Latest Events in Barcelona(September Updated)

La Mercè in Barcelona is a festival dedicated to Mare de Deu de la Mercè, Barcelona's patron saint. Besides being a major civic event, it's also a vast festival made up of various festivals that bear witness to the cultural heritage of the Catalan capital: from the Mercè street art festival to popular culture shows, including BAM and the Mercè Festival, there are nearly 500 events every year. First officially held in 1902, this festival bids farewell to summer with a bang and welcomes the coolness of autumn.

In a context where certainty and objectivity give way to interpretation and uncertainty, Stan Douglas's work is particularly significant for its exploration of how technology and media influence perception and collective memory. Since the late 1980s, Douglas has worked on film, photography, and interdisciplinary projects, using images to explore the construction of reality and history. His work is notable for questioning linear narratives and revealing how historical processes are continually influenced by human behavior. This exhibition takes a retrospective approach, highlighting his influence on film analysis, his experimental explorations of other media, and his impact on generations of artists. The exhibition pays particular attention to the connection between his work and historical moments and its enduring relevance.

As part of the 30th anniversary celebrations of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona (MACBA), this new collection exhibition explores how a vibrant life form spreads its wings, transforming its subjectivity into a liberating space. The exhibition abandons traditional chronological narratives, instead re-examining the collection through dialogue with new modes of being and action. It presents a multifaceted perspective, reaffirming the collection as a constantly growing, open, diverse, and ever-changing whisper.

On the occasion of MACBA's 30th anniversary, a new exhibition of the Collection will pay homage to the museum's trajectory. A celebration of its three-decade-long history of critical engagement with the transformative potential of artistic production and research, the project acknowledges the collection as an embodied constellation of works that come to life and engage with each other differently amidst a radically altered cultural landscape, marked by migration, political resistance, and new forms of collectivity.