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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.

Today, 19 June, Tantos mundos en este opens at La Térmica Cultural in Ponferrada, a project by Marina Núñez curated by Isabel Durán. The exhibition offers a reflection on the interdependence between human beings, nature and the cosmos through a body of work that brings together art, science and ecological thought.

Con Tantos mundos en este, Marina Núñez transforma el espacio de La Térmica Cultural en un territorio de contemplación y pensamiento, donde arte, ciencia y conciencia ecológica convergen para imaginar otras formas posibles de habitar el mundo.

The central element of the exhibition is a monumental 104-square-metre installation composed of 288 digitally printed ceramic tiles, accompanied by a sound piece created by Luis de la Torre. The exhibition is completed by Cosmos, a series of laser-engraved glass spheres that expand the viewer’s gaze towards a universal dimension.

The exhibition will be on view at La Térmica Cultural in Ponferrada from 20 June 2026 to 17 January 2027.

The boutique hotel Can Alberti 1740, in Menorca, presents an exhibition bringing together works by Lionel Sabatté, Teresa Gancedo, Jean Denant, Pepo Hernando and Toni Amengual. Organised in collaboration with Galeria Rocio Santa Cruz, the exhibition unfolds throughout various rooms and spaces of the hotel, creating a dialogue between the artworks and the building’s historic architecture.

The exhibition proposes an encounter between heritage, tranquillity and contemporary creation, integrating a carefully curated selection of works within the distinctive setting of Can Alberti. Through this journey, art becomes a natural part of the experience of the place, fostering new relationships between the artworks, the spaces and those who inhabit them.

The exhibition will be on view from 11 June to 25 July 2026.

The artist Marina Núñez is participating in Spain in Transmission: New Digital Work, an exhibition included in the art programme of SXSW London 2026. Curated by Patrick Moore, former director of the Andy Warhol Museum, the exhibition brings together four Spanish artists whose practices explore the creative possibilities of contemporary digital technologies.

Marina Núñez presents the video installations Inmersión and Quietas, as part of a project that brings together art, innovation and contemporary visual culture. Held in Shoreditch, London, SXSW London has established itself as one of the leading international events dedicated to the convergence of creativity, technology and contemporary thought.

The exhibition can be visited as part of SXSW London 2026 from 1 to 6 June, forming part of the festival’s art programme.