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.

Andrés Galeano, X-DBA-00408 #1, 2024 © Andrés Galeano

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

Open to writers in the Catalan language; applications accepted until 26 May.

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.

Recycling Intelligences. JL Office. Foto: Adrià Goula

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.

The Institut Ramon Llull and the Delegation of the Government of the Generalitat of Catalonia in France are co-organising various cultural and festive events to celebrate Sant Jordi in Paris on 25 and 26 April. An event with poetry and live music is also planned in Berlin on the evening of Friday the 25th.

The Catalonia in Venice exhibition will open on 8 May as part of the Eventi Collaterali of the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia and will run until 23 November.

The Institut Ramon Llull is co-organising this unique performance, which will take place on Saturday 12 April at 7:30 p.m.

The Catalan creators are among the artists selected by the curatorial team led by Antonio Somaini. The exhibition will be on view at the Jeu de Paume from 11 April to 21 September, with the support of the Institut Ramon Llull.

The group show Le monde selon l’IA (The World According to AI), presents a selection of works created between 2016 and the present, including several previously unseen pieces, which explore the experience of the world “according to AI” or “through the prism of AI.” The exhibition is curated by a team led by Antonio Somaini, together with Ada Ackerman, Alexandre Gefen and Pia Viewing.

The Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF) has included in its programme The Inflovable Machine, a piece by the renowned Catalan digital creator Mónica Rikić. This installation will be part of the ADAF Kids section of the Greek Festival with the support of the Institut Ramon Llull.

The Kauffman Center in Kansas will be the setting on Saturday 5 April for the world premiere of Fortuny-Venise, the piece commissioned by the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra from Catalan composer Joan Magrané.

The Mattress Factory museum in Pittsburgh will host an exhibition by Catalan artist Marc Vilanova on 28 March, with the support of the Institut Ramon Llull. The exhibition will be open until 10 May 2026.

Exhibition "Grounded Frictions" by Marc Vilanova. Courtesy of Mattress Factory

The application round to take part in the Llull Fellowship programme 2025 is now open. Applications are welcome from March 19th until May 16th.

It is the 24th edition of the fellowship and more than 200 professionals from 40 countries have participated.

It will take place from September 21st to 26th 2025 in Barcelona, along with the Setmana del Llibre en Català (Books in Catalan Week in Barcelona).

From September 21st to 26th, 2025 in Barcelona.