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Artists Mariaelena Roqué and Pep Duran are part of Un teatre Lliure, the exhibition with which Teatre Lliure and Palau Robert celebrate the institution’s fifty-year history. The exhibition offers a contemporary perspective on five decades of performing arts, bringing together costumes, set designs and other elements that have helped shape the theatre’s visual identity.

Among the works on display is a piece by Pep Duran created for Fashion Feeling Music (1999/00). It is a pink coat designed by the artist, who was also responsible for the production’s set design. The piece was part of a group of three coats conceived as a tribute to the Shakespearean universe and was later incorporated by Duran into the installation Fòbia, highlighting the constant movement in his practice between the stage and the visual arts.

The exhibition also includes a work by Mariaelena Roqué linked to L’adéu de Lucrècia Borja (2001/02), a production for which she created the set design, costumes and characterisation. The piece originated from the character La Vannozza, later transformed by Roqué into Mare de totes les guerres, a figure that the artist has continued to develop and reinterpret beyond its original theatrical context.

The presence of both artists in Un teatre Lliure highlights the close dialogue between visual arts, the body, costume and stage space that runs through their respective practices.

Un teatre Lliure can be visited in Room 3 at Palau Robert in Barcelona until 17 January 2027.

More information at the following link: Un teatre lliure. Palau Robert

The exhibition Palmira Puig / Marcel Giró. Humanism in Brazilian Modernist Photography is now on view at the Instituto Cervantes in São Paulo. Inaugurated on 5 September and curated by Rocío Santa Cruz, the exhibition is part of the cultural programme organised to mark Spain’s participation as Guest of Honour at the 28th São Paulo International Book Biennial, taking place from 4 to 13 September 2026.

The exhibition brings together more than one hundred photographs by Palmira Puig and Marcel Giró, tracing the careers of both artists from their arrival in Brazil following their exile to their involvement with the Foto Cine Clube Bandeirante and their contribution to the renewal of modern Brazilian photography. Particular attention is given to the rediscovery of Palmira Puig and her work, whose humanist vision occupies a central place within this photographic context.

The presence of both photographers also extends to the Biennial itself. The Spanish Pavilion, inaugurated on 4 September as the central venue for Spain’s participation, features a visual installation comprising twenty photographs by Palmira Puig and Marcel Giró, thus establishing a dialogue between the exhibition at the Instituto Cervantes and Spain’s official programme as Guest of Honour.

Alongside the exhibition, the Instituto Cervantes will host a Confluências Fotográficas event on 8 September at 7 p.m. Rocío Santa Cruz and João Kulcsár will take the exhibition as a starting point for a conversation exploring photography, the circulation of images, memory, and connections across different cultural contexts. The discussion will also highlight the rediscovery of Palmira Puig and the recognition of her place in the history of modern photography.

The exhibition and the presentation of their work at the Spanish Pavilion further strengthen international recognition of Palmira Puig and Marcel Giró’s legacy, placing it at the heart of the cultural exchange between Spain and Brazil that shapes this year’s Biennial.

From 5 September, the Instituto Cervantes of São Paulo will host the exhibition Palmira Puig / Marcel Giró. Humanism in Brazilian Modernist Photography , a major exhibition dedicated to celebrating the careers of two key figures in modern Brazilian photography. Organised as part of Spain’s participation as Guest of Honour at the 28th São Paulo International Book Biennial, the exhibition will highlight the artistic legacy of both photographers and their decisive contribution to the renewal of photographic language in the twentieth century.

The exhibition will bring together more than one hundred photographs, offering visitors the opportunity to discover the distinctive vision of Palmira Puig and Marcel Giró. After going into exile from Spain following the Spanish Civil War, the two photographers found in São Paulo a space for creative freedom from which they played an active role in transforming Brazilian photography. As members of the historic Foto Cine Clube Bandeirante, their work combines formal experimentation with a profound humanist sensibility, providing a compelling visual testimony to Brazil’s social and urban modernisation during the mid-twentieth century.

The exhibition Palmira Puig / Marcel Giró. Humanism in Brazilian Modernist Photography will open on 5 September 2026 at the Instituto Cervantes in central São Paulo as one of the flagship cultural events accompanying Spain’s presence at the São Paulo International Book Biennial. In addition, a selection of twenty photographs by both artists will be displayed at the Spain Pavilion within the Biennial grounds, further showcasing a body of work that is fundamental to understanding the history of modern Ibero-American photography.

For further information, please consult the following links related to the exhibition

• Espanha, país convidado de honra da 28ª Bienal Internacional do Livro de São Paulo 2026
• El Instituto Cervantes participará en la Bienal Internacional del Libro de São Paulo con una exposición de los fotógrafos del exilio Palmira Puig y Marcel Giró
• España celebra sus ‘Confluencias’ con Brasil como País Invitado de Honor en la Bienal Internacional do Livro de São Paulo 2026

The Ministry of Culture and Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) have presented the official programme for Spain’s participation as Guest of Honour at the 28th São Paulo International Book Biennial, which will take place from 4 to 13 September 2026 under the theme Confluences. The initiative will bring together a broad representation of Spanish literary and artistic creation, with the aim of strengthening cultural dialogue between Spain and Brazil.

The programme will include the participation of fifty authors, literary events, professional activities, and an extensive multidisciplinary cultural programme. Among the highlights is an exhibition dedicated to Palmira Puig and Marcel Giró, which will open at the Instituto Cervantes in São Paulo and showcase the careers of both photographers, as well as their contribution to the renewal of twentieth-century photographic language. The exhibition will form part of the cultural activities accompanying Spain’s presence at one of Ibero-America’s leading publishing events.

