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The Art of the First Globalization at the MACBA

Posted on April 5, 2013April 2, 2013 by Barcelona Guide

The Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art is pleasuring their visitors with glamorous exhibitions. From the early November 2012 to late June 2013 they open a brand new salons, they call „The art of the first globalization”. The exhibition shows up with the world changes between 1957 and 2011. From the sixties the public transportation, the media system and the communication made a great leap forward and it changed our life seriously. This change shows up on this first floor exhibition in the MACBA.

The museum opened its gates in 1995, and swiftly became Barcelona’s second well attended museum just right after the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya. This honorable placing is on the ground of it’s commanding exhibitions, and the building’s exciting mediterranean charm. In December 2007 they opened the Library Reading Room where the visitors get free access to the museum’s books. The building was constructed in the middle of Barcelona for the price of 35 million USD.

The capital of Cataluña has five million souls and it is located at the beautiful coast of the Mediterranean. One of the biggest European staples with a world of boutiques, and probably the biggest and most famous market of the continent, the Mercar de la Buqueria. The great many of products, with rolling mass tourists seduces equally the customers and those, who only want to watch the colorful whirl of Barcelona. Have a great time!

The Art of the First Globalization
Museum of Contemporary Art
November 2012 – June 2013

Roberto Bolaño exhibition at the Centre de Cultura Contemporánia de Barcelona

Posted on April 3, 2013April 2, 2013 by Barcelona Guide

I am sure that almost everybody knows the worldwide famous Chilean writer, Roberto Bolaño’s name. The sad fate writer made immortal stories, like the Night in Chile and the Distant Star.

Roberto Bolaño was born in Santiago de Chile in 1953. He left South America in 1977, he travelled for a while, and after that he established within Spain, where he got married. He started writing because he fed his family. He was 38, when he known he had liver cancer. While he was waiting for the transposition surgery, he wrote all the time, we can say, he running the race with death by his works. Bolaño was one of the most talented Latin-American writers of the young generation. He used tension, life and literature in his works. He had unbelievable self-irony, what just grown as he became more famous. He smoked cigarettes all the time, for example while writing. He gave interview only trough e-mails, because he said, he doesn’t want to say something wrong live.

Those who knows him, or those who just meets him because of our article and like to know more about his life and his work, here is a great chance in one of the most famous Spanish cities, in Barcelona, to do it. In the Centre de Cultura Contemporánia de Barcelona, or CCCB there is a fantastic exhibition of Bolaño’s published and unpublished works, photos, novels, poems between 5 March 2013 and 30 June 2013, so fans could meet better their favorite. The exhibition’s name is “Bolaño Archive. 1977-2003”. Do not miss it!

Roberto Bolaño exhibition
March 5th – June 30th
Centre de Cultura Contemporánia de Barcelona

Chema Madoz exhibition at the La Pedrera

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Barcelona Guide

Maybe not everyone knows the famous contemporary Spanish photographer, Chema Madoz’s name, but he is one of the most popular surrealistic photo artists in his home. If you like photography, you could visit one of the most famous Spanish cities, Barcelona, and the La Pedrera museum between 9 April 2013 and 28 July 2013, because there will be a fantastic exhibition of Chema Madoz’s works.

José Maria Rodriguez Madoz was born in Spain, in 1958. He studied art history at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid between 1980 and 1983. That was the time, when he started the photography, and he became famous as Chema Madoz with his black and white surrealistic pictures.

The exhibition of the artist will be in the La Pedrera, or Casa Milá. The building was designed by the famous Catalan architect, Antonio Gaudí. The building became a member on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1984, so this amazing building became immortal forever.

Do not miss the exhibition of Chema Madoz’s breathtaking pictures between 9 April 2013 and 28 July 2013. Imagine that you spend a lovely long weekend in Barcelona, visit the most famous attractions, like the Sagrada Família, which is one of the members of the World Heritage List, the Paseo de Grácia and naturally the also World Heritage member Casa Milá, or La Pedrera, where you can see the talented Spanish photo artist’s best works. It could be a fantastic program opportunity, so do not miss it!

