{"id":695,"date":"2024-10-30T08:27:17","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T08:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/new\/montse-badia-home\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T11:01:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T11:01:59","slug":"montse-badia-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Montse Badia &#8211; Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"695\" class=\"elementor elementor-695 elementor-346\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9779773 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9779773\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d48ff31 elementor-widget__width-initial animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d48ff31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Contemporary art <span style=\"font-family:Time News Roman;font-style:italic\">&amp;<\/span> critical thinking<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0fef4c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d0fef4c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-931d3f8 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"931d3f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/img-montse.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1393\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/img-montse.webp 720w, https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/img-montse-300x283.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7a9d04 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e7a9d04\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5aa689 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5aa689\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I am Montse Badia, art historian and curator of exhibitions and projects. I am co-founder and director of <a href=\"https:\/\/a-desk.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A*DESK.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am concerned about the standardization we are experiencing and the loss of rights. I believe that analysis of the past is crucial to understanding the present. 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Governance: Ethics, Stewardship and Institutional Responsibility<\/i><\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li data-block-key=\"ev2cj\"><b>Date:<\/b> 18 September 2026<\/li>\n<li data-block-key=\"vhd2\"><b>Time:<\/b> 10:00 &#8211; 11:30 hrs.<\/li>\n<li data-block-key=\"53cg9\"><b>Location:<\/b> Auditori Meier, MACBA Museu d&#8217;Art Contemporani de Barcelona (Pla\u00e7a del \u00c0ngels, 1, Barcelona).<\/li>\n<li data-block-key=\"bnj78\">Admission is free, but registration is required as seating is limited. <a href=\"https:\/\/entrades.macba.cat\/muslinkIV\/index.jsp?nom_cache=MUSEU&amp;property=MUSEU&amp;codiActiv=2510&amp;lang=4#close\"><b>Register here<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-block-key=\"b502q\">Organized by <b>CIMAM<\/b> (the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art) in collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macba.cat\/en\/activities\/rethinking-collection-governance-ethics-stewardship-and-institutional-responsibility\/\"><b>MACBA Public Programs<\/b><\/a>, this panel will explore what ethical principles should guide the management of a museum collection today.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"7hgjf\">Museum collections are among the most important cultural assets entrusted to museums. Yet recent international cases have revealed how vulnerable they can become when governance structures change, ownership shifts, or political and economic interests take precedence over their long-term stewardship.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"3ol6p\">As museums navigate increasingly complex questions around acquisition, stewardship, provenance, restitution, access, sustainability, and accountability, collection management is being redefined as a fundamentally ethical practice rather than solely a technical or administrative one.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"98n7f\">Recent developments, including the newly <a href=\"https:\/\/cimam.org\/news-archive\/icom-adopts-its-revised-code-of-ethics-for-museums\/\">adopted ICOM Code of Ethics<\/a>, highlight the growing importance of <b>public trust<\/b>, <b>cultural rights<\/b>, <b>community participation<\/b>, <b>transparency<\/b>, and <b>responsible stewardship<\/b> in shaping decisions about collections.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"2ftm9\">In this conversation, <b>Doryun Chong<\/b>, Chair of CIMAM&#8217;s Museum Watch Committee and Artistic Director and Chief Curator of M+, Hong Kong; <b>Amanda de la Garza<\/b>, President of CIMAM and Deputy Artistic Director of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sof\u00eda, Madrid; and <b>Claudia Segura<\/b>, Head of Collection at MACBA, Museu d\u2019Art de Contemporani de Barcelona, will explore the particular challenges faced by modern and contemporary art museum collections.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"un8j\">Moderated by <b>Montse Badia<\/b>, art historian, critic, curator, and cultural researcher based in Barcelona, this panel will also consider how museums can respond to increasingly complex political, economic, and institutional contexts while protecting collections as bodies of knowledge and ensuring their long-term public value.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"6jpi7\">These are the same questions that have prompted CIMAM to launch a<a href=\"https:\/\/cimam.org\/museum-watch\/call-for-contributions-ethical-principles-for-museum-collections\/\"> new international research initiative<\/a> to <b>develop a<\/b> <b><i>Glossary on Ethical Principles for Collection Management<\/i><\/b><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"71kna\"><i>Invited Speakers:<\/i><\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"4pfhc\"><b>Doryun Chong<\/b><\/p>\n<figure class=\"richtext-image left\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimam.org\/media\/images\/Doryun_Chong_compressed.width-800.jpg\" alt=\"Doryun Chong\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Doryun Chong, Artistic Director and Chief Curator, M+, Hong Kong SAR, China. Photo: Dan Leung. Image courtesy of M+, Hong Kong<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"el2gq\"><b>Doryun Chong<\/b> is Artistic Director and Chief Curator, M+, Hong Kong, Asia\u2019s first global museum of visual culture of the 20th and 21st centuries. He joined M+ in September 2013 as its inaugural Chief Curator and also became Deputy Director, Curatorial in January 2016. Since October 2024, he has served as Artistic Director. He oversees all content-related aspects, including exhibitions, collections, learning and interpretation, publishing, and digital content, across the museum&#8217;s three main disciplinary areas of design and architecture, moving image, and visual culture.