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.

Dizzy’s Club play host on Tuesday, March 25, to a concert by the quintet led by Catalan trombonist Alba Pujals. You can purchase your tickets here.

The film festival, which has been held in the German city for 18 years, dedicates half of its Opera Prima section to Catalan productions.

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Lijtmaer will offer a seminar on neo-Victorian literature within the Mercè Rodoreda Chair at CUNY, while Miralles will teach a course on political literature in the Baroque period at the Joan Coromines Chair at the University of Chicago and will give four lectures at different American universities.

Lucía Lijtmaer. Dani Blanco / ARGIA

La Perla 29 organises the 2025 Prelude Edition of the Shakespeare Festival Barcelona, with participation from representatives of various European festivals dedicated to this universal classic.

The second edition of the Hackató – a film residency for young talents that provides support and training for emerging voices in national and international filmmaking – is being heldp until 24 March.

From 8 to 30 March, cinemas in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, and Inverness will screen 7 Catalan feature films and 9 short films and will host talks and discussions with three special guests: Pilar Palomero, Mar Coll, and Alba Bresolí.

Until 10 March, the residence hosts a stay organised jointly with Linguapax, bringing together activists of Vilamovian, Kashubian, Lemko, Dzūkian, Silesian, Amazigh, Nahuatl, Sardinian, Aranese, and Catalan.