thriving
Catalonia accounts for more than half of sector's turnover in Spain
Ateneu Barcelonès appoints first woman president in 160-year history
Catalan film director Isona Passola to lead prestigious cultural institution
HBO's first show in Catalan features drama of Covid-19 in hospital
'Vitals: A True Human Story' follows health workers and patients during pandemic's first wave
'That was then, this is now' contemporary exhibition opens in Barcelona
Abstract painter Yago Hortal celebrated in retrospective display of more than 40 works
A period thriller, a coming-of-age tale in the transition, and a couples’ comedy lead nominations at the Gaudí Film Awards
Women make up over half of nominations in ceremony’s latest edition to be held on March 21
Construction of Sagrada Família, 140 years in the making, resumes after pandemic pause
Barcelona’s gargantuan cathedral won’t be completed by 2026, halting plans to honor the centenary of architect Antoni Gaudí’s death
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