Institut Ramon LLull

27/06/2025

Textile artists gather at Faberllull for a residency celebrating the caregiving dimension inherent in the art of sewing

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.
11/06/2025 Archit. & design

The book 100 Words for Water: A Vocabulary will be presented in London as a tool to rethink our relationship with water

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.
10/06/2025

The Faberllull residency brings together poet Mireia Calafell and ten translators

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.
05/06/2025

The Faberllull Residency hosts a group of Catalan and Polish Essayists

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.
05/06/2025

An Oracle with a Catalan Voice in Ljubljana

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.
04/06/2025

Claudia Pagès, Irene de Andrés and Agnes Essonti at the Fribourg Biennale

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.
03/06/2025

Open call for the participation of Catalan culture in the Biennale Arte 2026

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.
26/05/2025

Strong representation of Catalan street arts artists and professionals at the Out There Festival and Fresh Street encounter in the United Kingdom

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).
22/05/2025

The Institut Ramon Llull brings together twenty Catalan translators for the first time in a working session at its headquarters

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.
14/05/2025

Andrés Galeano Documents the Galactic Journey of a Fragment of Cologne Cathedral as Part of the Photoszene Festival

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.
12/05/2025

The Institut Ramon Llull participates in the annual ENLIT network meeting as part of Book World Prague

On the same dates, the Turin International Book Fair takes place, where the IRL will hold around forty professional meetings.
12/05/2025

Open call for a literary residency at the Château de Lavigny

Open to writers in the Catalan language; applications accepted until 26 May.
08/05/2025

Water Parliaments opens in Venice: The Catalan and Balearic Proposal for the Biennale Architettura 2025

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.
06/05/2025

Dagoll Dagom sings the Pirates’ Hymn from 'Mar i cel' in Italian, translated by students of the Xarxa Llull Network

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.
06/05/2025

Prominent Catalan Presence at the Biennale Architettura 2025

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.
28/04/2025

Announcement of the Rules of the 2025 Ramon Llull International Awards

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.
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