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Banksy Prankumentary makes waves in art world
December 14, 2010 – 9:46 am | 2 Comments
Banksy Prankumentary makes waves in art world

Banksy, the famous British graffiti artist know for using walls the world over as a support for his political stencils, this time fixes his critical gaze firmly against the contemporary art market. “Exit through the …

Big Bang Show
December 7, 2010 – 9:08 am | No Comment
Big Bang Show

Ask any hip cat on the streets of Barcelona about the big bang bar, and they will rave about its cool vintage atmosphere and buzzing Fashion crowd. Although it dates back to the early 90′s, …

Hangar: Barcelona Artist´s Colony
December 2, 2010 – 9:54 am | No Comment
Hangar: Barcelona Artist´s Colony

Everyone, deep down, has dreamed at least once of being an artist. Although money to live on is a daily dilemma for most artists, in recent years we have seen a steady proliferation of …

Psychobilly in Barcelona
December 1, 2010 – 2:54 pm | One Comment
Psychobilly in Barcelona

Zombies with colored Mohawks or shaved heads, tight jeans, earrings and military boots for boys,  and for girls, pin-up makeup,  corsets with 50′s hair styles and fuchsia, green, yellow or pink sexy clothes and torn …

Goth Christmas Festival 2010, Barcelona
November 25, 2010 – 3:05 pm | One Comment
Goth Christmas Festival 2010, Barcelona

There are many kinds of Dioramas. One of these is a Christmas nativity scene, which depicts the birth of Jesus and often occupies an important place beside the Christmas tree. But the Christmas scene I …

‘Cruising’ in Montjuic Park
November 23, 2010 – 9:27 am | No Comment
‘Cruising’ in Montjuic Park

If the landscaping team Forestier and  Tudurí i Rubió turned over in their graves and observed what many users of Montjuic Park actually do in it, well, they might actually turn over in their …

Planeta award goes to Eduardo Mendoza
November 19, 2010 – 2:57 pm | No Comment
Planeta award goes to Eduardo Mendoza

In more ways than one, you can say that the ever-controversial annual Planeta award is the event that officially kicks off literary season in Spain. Established fifty-eight years ago by the editor Juan Manuel Lara …

El Barato: a midight oasis
November 16, 2010 – 3:52 pm | One Comment
El Barato: a midight oasis

El barato is a bar that is full of surprises. At first glance it looks like a simple neighborhood bar, which in Barcelona means dirt, grit, football and colorful characters getting drunk on cheap alcohol …