As part of the Olot Tèxtil programme, taking place this spring in the city of Olot, a group of textile artists will convene for a week-long residency to share knowledge and participate in a series of activities centred on the art of sewing and its role in building networks and preserving tradition.
The Royal College of Art will host the launch of the English edition of the publication, edited by Eva Franch, Mireia Luzárraga and Alejandro Muiño, on June 19. The volume is part of Water Parliaments, a project organised by the Institut Ramon Llull that is representing Catalan culture at the Venice Architecture Biennale this year.
The stay, promoted by the Institut Ramon Llull, is an opportunity to express Catalan poetry in French, English, German, Italian, Hungarian, Polish, Galician, Spanish and Basque. It will take place from 9 to 13 June in Olot.
Until 9 June, the writers will be participating in a residency organised by PEN Català, which will continue in 2026 at the Villa Decius Residency in Kraków.
Tarta Relena, Maria Arnal and Olga Subirós form part of the official programme of the 36th Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, which, under the artistic direction of the renowned curator Chus Martínez, will take place from 6 June to 10 October.
From 5 June to 27 July, the three creators will present their work at one of the leading international platforms in the global arena. Their participation is supported by the Institut Ramon Llull through its grants for international programming in the fields of visual arts, design, and architecture.
The Institut Ramon Llull is holding a selection process to choose the project that will apply to form part of the Collateral Events programme of the 61st International Art Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia, in the Catalonia in Venice space, from 9 May to 22 November 2026.
The English town of Great Yarmouth, home each year to the renowned international Out There Festival, is also this year hosting Fresh Street, the professional gathering for the development of Street Arts organised biennially by Circostrada, the European network for contemporary circus and street arts. Both events will feature a prominent Catalan presence, through the Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC) and the Institut Ramon Llull (IRL).
The role of the translator is key to the internationalisation of Catalan literature. The Institut Ramon Llull has implemented various measures of direct support for translators, which were presented this Thursday during a breakfast event at the IRL headquarters.
The exhibition stems from the artist’s 2024 residency in the “Artist Meets Archive” programme and focuses on a stone fragment from Cologne Cathedral that travelled to the International Space Station in 2014. The artist employs archival and scientific working methods to narrate the life story of this piece of rock. Throughout his research, Galeano raises questions concerning the fragility, aura, and mystique of objects.
Curated and designed by Eva Franch i Gilabert, Mireia Luzárraga, and Alejandro Muiño, and produced by the Institut Ramon Llull, the exhibition Water Parliaments: Projective Ecosocial Architectures addresses the water crisis from ecosocial, cultural, and political perspectives. The Catalan Minister of Culture, Sònia Hernández Almodóvar, inaugurated the exhibition accompanied by the director of the Institut Ramon Llull, Pere Almeda.
Students of Catalan from various Italian universities have translated Mar i cel, coinciding with the centenary of Àngel Guimerà’s death and the revival of Dagoll Dagom’s production. This Tuesday, the IRL organised an event featuring the participation of the students and members of the Dagoll Dagom company.
In addition to the Catalonia in Venice project, organised by the Institut Ramon Llull as part of the Eventi Collaterali, five Catalan projects have been selected for the international exhibition, one Catalan architect for the Biennale College, ten Catalan and Balearic studios in the Spanish Pavilion, and Catalan presence in other national pavilions.
The Ramon Llull Foundation has announced the Rules and Conditions of the 2025 Ramon Llull International Awards. These international awards, which are presented annually in Andorra, are intended to recognise individuals or institutions from beyond the Catalan-speaking areas who have worked to promote Catalan language and culture internationally.