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"9vbfp\">Before joining M+, Chong developed his museum career in the United States. He studied art history and anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, where he also completed graduate work in art history focused on non-Western modern and contemporary art, particularly in East Asia. He has held curatorial positions at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"2snjb\"><b>Amanda de la Garza Mata<\/b> (Mexico, 1981) Lives and works in Madrid, Spain.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"richtext-image left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimam.org\/media\/images\/Amanda_de_la_Garza_CIMAM_President_2026-28.width-800.jpg\" alt=\"Amanda de la Garza_CIMAM President 2026-28\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/figure>\n<p data-block-key=\"2ied1\">Amanda de la Garza. Deputy Artistic Director, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sof\u00eda (MNCARS), Madrid, Spain<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"dgu2e\">She is currently Deputy Artistic Director at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sof\u00eda in Madrid. She is the President of CIMAM (International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art) for the period 2026-2028. From 2020 to 2024, she was General Director of Visual Arts and of the University Museum of Contemporary Art (MUAC) at UNAM in M\u00e9xico City, one of the most important art museums in Latin America. Trained in Curatorial Studies, Art History, Anthropology and Sociology, between 2012 and 2019 she worked as an associate curator at MUAC. She has curated and coordinated more than 30 exhibitions of modern and contemporary art, archival exhibitions, and public art projects. She has published essays, interviews and reviews in catalogues, books and specialized magazines. She was a member of the board of ICOM Mexico from 2021 to 2024.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"9ktik\"><b>Claudia Segura Campins<\/b><\/p>\n<figure class=\"richtext-image left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimam.org\/media\/images\/P1170077p.width-800.jpg\" alt=\"P1170077p\" width=\"800\" height=\"1066\" \/><\/figure>\n<p data-block-key=\"6l0a3\">Claudia Segura Campins (Barcelona, 1984) is currently Head of Collection at MACBA (Museu d\u2019Art Contemporani de Barcelona), following her role as Curator of Exhibitions and Collection at the same institution since 2019. Her curatorial work includes several presentations of MACBA\u2019s Collection, as well as numerous solo exhibitions, most notably the first monographic exhibition of performance artist Mar\u00eda Teresa Hincapi\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"biu90\">She holds a BA in Humanities from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona (2007) and an MA in Contemporary Art Theory from Goldsmiths, University of London (2008). From 2015 to 2019, she was Director and Chief Curator of NC-arte in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia, where she curated numerous site-specific projects by artists such as Amalia Pica, Luis Camnitzer, Xavier Le Roy, Nicol\u00e1s Paris, Nicol\u00e1s Consuegra, Los Carpinteros, Do Ho Suh, and Alia Farid, among others.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"28ugq\">Previously, she worked as a cultural project coordinator at Fundaci\u00f3n \u201cla Caixa\u201d in Barcelona (2010\u20132012), served as an external curator for the Mardin Biennial in Turkey (2014\u20132015), and acted as mentor at the Sala d\u2019Art Jove in Barcelona (2014) and at the Cano Laboratory at the National University Museum in Bogot\u00e1 (2018). She was also a visiting lecturer at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogot\u00e1 (2017).<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"6m13m\">She has curated projects in Spain, Colombia, Los Angeles, Chicago, Mexico City, Turkey, Lisbon, Miami and London. She frequently contributes to exhibition catalogues, gives lectures, and writes for specialized art publications.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"c9er1\"><i>Moderator:<\/i><\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"bog0j\"><b>Montse Badia<\/b><\/p>\n<figure class=\"richtext-image left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimam.org\/media\/images\/Montse_Badia.width-800.jpg\" alt=\"Montse Badia\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/figure>\n<p data-block-key=\"4ql1g\">Montse Badia. Photo by Agus Izquierdo.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"dt5qq\">Montse Badia is an art historian, critic, curator, and cultural researcher based in Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"3sgp0\">She has contributed to numerous international publications, including <i>Transversal<\/i>, <i>arts.zin<\/i>, <i>Untitled<\/i> (London), <i>NU: The Nordic Art Review<\/i> (Stockholm), <i>Tema Celeste<\/i> (Milan), <i>ARCO<\/i>, and <i>Bonart<\/i>. Her curatorial work has been presented at institutions including De Appel (Amsterdam), Apexart (New York), K\u00fcnstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin), Fundaci\u00f3 Joan Mir\u00f3, MACBA \u2013 Museu d&#8217;Art Contemporani de Barcelona, MNAC &#8211; Museu Nacional d&#8217;Art de Catalunya and Fundaci\u00f3n &#8220;la Caixa&#8221;, among others. She has served as associate curator of Espai 13 at Fundaci\u00f3 Joan Mir\u00f3 and of the Centre d&#8217;Art Santa M\u00f2nica. She has also been a member of the advisory committee of the Yaxs Foundation and artistic director of the contemporary art collection Cal Cego.