Culture

Art on Mars: from the optimism of Space Art to the capitalist logic of contemporary art

Déborah Camañes

With their work, artists anticipate and prefigure the fundamental questions surrounding the future of humanity and its drift.

William Kentridge: “There are fault lines that come from the colonial period throughout the world”

Gemma Parellada

We talk to the South African artist about segregation, the echoes of colonialism and the anti-racist struggle. 

Kentridge. That Which is Not Written

Neus Miró | Aída Esther Bueno Sarduy | Lucía Piedra Galarraga | Beatriz Leal Riesco

We invite an art critic, a specialist in contemporary African film, an anthropologist and documentary maker, and a researcher of anti-racist activism to share their insight into William Kentridge.

Cultural institutions during the pandemic

Mathilde Betoret | Gérard Martorell

We analyse the evolution during the pandemic of cultural heritage institutions around the world.

Dadaism in William Kentridge

Déborah Camañes

The absurd, the paradox and humour are some of the links between the work of the South African artist and the Dada movement.

Tonatiuh López: “The mistake that museums make is wanting to create an audience; life is already created, so just deal with it” 

João França

We talk with Tonatiuh López about the Museo Arte Contemporáneo Ecatepec, a Project that occupies the public space to generate interaction with the community.

Digital curatorship or the influencer boom

Maria Farràs | Edgar Riu

As digital collections increase in size, cultural institutions are seeking new forms of organising and taking care of digital contents.

Is Counterculture Still Alive?

Joan Carbonell

We talk to Jordi Costa and Germán Labrador about the historical roots of counterculture and its current situation.

Extremely Short History of Trap Music

Max Besora

We review the origins and principal identifying features of this musical genre, strongly linked to digital technologies and the Internet.

Lessons from the Bauhaus for the 21st century

Ferran Esteve

On the centenary of its foundation, we trace the influence of the Bauhaus in such diverse spheres as education, innovation and digital culture.

The Millennial Phenomenon

Marta Duran Arranz

An attempt to define the most popular generation of the moment, comparing it with the adjacent generations and analysing the phenomenon elsewhere on the planet.

Rethinking the Internet from the cultural sector

The finalists of the Cultural Innovation International Prize offer us different ways of raising awareness and tackling the challenges faced by the Internet.