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Culture, Fashion, Painting, Photography, Visual Arts
Dora Maar
During the 1930s, Dora Maar’s photomontages became celebrated icons of surrealism. Her eye for the unusual also translated to her commercial photography, including fashion and advertising, as well as to her social documentary projects. In Europe’s increasingly fraught political climate, Maar signed her name to numerous left-wing manifestos – a radical gesture for a woman […]
Ongoing
Culture, Performance, Theatre
The House of the Spirits at the Cervantes Theatre
Fulfilling their mission to showcase the best Spanish and Latin American plays in London, the Cervantes Theatre is holding the bilingual production of The House of the Spirits (La Casa de los Espíritus). This play closes the 2019 season at the Cervantes Theatre featuring a range of plays written by female playwrights. Winner of the […]
Visual Arts
24/7
A major exhibition exploring the non-stop nature of modern lives. Curated by Somerset House and Sarah Cook, the exhibition takes visitors on a journey from the cold light of the moon to the fading warmth of the sunset through a series of interactive installations and interrogations of 24/7 life. The exhibition is inspired by the book of the same title by art critic and essayist Jonathan Crary (Verso, 2013).
Cinema, Culture, Literature & Language, Music
A celebration of Spanish exile in the UK
Instituto Cervantes in London has organised a commemorative programme which pays tribute to the Spanish Republican exiles on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the end of the Civil War. The programme is entitled “Skies so unlike their own: a celebration of Spanish exile in the UK, 1939” and will feature conferences, round tables, […]
Culture, OCSA, Science, Science exhibition
Eco-Visionaries
Eco-Visionaries is an exhibition composed of film, installation, architectural models and photography that reflects on how architecture art and design are reacting to a rapidly changing world, beyond mainstream notions of sustainability.
Culture, Painting, Visual Arts
“A Very Human Rationality”, by Enrique Brinkmann and Verónica Vázquez
The Spanish artist Enrique Brinkmann and the Uruguayan Verónica Vázquez will showcase their works at the rosenfeld porcini Gallery in London, which collaborates with Piero Atchugarry Gallery in this exhibition. The intense responses which the artworks of both Enrique Brinkmann and Verónica Vázquez conjure up in us relate to one of the principle dilemmas which […]
9:30 am
Culture, Literature & Language, Music, Universities and Hispanists
The 80th Anniversary of the Republican Exile of 1939: Lessons from and for a Modern World Symposium
As a Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Republican Exile, this symposium aims to reveal and share experiences that will enable us to shed some light on today’s reality, as well as revisit these experiences in light of that same reality. Only a transdisciplinary approach would allow us to understand such a complex matter. […]
4:00 pm
Culture
The Legacy of Krause: Alberto Jiménez Fraud and the Spanish Intellectuals in the UK after 1939
The roundtable series: Spanish Intellectuals from Krause to post-war Britain, focuses on the transnational dimensions of the work of German philosopher Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (1781-1832). Although Krause’s philosophy garnered limited attention within Germany, it became highly influential throughout Europe, leaving a strong imprint in countries such as France, Belgium, Holland and Portugal, and most […]
7:00 pm
Culture, Music
ROSALÍA IN O2 ACADEMY BRIXTON
Rosalía returns to London for the fourth time in December.
It is undeniable that the Spanish superstar Rosalía has become an international phenomenon. Her music, choreographies and sceneries mix the Spanish rich musical and cultural heritage with contemporary electronic and R&B beats. This has brought the Spanish tradition closer to the foreign audience and, as a consequence, has hastily launched her into fame.
Culture, Literature & Language
Eduardo Mendoza at the Cervantes Institute
Blanco-White Dialogo Series: Eduardo Mendoza in conversation with Ignacio Peyró. Eduardo Mendoza awarded in 2016 with the Cervantes Prize, will attend Blanco-White Dialogo Series at the Cervantes Institute in London. Eduardo Mendoza studied law in Barcelona and sociology in London. In 1973, he moved to New York, where he worked for almost 10 years as […]