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"jm6a\">She is co-founder and director of <b>A*DESK. Independent Institute of Criticism and Contemporary Art<\/b>, and director of the Master&#8217;s Degree in Contemporary Art: Context, Mediation and Management at IL3 \u2013 Universitat de Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"8v62a\">Recently she has also participated in several studies on the Catalan contemporary art ecosystem commissioned by CONCA (Catalan National Council for Culture and the Arts) and served as rapporteur for the framework document on remuneration standards for visual arts professionals promoted by the Government of Catalonia.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"59lss\">Montse Badia is a member of AICA (International Association of Art Critics) and ACCA (Catalan Association of Art Critics).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"380\" class=\"elementor elementor-380 e-loop-item e-loop-item-3161 post-3161 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news-en\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85936b4 post-item e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"85936b4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4f1488 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c4f1488\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/en\/principios-activos-cultura-y-derechos-para-la-salud-democratica\/\">Active Principles: Culture and Rights for Democratic Health<\/a><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83cecf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"83cecf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-8164e95 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/en\/2026\/06\/30\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>30 - June - 2026<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5f3d97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"b5f3d97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>1st Plenary Session of the Public System of Visual Arts Facilities<\/p>\n<p>Culture and Rights for Democratic Health<\/p>\n<p>MACBA Convent Auditorium \u2013 June 30, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>This event is structured around two interconnected themes.<\/p>\n<p>The first explores the relationship between the visual arts and individual, social, and community health.<\/p>\n<p>The second addresses cultural rights as inalienable rights for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Both dimensions converge on a shared conviction: culture acts as an active force against distress, individualistic withdrawal, and the rise of regressive trends.<\/p>\n<p>Organized by: Directorate General for Cultural Rights, Creation, and Libraries, Department of Culture, Government of Catalonia.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome and introduction by Xavier Fina, Director General for Cultural Rights, Creation, and Libraries.<\/p>\n<p>Conversations:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Art as an active force in medical and care settings. Conversation between Sergi Blancafort and Montserrat Verd\u00fa, with Pilar Cruz.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Art and health through artistic practices. Conversation facilitated by Jos\u00e9 Antonio Delgado with Gemma Paris and Felipe G.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Art as an active force for community health. Conversation between Javier Rodrigo and Quim Packard.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Art for democratic health. Conversation facilitated by Amanda Cuesta with Mar Sureda and Nerea Campo.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Economic health in artistic practices. Presentation on professional remuneration scales with Montse Badia and Ester Mart\u00ednez.<\/p>\n<p>Institutional closing remarks by the Hon. S\u00f2nia Hern\u00e1ndez Almod\u00f3var, Minister of Culture of the Government of Catalonia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3146\" src=\"https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/XMG02124-copia-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/XMG02124-copia-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/XMG02124-copia-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/XMG02124-copia.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3149\" src=\"https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/XMG02133-copia-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" 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src=\"https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/XMG02154-copia-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/XMG02154-copia-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/XMG02154-copia-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/XMG02154-copia.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Photos Xavier Menal<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MzirnU5foVI?si=uNFn85100-5bstfh\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-529b479 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" 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elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"83cecf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-8164e95 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/en\/2026\/07\/04\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>4 - July - 2026<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5f3d97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"b5f3d97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><a title=\"pdf document\" href=\"https:\/\/cultura.gencat.cat\/web\/.content\/dgcc\/05_Noticies\/2026\/Barems-Retributius_Arts_Visuals.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span dir=\"auto\">Salary scales for visual arts professionals<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\"> aims to establish a <\/span><strong><span dir=\"auto\">framework document on the remuneration of curators and artists for the work carried out in contemporary art centers<\/span><\/strong><span dir=\"auto\"> integrated into the Public System of Visual Arts Facilities ( <\/span><strong><span dir=\"auto\">SPEAV<\/span><\/strong><span dir=\"auto\"> ).