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Beauty in dispute

The CCCB is an institution that, consistently throughout its history, has defined itself as “a multidisciplinary cultural center dedicated to exploring the major themes of contemporary society through diverse languages and formats.” In its thirty-two years of history, topics such as artificial intelligence, the brain, suburban culture, and figures from diverse fields—Chris Ware, Agnès Varda, […]

Visual Arts. Collaborations and training in times of precariousness and museum expansion 2025

Text on the field of visual arts for the Annual Report: State of Culture and the Arts 2025 The CoNCA Annual Report is a public document that analyses the state of culture and the arts in Catalonia, reviewing the main trends, data and cultural policies of the previous year. It also evaluates the action of […]

Salary scales

Salary scales for visual arts professionals aims to establish a framework document on the remuneration of curators and artists for the work carried out in contemporary art centers integrated into the Public System of Visual Arts Facilities ( SPEAV ). The main objective is to propose indicative salary scales that promote the dignity of cultural […]

Active Principles: Culture and Rights for Democratic Health

1st Plenary Session of the Public System of Visual Arts Facilities Culture and Rights for Democratic Health MACBA Convent Auditorium – June 30, 2026. This event is structured around two interconnected themes. The first explores the relationship between the visual arts and individual, social, and community health. The second addresses cultural rights as inalienable rights […]

Podcast El Mundo del Arte: The curatorial rol and art criticism with Montse Badia

Interview with Carmen Corbera for the podcast El Mundo del Arte. March 2026.

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 […]