You can consult the full programme for Spain’s participation in the 28th São Paulo International Book Biennial here: full programme

El Periódico highlights the programme of the upcoming São Paulo International Book Biennial, where Spain will participate as the Guest of Honour, and features among its main attractions the exhibition dedicated to photographers Palmira Puig and Marcel Giró. The exhibition will form part of a wide-ranging cultural programme accompanying the event, which will also include poetry evenings, comic masterclasses, literary workshops, and activities for young people and children.

Throughout the article, the newspaper emphasises that the programme seeks to strengthen cultural and publishing ties between Spain and Brazil. In this context, the presence of works by Palmira Puig and Marcel Giró highlights the legacy of two key figures in modern photography and their contribution to Ibero-American cultural dialogue at one of Latin America’s most important publishing events.

You can read the full article at the following link: Spain as Guest of Honour at the São Paulo International Book Biennial.

On 9 July at 7 pm, we are pleased to open A Small Invitation, an exhibition by Rubén González Bonilla at Galería RocioSantaCruz, presented as part of the Art Nou 2026 programme.

The exhibition proposes a dialogue with the exhibition … Ouka Leele. Barcelona 1978–1980 , creating a meeting point between the two creative universes through photography, the body, and experimentation with materials.

Curated by Enrique O. Romero, with the collaboration of Gema Pinedo de Pedro, the exhibition invites visitors to explore Rubén González Bonilla’s visual universe, where photography and textiles become tools for examining the relationship between the body, matter, and the image.

Tomorrow, 8 July, at 7 pm, we look forward to welcoming you to Galería RocioSantaCruz for a conversation on the life, work and legacy of Ouka Leele, held in the framework of the exhibition. Ouka Leele. Barcelona 1978–1980 .

The conversation will bring together María Rosenfeldt, daughter of Ouka Leele and director of the Archive; photographer Maria Espeus, the subject of the iconic photograph Peluqueria (1979); and photographer and cultural manager Pep Rigol. Together, they will share memories, experiences and reflections on one of the most distinctive figures in contemporary Spanish photography.

El País has published an extensive feature on the exhibition Mitologías modernas: Ouka Leele & Co., inaugurated at Sala Alcalá 31 in Madrid. The article highlights how the exhibition offers a fresh interpretation of the art of the 1980s through the revival of classical mythology as a shared visual language embraced by a generation of artists led by Ouka Leele, alongside figures such as El Hortelano, Ceesepe, Carlos Franco and Sigfrido Martín Begué.

Throughout the article, El País examines the exhibition’s curatorial approach, which takes the landmark intervention Rapelle toi, Bárbara! (1987) as its starting point to offer a renewed perspective on the Movida, highlighting the historical, symbolic and aesthetic significance of its artists, as well as the role of classical mythology as one of the key threads that shaped much of their artistic production.

Mitologías modernas: Ouka Leele & Co. is on view until 18 October 2026 at Sala Alcalá 31 in Madrid.

You can read the full article at the following link: La resurrección de los mitos clásicos en el corazón de la Movida, by Rodrigo Naredo.

Sala Alcalá 31 in Madrid is presenting the exhibition Modern Mythologies: Ouka Leele & Co, a project that revisits the role of mythology in the art of the 1980s through the work of Ouka Leele and other key artists of the period, including El Hortelano, Ceesepe, Carlos Franco and Sigfrido Martín Begué. Curated by Julio Pérez Manzanares, the exhibition offers a fresh reading of this artistic moment by exploring the revival of classical myths as a means of interpreting a time of profound cultural transformation.

Taking as its starting point the iconic intervention Rapelle toi, Bárbara! (1987), in which Ouka Leele recreated the myth of Hippomenes and Atalanta at Madrid’s Cibeles Fountain, the exhibition brings together more than one hundred works, including photographs, paintings, drawings and documentary material. The exhibition highlights how classical mythology became a shared visual language for many artists of the period, offering a renewed perspective on the artistic production of Spain’s Transition and the Movida Madrileña, beyond the narratives traditionally associated with that cultural context.

Modern Mythologies: Ouka Leele & Co will remain on view at Sala Alcalá 31 in Madrid until 18 October 2026. The venue is one of the Community of Madrid’s leading exhibition spaces dedicated to contemporary art.

Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos (CAB) presents Como semilla humilde, an exhibition by Teresa Gancedo curated by Javier del Campo, inviting visitors to explore the symbolic universe of one of the most distinctive figures in contemporary Spanish art.

Taking its title from a poem by Antonio Colinas, the exhibition explores the idea of the germinal: that which, despite its small scale, contains an extraordinary potential for growth and transformation. This notion runs throughout Gancedo’s work, where memory, intuition and experience intertwine within a deeply personal visual language.

Through painting, drawing, collage and assemblage, the artist creates an imaginary world populated by figures, natural elements, symbols and objects that evoke both the intimate and the universal. Her works invite a slow and attentive contemplation, where painting becomes a space for reflection and a form of sensitive knowledge.

The exhibition forms part of CAB’s new exhibition programme, alongside La frontera húmeda by Valeria Maculan and Canto llano by Emilio Gañán, creating a journey that explores themes such as memory, perception, transformation, and the experience of the body and space.

Como semilla humilde will be on view at Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos until 6 September 2026.