
The Textile Museum in Lyon and “Les Nuits de Fourvière” festival have organized a show featuring 150 costumes designed by Mariaelena Roqué for the company of composer and musician Carles Santos. The exhibition will be inaugurated on Thursday, 1st April at 6.30 p.m. and can be visited until 5th September 2010.
From June 10 through September 5, Dublin’s Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) presents an exhibit of the works of painter Fernando Garcia Sevilla. 42 works reflecting the eclectic style of the Mallorcan artist will be displayed.
On 11th June, the Gajac Museum in Villeneuve-sur-Lot sees the opening of the exhibition Spain, The Sombre Years: 1945-1960, which displays the artistic currents that came out of Spain in the post-Civil War period. The exhibition, which includes work by artists such as Joan Brossa, Joan Ponç, Arnau Puig, Modest Cuixart, Joan Josep Tharrats and Antoni Tàpies, has received the support of the Institut Ramon Llull.
From 15 August to 4 September the 23rd International Seminars on Catalan language and culture will be held in Girona and Masdenverge for students of Catalan from all round the world.
The Catalan writer Emili Rosales, who was awarded the 2004 Sant Jordi Prize for his novel La ciutat invisible (The Invisible City), will give a talk on Saturday, 29th August about his experiences as a writer, translator and editor. The talk will take place at the Center for Adult Education as part of the Melbourne Writers Festival in conjunction with the Institut Ramon Llull.
With the aim of adapting the philosophy of this Barcelona festival to new cities and formats, the first Sónar Chicago will take place from 9th to 11th September in conjunction with the IRL.
September 30 and October 1, 2, 5 and 6, Kònic thtr presents the show A {d’Aigua} at 3 Legged Dog Art & Technology Center of New York with the support of the Institut Ramon Llull.
The Broome St. Gallery, located in the heart of SoHo in New York City, hosts the international printing exhibition "Alisis" September 14-October 3, organized by the Xalubínia-Menorca International Center of Engraving, with the financial support of the Institut Ramon Llull and the Council of Menorca.
The London Spanish Film Festival takes place in the city of London from September 24 to October 4, with a series called Catalan Window, in which eight Catalan films will be screened.
PRELUDE, a festival exploring the forefront of contemporary NYC theater and performance, will take place from September 29 through October 1 at the Martin E. Segal Theater Center, Graduate Center-CUNY, New York. SPOTLIGHT: CATALONIA will showcase the work of four contemporary Catalan playwrights: Àngels Aymar, Marta Buchaca, Sergi Belbel and Esteve Soler.
[The
Institut Ramon Llull is a consortium made up by the Government
of Catalonia and the Government
of the Balearic Islands dedicated to the international promotion of the Catalan
language and the culture of the areas in which Catalan is spoken. The IRL forms
part of the Fundació Ramon Llull, which
was established by the governments
of Andorra, the Ramon Llull Institute, General
Council of the Eastern Pyrenees, the city of Alghero,
and the Network of Valencian Cities, and has its central offices in Andorra]