Exhibition: World Press Photo 2024

There are four main categories in the awards: individual (single image taken in 2023), photo essay (4-10 photos that tell a story, taken in the previous two years), long-term project (24-30 snapshots from three different years, but at least six from 2023) and open format (photos taken with innovative, non-traditional methods). ...

Exhibition: Miró-Matisse: beyond images

After putting Miró and Picasso face-to-face in the previous exhibition, the Foundation that protects the legacy of Miró now compares him with the French Matisse, one of the fathers of Fauvism, a pictorial movement that tried to express emotions by emphasising the use of color. ...

La Alternativa. Barcelona Independent Film Festival

The main aim of the event is to present and promote independent cinematographic productions from Spain and overseas in four sections: shorts, feature films, animation and documentaries. Other parallel activities outside the competition, such as round tables, chats and talks complete the festival programme.

Athletics: Barcelona Marathon

The route of the race passes some of the most emblematic monuments and locations in this city, such as the Sagrada Familia Church, La Pedrera house, Sant Pau Hospital and the Forum. The start and finish line of this 42.195-kilometre course is in Plaza de España Square.

Mobile World Congress

International Environmental Film Festival. SUNCINE

It is an event that aims to unite these two art forms: film and environment. On the one hand, film is the art of expression using images and sound; on the other hand, the environment is all the nature that surrounds humanity, hence the art of life. A series of film screenings on the theme of the environment are in the running for the Golden Suns.

Barcelona International Jazz Festival

Performances take place in many different settings, such as the Palau de la Música Catalana, the Auditori del Fòrum, the Conservatori del Liceu, and other concert halls. The event attracts prestigious jazz musicians from Spain and around the world. ...

els llums de sant pau (The Lights of Sant Pau)

This Christmas, millions of lights will illuminate a route through the modernist surroundings of Sant Pau. At nightfall, astonishing dramatised flora and illuminated figures will come to life and light up the Christmas scenario to offer families a lovely evening stroll.

Jean Bouin International Athletics Event

The Jean Bouin race has been held in the streets of Barcelona since 1920 and has had the international category since 1946. It features participation by many of the world’s best distance runners and has different categories so that all sports enthusiasts can take part.

Naturaleza Encendida ‘Origen’. Barcelona

'Origen', the immersive light experience, invites visitors on a journey into mycology to understand the origins of the first living beings that populated the Earth. The show also seeks to show the relationship between science and the impact that human beings have on the environment. ...