Visual Arts.  New York,  05/08/2015

The Drawing Center's Open Sessions feature Catalan visual artist Laia Solé, among others

Open Sessions is a two-year program created by curators Nova Benway and Lisa Sigal as a platform for artists to find new approaches for contextualizing and exhibiting their work, through conversation, public programs, and gallery installations. The participants are artists, musicians, dancers, filmmakers, poets, theorists, scientists—anyone who is interested in expanding the boundaries of drawing. Laia Solé is a Barcelona born and New York based visual artist and researcher, whose interest lies in public spaces and everyday practices within cities' public space. 

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Visual Arts.  University of Richmond,  19/08/2015

University of Richmond Museums opens two Pierre Daura exhibitions August 19

Pierre Daura (1896–1976) was a highly prolific and versatile Catalan-American artist who co-founded the important abstract artists’ group Cercle et Carré (Circle and Square) in Paris in 1929. In 1930, he moved to Saint Cirq-Lapopie, France, with his wife, Louise Heron Blair of Richmond, Virginia. In 1937, Daura fought for the Spanish Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. He and his family moved to Virginia in 1939, where he passed away in 1976.

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Visual Arts.  New York,  23/06/2015

Paul Kasmin Gallery presents A Moment, an exhibition of recent paintings Santi Moix

Santi Moix’s works have long been characterized by their accumulation of saturated biomorphic forms that are simultaneously figurative, narrative and abstract. In this vein, these new canvases mark a continuation of his signature collaged aesthetic. 

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Performing Arts.  New York,  09/09/2015

Catalan artists Borja González and Àngels Aymar, featured at Between the Seas, a New York festival of Mediterranean performing arts

Between the Seas presents Dreams of the Mediterranean, a multi disciplinary show combining sand art, live music, puppetry and speed painting by the illustrator, Borja González, and Hearts Beating Like Drums, a play built around women and war, written by Àngels Aymar and translated by Marion Peter Holt.

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Visual Arts.  Montreal,  10/09/2015

Joan Fontcuberta, guest curator of the 14th edition of Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal

From September 10 to October 11, 2015, Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal throws the spotlight on The Post-Photographic Condition, the theme conceived by renowned Catalan guest curator Joan Fontcuberta.

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Literature.  NY,  11/09/2015

Catalan author Marina Espasa, at the Ledig House International Writers Residency

Since its founding in 1992, Writers Omi at Ledig House has hosted hundreds of authors and translators, representing more than fifty countries. The colony's strong international emphasis reflects the spirit of cultural exchange that is part of Ledig's enduring legacy.

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Performing Arts.  Verdun, CA,  15/09/2015

Quartiers Danses, Verdun, CA, featuring La Intrusa Danza and choreographer Cesc Gelabert

After a glorious show at Quartiers Danses in 2013, La Intrusa Danza returns with a brand new creation, STAFF, to which they owe a worldwide success. A magnetic and electrifying performance that combines movement with audio-visual images.

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Gastronomy.  Minneapolis,  17/09/2015

Ferran Adrià: Notes on Creativity, next stop, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

“Ferran Adrià: Notes on Creativity” is the first major museum exhibition to focus on the visualization and drawing practices of this Spanish master chef, whom Gourmet dubbed “the Salvador Dalì of the kitchen.” The exhibition emphasizes the role of drawing in Adrià’s quest to understand creativity.

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