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">The main objective is to propose indicative salary scales that promote the dignity of cultural work and that the centers commit to applying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">The proposal is an <\/span><strong><span dir=\"auto\">initiative of the General Directorate of Cultural Rights, Creation and Libraries<\/span><\/strong><span dir=\"auto\"> of the Department of Culture of the Generalitat of Catalonia and has been developed jointly by representatives of <\/span><strong><span dir=\"auto\">centers of the Public System of Visual Arts Facilities (SPEAV)<\/span><\/strong><span dir=\"auto\"> , and the <\/span><strong><span dir=\"auto\">professional associations PAAC<\/span><\/strong><span dir=\"auto\"> (Platforma Assembl\u00e9\u00e0ria d&#8217;Artistes de Catalunya) and <\/span><strong><span dir=\"auto\">ACCA<\/span><\/strong><span dir=\"auto\"> (Association Catalana de Cr\u00edtica d&#8217;Art). <\/span>Montse Badia has carried out the reporting of this document.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"380\" class=\"elementor elementor-380 e-loop-item e-loop-item-3068 post-3068 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-proyectos-en\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85936b4 post-item e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"85936b4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4f1488 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c4f1488\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/en\/alive-2026-the-kitchen-network-episode-4-de-luiza-prado\/\">A*LIVE 2026: The Kitchen Network. Episode 4 by Luiza Prado<\/a><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83cecf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"83cecf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-8164e95 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/en\/2026\/03\/27\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>27 - March - 2026<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5f3d97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"b5f3d97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>The Kitchen Network. Episode 4<\/em> \u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">by<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luiza-prado.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luiza Prado<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anticteatre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antic Teatre, Barcelona<\/a><br \/>\nDate: 24\/3\/2026, 8 pm<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3065\" src=\"https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TKN-splash-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TKN-splash-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TKN-splash-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TKN-splash.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Welcome to <i>The Kitchen Network<\/i>!<br \/>\nThe Fourth episode takes place in Barcelona!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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 to wider issues of class, gender and geography.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this episode we step into a future where the European Union has dissolved, climate policy has failed, and old trade agreements have fractured. The promises of the European Green Deal remain unfinished across a continent marked by material scarcity, even as digital culture continues to project images of abundance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Across Spain, farmland competes with data centers built to sustain cloud computing and AI. Water is diverted between crops and cooling systems; rural regions strain, cities expand, and digital infrastructure reshapes the landscape. In the absence of coordinated governance, spectacle becomes policy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Food distribution is now governed by the Eurovision Exchange Agreement (EEA): each year, the country that wins Eurovision gains temporary authority over continental food allocation. Spain, the most recent winner, occupies a precarious position of relative abundance within an unequal and unstable Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Water is tightly controlled, commodified, and unevenly distributed. This episode is sponsored by Blue Reserve, a premium hydration brand. Each contestant receives just two bottles to last the competition, as the AI host reminds viewers: \u201cBecause Not Everyone Gets a Second Pour.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With elderly residents from the surrounding neighborhood serving as judges,<em> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luiza-prado.com\/the-kitchen-network\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Kitchen Network<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0stages cooking as performance in a time of scarcity, reflecting on inequality, digital expansion, and the politics of food in a fragmented Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_74585\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74585\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/a-desk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tm24_TheKitchenNetwork_MiriamMakebaAuditorium_HKW_2445_CCBYNCSA_LauraFiorio_015-1-595x397.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-74585 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/a-desk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/tm24_TheKitchenNetwork_MiriamMakebaAuditorium_HKW_2445_CCBYNCSA_LauraFiorio_015-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jas Rault, Luiza Prado, Helen Pritchard, T.L. Cowan, The Kitchen Network: Anti-Fascism and Plants. Conversation and performance at transmediale 2024, HKW. Photo by Laura Fiorio. CC BY-NC-SA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>About the <em>The Kitchen Network<\/em> &amp; Luiza Prado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luiza-prado.com\/the-kitchen-network\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Kitchen Network<\/a><\/em> is a theatrical performance that continues Luiza Prado&#8217;s ongoing investigation of the necropolitical infrastructures around reproduction, nourishment, and planetary collapse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The event taking place at Antic Teatre in Barcelona on March 24, 2026 corresponds to the fourth episode of the series, which continues and completes the research developed by the artist while adapting to each specific context. The first episode, presented within the framework of Transmediale in Berlin (January 2024), emphasized the technological aspects of the project. The second, held in Nottingham (April 2024), focused on the kitchens of migrant communities. The third, presented at the restaurant of the Martin Gropius Bau in Berlin (October 2024), addressed labor and movement through the universe of the sandwich\u2014a food associated with work rhythms and whose culinary origins point to non-native traditions.