Chema Madoz exhibition
April 8th – July 28th

Spring hotels in Barcelona 2013

Posted on March 28, 2013September 23, 2014 by Barcelona Guide

Barcelona is one of the most visited cities in all of the world and there are hotels, apartments, pensions and bed and breakfasts located all over the city. With so many options to choose from we want to make the job easier for you, so here comes some recommendations for three good spring hotels in Barcelona in 2013.

The three hotels we want to recommend all have central location not far from La Rambla, and in addition to great location they have reasonable prices, giving good value for your money.

We hope you will like what you see and if you do, do not forget to book at once, because the best rooms are quickly booked in a busy city such as Barcelona.

Recommended Barcelona hotels
Ohla Hotel
Eurostars Ramblas
Room Mate Pau

Eros Ramazotti concert in Barcelona

Posted on February 6, 2013January 9, 2014 by Barcelona Guide

Who has never heard about Eros Ramazotti? Everybody knows at least one of his best songs, because his melodies are speaking to everybody! He impresses his fans with his changeable style. Sometimes he is wild and rock, sometimes he is soft and romantic and sometimes he just gives you a good reason to think about big things of life. It tosses you up to the sky and after that let you fall, finally catches you. This is Eros Ramazotti’s music!

The name is telltale, Ramazotti was born in Italy, Rome, in 1963. He has started the musician career in 1982, when he sighed up with the DDD records.

He has made several albums since it in Italian and Spanish language too. He made fantastic duets with his famous colleagues, such as Cher, Tina Turner and Andrea Bocelli too.

His newest album, Noi, released in the November of 2012. The following tour will start in the spring of 2013 until September. The concert tour’s ultimate stop is one of the most famous cities of Spain, the amazing Barcelona, in 19 September 2013 in Palau Sant Jordi.

It’s useful information about Palau Sant Jordi, this is a quiet new stadium in Barcelona, it opened in 1990. In case of a concert, its capacity is 24 thousand people!

Of course, the Palau Sant Jordi is not the only interesting thing in Barcelona. The famous Sagrada Família, which is a member of the UNESCO World Heritage list, such as the Casa Milá or the Casa Batlló are in this beautiful city too. We can offer the Olympic Village or the home of SC Barcelona, the Camp Nou, or New Stadion for the sport fans. Organize an enjoyable journey to Barcelona in autumn, discover this amazing city and have a wonderful time at Eros Ramazotti’s concert! Have a good time!

Eros Ramazotti concert in Barcelona
Tickets: Viagogo – Seatwave.com – WorldTicketShop

Jacqueline Picasso’s legacy in Barcelona

Posted on January 24, 2013January 24, 2013 by Barcelona Guide

I think i don’t have to introduce the city of Barcelona. Famous footballers, Spanish atmosphere, beach, party, fun, relaxing, everything you need. Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain and the capital of the province of Catalonia also. But like everywhere, there is sometimes worthwhile to get up off the beach and immerse yourself in the culture. As always, visitors can choose from several opportunities, and not just the Sagrada Familia, the FC Barcelona stadium or the Olympic Village, what was built because of the Olympic Games in 1992, because here is the famous Picasso Museum too.

Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter, was born in 1881, whose work was groundbreaking and many divisive. He was the most important avantgarde painter in the 20th century. Although he was born in Malaga, when he was the age of 14 the family moved to Barcelona, because his father was a successful art teacher, and he got a job at the College of Fine Arts in Barcelona as a teacher. So we can say that the little Pablo had the gene of an artist.

He has gone through many troubles in his life. Picasso was famous among women. He married his last woman, Jacqueline, in 1961 on the French Riviera, where the master lived in those days. Jacqueline Roque was a Parisian lady, who appeared for the first time in Pablo’s painting in 1954. She ended her life by a pistol 13 years after the master’s death.

But let’s talk about something happier: the famous Picasso Museum shows its respect with a wonderful exhibition in front of the present of Jacqueline. Those who like Picasso’s work, do not miss this great exhibition with the unique pieces, which show bull fights, ancient images and other subjects, what Picasso loved, and we also can see the details of a great love story on the masterpieces.

The exhibition is available between 26 October 2012 and 1 April 2013 in the Picasso Museum, Barcelona. The museum is open from every Tuesday to every Sunday, between 10 AM and 8 PM. Ticket for temporary exhibitions is 4,40 Euros, for the whole museum and temporary exhibitions is 11 Euros.

