Precariousness and homogenization. Contradictions of the curatorial present

Recently, curator Àngels Miralda published in Frieze magazine (February 2026) the article Who Killed the Independent Curator?, a text that takes me back to the early 2000s (not without a certain feeling of vertigo) when, in the context of the Curatorial Program of the De Appel Foundation in Amsterdam, the figure of the international independent […]

A*LIVE 2026: The Kitchen Network. Episode 4 by Luiza Prado

The Kitchen Network. Episode 4  by Luiza Prado Antic Teatre, Barcelona Date: 24/3/2026, 8 pm Welcome to The Kitchen Network! The Fourth episode takes place in Barcelona! Unfolding as an episode in the last reality TV food competition on earth, this performance uses humour to examine the divide between online food cultures and their disconnection […]

Obedience protocols. The State of Data in “Firma,” by Paula Artés

“Unveiling the structures of power and control through photography” is the leitmotif of Paula Artés’s work. Starting with a background in photography, her practice has progressively shifted its focus toward the research process, incorporating methodologies from critical and political analysis. In the systems she examines, she identifies mechanisms of power and control that operate from […]

El risc radical

El Risc Radical A documentary about Espai 10 / Espai 13 at the Miró Foundation, Barcelona  

Water cartographies

We don’t just have a close relationship with water: we are water. 70% of our bodies and 71% of the planet are water, but only 2% is freshwater. Water is a finite resource that circulates, regenerates, and transforms, but cannot be created. The natural cycle can no longer keep pace with global demand: if in […]

A*LIVE 2025: “Bodies of Evidence” with Adam Broomberg & Ido Nahari

Date: Thursday, 16 October 2025, 19:30 h Location: MACBA, Auditorio Meier, Barcelona  The lecture “Bodies of Evidence” with Adam Broomberg & Ido Nahari analyzes the circulation and functioning of violent images of past and present genocides. From Gaza to Namibia, Nahari and Broomberg review the visual techniques of demonization and glorification in war imagery to […]

The legacy of those who paved the way for us

Matthew Lopez’s play The Inheritance is about different generations of gay men in New York City: those of today and those of yesterday, those who fought for their rights and against AIDS and its stigmatization. The legacy referred to in the title is “that of history, community and self.” In recent months we have lost […]

Cindy Sherman and Mika Rottenberg at Hauser & Wirth Menorca

There is frequent discussion around how different players in the art ecosystem are redefining their roles and working models. Hauser & Wirth stands out in this regard—not only as one of the most influential galleries on the global art scene, but also for how it has developed each of its spaces in distinct ways, incorporating […]