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>The Network Kitchen. Episode 4<br \/>\n<\/em>Concept and direction: <strong>Luiza Prado<\/strong><br \/>\nMaster of Ceremonies: <strong>Albert S\u00e1nchez<\/strong><br \/>\nCook # 1: <strong>Monica Escudero<\/strong><br \/>\nCook # 2: <strong>Agnes Essonti Luque<\/strong><br \/>\nCook # 3: <strong>Irene Arcas<br \/>\n<\/strong>Jury: <strong>Old ladies from the community of the Antic Teatre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Kitchen Network. Episode 4<\/em>\u00a0 is a produced by A*DESK.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ca2f62 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5ca2f62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/en\/projects\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Go to projects<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0d5673 e-con-full post-column e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d0d5673\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7900a7 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b7900a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Texts\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4587184 elementor-grid-1 elementor-grid-tablet-1 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-loop-grid\" data-id=\"4587184\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;template_id&quot;:380,&quot;columns&quot;:1,&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:1,&quot;row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:20,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_skin&quot;:&quot;post&quot;,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;edit_handle_selector&quot;:&quot;[data-elementor-type=\\&quot;loop-item\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"loop-grid.post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-loop-container elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"380\" class=\"elementor elementor-380 e-loop-item e-loop-item-3170 post-3170 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-textos-en\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85936b4 post-item e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"85936b4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4f1488 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c4f1488\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/en\/la-belleza-en-disputa\/\">Beauty in dispute<\/a><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83cecf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"83cecf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-8164e95 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/en\/2026\/08\/05\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>5 - August - 2026<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5f3d97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"b5f3d97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The CCCB is an institution that, consistently throughout its history, has defined itself as \u201ca multidisciplinary cultural center dedicated to exploring the major themes of contemporary society through diverse languages \u200b\u200band formats.\u201d In its thirty-two years of history, topics such as artificial intelligence, the brain, suburban culture, and figures from diverse fields\u2014Chris Ware, Agn\u00e8s Varda, Stanley Kubrick, the Marquis de Sade, and, more recently, Merc\u00e8 Rodoreda\u2014have shaped exhibition and public programs capable of offering multiple approaches and levels of interpretation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccb.org\/en\/w\/exhibitions\/the-cult-of-beauty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Cult of Beauty<\/em><\/a> addresses one of these great universal themes. As Umberto Eco pointed out, beauty is an aspiration shared by all cultures, although it has never been an absolute or immutable category. Its relevance is especially significant today, when it continues to be a social construct profoundly influenced by the beauty industry, the attention economy, and social media. The exhibition stems from a cultural and political stance that doesn\u2019t so much aim to define beauty as to analyze the mechanisms that sustain its cult.<\/p>\n<p>The show is, in fact, an adaptation of the exhibition of the same name presented at the <a href=\"https:\/\/wellcomecollection.org\/exhibitions\/the-cult-of-beauty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wellcome Collection in London in 2023<\/a>. The original curator, Janice Li, has been joined by researchers blanca arias and J\u00falia Llull, whose contributions expand the initial narrative and incorporate more pluralistic, critical perspectives, open to dissent.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition begins deliberately chronologically, guiding the visitor through classical ideals of beauty, based on principles of proportion, gender, and virtue. However, this seemingly stable narrative is interrupted by artworks that introduce fissures and raise questions. The works of Lorenza B\u00f6ttner and Carlos Motta, among others, problematize these normative models and demonstrate the extent to which beauty has historically functioned as a device for inclusion and exclusion.