Everybody have a good time!

Rihanna Barcelona 2013

Posted on November 22, 2012January 2, 2014 by Barcelona Guide

On the first day of June in 2013 Barcelona will be visited by an incredible singer and performer. Rihanna is coming to one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe and you are of course welcome to come as well. The Rihanna concert on June 1st in Barcelona will start at 20.30 and the venue for the concert is Palau Sant Jordi.

The venue has space for for almost 25,000 people on indoor concerts and events, so you can easily imagine what kind of atmosphere it will be in the arena as Rihanna enters the stage? This is a concert you do not want to miss for the world if you are in Barcelona in June 2013!

The concert with Rihanna will probably be the highlight of the year when it comes to concerts in Barcelona in 2013, maybe with the exception of the Justin Bieber Barcelona 2013 event on March 16th. But, if you are a Rihanna fan, then you know where to be next year on June 1st! Tickets to the event can be bought using links beneath this text.

Rihanna Barcelona 2013
Palau Sant Jordi
June 1st, 20.30

Tickets: Tickets: Viagogo – Seatwave.com – WorldTicketShop

Spanish IP address and web TV from outside Spain

Posted on October 16, 2012February 4, 2013 by Barcelona Guide

We will not write an article about how to get a Spanish IP address and how to watch Spanish web-tv only available to people inside Spain ourselves, but our friends in the Madrid Guide have just written articles about both the subjects, and we can warmly recommend them to all our readers interested in how to get a Spanish IP address or maybe watching some tv broadcasts online only available to those with a Spanish IP address, or in other words only available to those inside Spain.

You might be on a holiday somewhere around the world, or maybe you are a Spanish guy or girl who have moved to some other country in the world, but once there, you find yourself desperate for some spanish TV show you have fallen in love with, or maybe you want to see a soccer match live which can only be seen if you have a Spanish IP address or maybe there is some other reason, but if you have this request and need a Spanish IP address for some reason, check out the following articles written by Madrid Guide.

– How to watch Spanish web-tv from abroad?
– How to get a Spanish IP address?

The solution described in the articles will not only give you a Spanish IP address, but it will also give you the chance to get IP addresses in lots of other countries around the world such as Norway, Hungary, Italy, England, USA and many, many more. It will also encrypt your connection, making your surfing safe and protected to people who would like to get hold of your private information.

If you want to find out what you current IP address is, visit this page: What is my IP address?

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Barcelona Guide

“The Conversion of Saint Pau: Attribution and restoration” is the name of an exhibition available for almost two more weeks in the National Art Museum of Catalonia. This painting is not to be mixed with the painting named The Conversion of Saint Paul made by Caravaggio, as this painting is one of few painting that has remained made by the painter Juan Bautista Maíno. He was a Spanish painter, but he was also under the influence of Caravaggio. This exhibition where you can see the painting and get to know more about it as you admire it will be on a special exhibition until September 30th. You can get to see it with a general ticket to the museum.

The Conversion of Saint Pau: Attribution and restoration

July 5th – September 30th, 2012
National Art Museum of Catalonya

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Javier Vilato exhibition in Picasso Museum

Posted on September 14, 2012September 17, 2012 by Barcelona Guide

An exhibition lasting until September 30th in the Picasso museum in Barcelona with the name of Vilato 1921-2000 is currently on display. Who was Vilato? Javier Vilato is the name of the nephew of Picasso and he had a close contact with his uncle. In this exhibition you can get to know Javier Vilato better and of course see some of his most famous works on display. The full name of the exhibition is “Vilató 1921-2000. Barcelona-Paris. The Road to Freedom”. The curator is the son of Javier Vilato, Xavier Vilato.

This is one of five parts of this exhibition. The other four parts of the exhibition can be seen in Museu Frederic Marès, Fundació Vila Casas, Sala Dalmau and Galeria Joan Gaspar. Do not miss out on this wonderful Barcelona exhibition, it is worth a visit.

Vilató 1921-2000. Barcelona-Paris. The Road to Freedom
Picasso museum
May 7th – September 30th Javier Vilato exhibition in Picasso Museum