Institut Ramon LLull

The data clearly show that the Catalan language and culture maintained a significant international presence in 2024. The IRL subsidised nearly 200 translations of works in Catalan and Occitan into other languages, representing a 42% increase compared to 2023 and setting a new record. The new support scheme for international performing arts programming has enabled over 80 Catalan companies to perform on stages in 23 countries. The exhibition on psychiatrist Francesc Tosquelles at the American Folk ...

“Je suis très lasse, et je ne veux plus que l’oubli. Je m’en vais sans colère et sans haine, pareille à ceux-là qui n’ont point de parents ni d’amis. Je pars comme on retourne allégée et ravie de pardonner engin à l’amour et la vie. Sans hâte et sans effroi, je rentre dans la nuit, avec tout ce qui glisse, avec tout ce qui fuit”.La passion selon Renée Vivien, Maria-Mercè Marçal ...

Throughout the year many are the occasions where the Institut Ramon Llull has been present at different literary events abroad. Looking back at 2024 we surely would see to start with 12 book fairs around the world: from Latin America to Central Europe and from the US to Middle East and the Nordic countries. And to continue, we would also scan the International Literary Festivals, where the authors meet and connect, and with luck they could find their elective affinities, even everlasting. Also, ...

On 12 December, the American Folk Art Museum in New York will host the presentation of the publication linked to the exhibition on Tosquelles that the Museum hosted months ago.

Until 5 December, playwrights from Catalonia, Valencia, Mallorca, Morocco and Germany will be taking part in the second Mediterranean Polluting Writing Workshop promoted by the Tantarantana Theatre.

The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Estonia), one of the most prestigious film events in Northern Europe, will host a Focus on Catalan Cinema in 2025 in its 29th edition.

Until December 1, a group of researchers from Italy, Ireland, the United States, Belgium, Spain and Catalonia will be in Faberllull as part of a residency that reflects on the historical relationship between science and society. It is organized jointly with the Observatory of Humanities in Medicine of the Hospital of Olot and coincides with the XVIII Meeting of History of Science and Technology.

The NóM Festival (New Operas of the World) will feature the work at the Biobío theatre from November 21 to 23. This project, promoted by the Gran Teatre del Liceu and in collaboration with the Institut Ramon Llull and Ópera Latinoamérica, is the first international edition.

The prestigious Margulies Collection at The Warehouse in Miami will host ‘Beyond the Single Image’ until 26 April. This exhibition, which features 150 works by 36 photographers spanning from the 1950s to today, is supported by the Institut Ramon Llull.

Between 5 and 11 November, they collectively examined the status of democratic systems and explored how culture can counter the impact of anti-democratic rhetoric on fundamental rights. The residency also featured two public debates. On 6 November at the Cràter d 'Olot and Friday 8 November at the CCCB.

The singer-songwriter is set to perform on 16 November at the David Rubenstein Atrium in Lincoln Center, New York, as part of the presentation of her second solo album, Cantora. This performance is co-organized by the Institute Ramon Llull and the Lincoln Center. Before this performance, on 14 November the artist will also present Cantora at The Local Saugerties in New York.

The third edition of the Catalan Film Days cycle, known as 'Dies de Cinema Català', will take place in Belgrade from October 24th to 27th. This year, the event will also be extended to Sarajevo from October 31st to November 6th.