<\/p>\n<p>As the exhibition progresses, dichotomies such as beautiful\/ugly or virtue\/failure begin to crumble, although others continue to operate strongly, especially the association between beauty and youth. Forms of exclusion persist, albeit in new configurations. From colonial exoticism, capable of objectifying any form of otherness, we move to contemporary mechanisms of invisibility linked to race, gender, or identity. In response, trans, queer, and non-binary collectives have developed strategies of self-expression, resistance, and the construction of collective memory. In this context, Colita\u2019s portraits dedicated to the Roma community, Ang\u00e9lica Dass\u2019s <em>Humanae project<\/em>, with its wide spectrum of skin tones, and Norma P\u00e9rez\u2019s trans portraits engage particularly effectively with the exhibition\u2019s themes.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition then delves into the complex relationship between beauty, medicine, and science. From the cosmetic practices of ancient Egypt to the anatomical ideals of the Renaissance, the journey leads to the present, where the obsession with image\u2014an extreme result of the society of the spectacle\u2014is amplified by the commercialization of pharmaceuticals, aesthetic treatments, and surgical procedures. The new standards are no longer necessarily associated with proportion or virtue, but increasingly with purchasing power. Beauty thus appears as a privilege that can be bought, with consequences that affect both physical health and emotional well-being. How can we identify these forms of control in order to conquer greater spaces of autonomy? Where does individual desire end and collective pressure begin? The works of Marina Vargas and Arvida Bystr\u00f6m point precisely to this overflowing of normative limits, making visible the restrictions that underlie any standard.<\/p>\n<p>The installation <em>Mirror, Mirror on the Wall<\/em>, by Xcessive Aesthetics, places the visitor before a distorting mirror that reflects the visual pollution that accompanies our daily experience. An incessant flow of images, filters, algorithms, and aspirational models that we consume through social media, from which it is increasingly difficult to escape, raises numerous questions: Who establishes the standards of beauty today: cultural institutions, the beauty industry, algorithms, or social media? How do filters, artificial intelligence, and digital editing affect our perception of ourselves? Can there be an aesthetic of difference that is not absorbed by the market? Are we witnessing a democratization of beauty or a sophistication of its control mechanisms? Is it possible to imagine a society less obsessed with appearance? What do we lose when we have we turned beauty into an obligation?<\/p>\n<p>But <em>The Cult of Beauty<\/em> is not confined to the exhibition space. As is usual at the CCCB, the project is expanded through a robust <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccb.org\/en\/w\/exhibitions\/the-cult-of-beauty#section03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">public program<\/a> featuring thinkers and specialists such as Eloy Fern\u00e1ndez Porta, Remedios Zafra, and the curators themselves. In addition, there is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccb.org\/en\/w\/exhibitions\/the-cult-of-beauty#section06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">educational program for LGBTQ+ youth,<\/a> coordinated by Cordova and developed in collaboration with artists like \u00a5E$Si PERSE and Toni Herv\u00e1s, as well as the film series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccb.org\/en\/w\/seasons\/gandules-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Beautiful and Eternal<\/em><\/a>, curated by Desir\u00e9e de Fez for Las Gandules 2026. The selection of fantasy and science fiction films addresses issues such as youth, aesthetic pressure, and the obsession with preserving beauty, extending many of the questions raised by the exhibition onto the screen.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than offering definitive answers, <em>The Cult of Beauty<\/em> invites us to critically reconsider an idea we often take for granted. Because, if beauty has never been a neutral category, perhaps the real challenge lies in asking ourselves who defines it, who benefits from it, and who inevitably falls outside its boundaries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The exhibition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccb.org\/en\/w\/exhibitions\/the-cult-of-beauty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Cult of Beauty<\/em>,<\/a> curated by Janice Li, blanca arias, and J\u00falia Llull, along with its accompanying public program, can be visited and followed at the CCCB until November 8, 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/a-desk.org\/en\/spotlight\/la-belleza-en-disputa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Art\u00edcle published in A*DESK 5-8-2026]<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"380\" class=\"elementor elementor-380 e-loop-item e-loop-item-3112 post-3112 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-textos-en\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85936b4 post-item e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"85936b4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4f1488 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c4f1488\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/en\/arts-visuals-col%c2%b7laboracions-i-formacio-en-temps-de-precarietat-i-expansio-museistica\/\">Visual Arts. Collaborations and training in times of precariousness and museum expansion 2025<\/a><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83cecf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"83cecf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-8164e95 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montsebadia.net\/en\/2026\/07\/04\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>4 - July - 2026<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5f3d97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"b5f3d97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Text on the field of visual arts for the <a href=\"https:\/\/drac.cultura.gencat.cat\/\/handle\/20.500.12368\/38142#page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Annual Report: State of Culture and the Arts 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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 public administrations in cultural matters and identifies structural challenges in the sector. 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