This exhibition invites us to re-hear, re-see and re-think the stream of information that we receive in the era of fake news, post-truth and alternative facts.

The artist explores and subverts the cultural and political discourses embedded in pop music, electronics, art, television and film.

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Performance

Saturdays 26 September, 31 October and 19 December 2020

Action at the end of the month

Action music, poetic action and chance, and performance the last Saturday of the next months

With the participation of Pere Lluís Pla Boixó, Jordi Mitjà, Pedro F. Bericat, Quim Tarrida, Oscar Abril Ascaso, Denys Blacker, Bartolomé Ferrando, Xavier Theros, Luz Broto, Jaume Ferrete i Marc Vives.

#DissabtesMACBA, free

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Action: A provisional history of the 90s

Exhibition

From July 10th, 2020 to February 7th, 2021

Action: A provisional history of the 90s

Immerse yourself in the performance scene in Spain throughout that decade.

This group exhibition reexamines the era of the nineties from the standpoint of artists who defended action art as a space for critical reflection.

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Ongoing Display

A Short Century: MACBA Collection

This exhibition offers a chronological look at the MACBA Collection from 1929 to the present.

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Exhibitions

Exhibition

July 10th, to November 6th 2020

On Riots, Grief and Parties

Exhibition

July 10th, 2020 to February 7th, 2021

Action: A provisional history of the 90s

Exhibition

October 23rd, 2020 to February 7th, 2021

Tony Cokes: Music, Text, Politics

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Ongoing display

A Short Century: MACBA Collection

Activities

Activity

Saturdays 26 September, 31 October and 19 December 2020

Action at the end of the month

Music and live arts

Activity

30 and 31 October 2020

Writings on the Run Towards a History of Action in the 1990s

Courses and seminars

Activity

Saturdays 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 October and 7 November 2020

Babum bum bum tic-tac bum bum tucutún

Dirigido a familias con niños y niñas de 2 a 5 años

Workshops

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Collectables

Weekly proposals to get to know the Collection.

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Guerrilla Girls: When Art is the Question Guerrilla Communication

The Basquiats of the MACBA The Lyrical Sound of the Blues

Unmissable

Tony Cokes: Music, Text, Politics

This exhibition invites us to re-hear, re-see and re-think the stream of information that we receive in the era of fake news, post-truth and alternative facts. The artist explores and subverts the cultural and political discourses embedded in pop music, electronics, art, television and film.

Estética fósil. Imaginarios de la energía y crisis ecosocial

Jaime Vindel

The book describes the effect that the imaginaries of fossils and energy have had, over the last two centuries, on various scientific disciplines and cultural practices, while critically challenging their validity in the context of neoliberalism and the ongoing eco-social crisis.

Dissabtes MACBA

Every Saturday starting at 4 p.m. you can visit all the exhibitions for free and get a closer look at them, guided by the artists . Plus, have a look at the special activities offered the last Saturday of each month; you’ll be surprised!

Tony Cokes. Texto de Christoph Cox: El autor como selector

Cokes has deployed a visual style marked by the use of animated text, images, monochromatic slides and videos, with which he assembles a biting criticism of capitalism using colour theory, sound, music and literal quotes from voices as diverse as Louis Althusser, Malcolm X, David Bowie, Public Enemy and Donald Trump.

L'Internationale Online

Austerity and Utopia

New ebook available

2020

'Austerity and Utopia' is the first in a series looking at other potential narratives for mapping our current landscape through redefining the social, political and economic terms of engagement.

Edited by L'Internationale Online With contents by Nav Haq, Pablo Martínez and Corina Oprea, Emilio Santiago Muíño, Athena Athanasiou, Fran MM Cabeza de Vaca, Max Haiven, Miguel A. López, Marwa Arsanios and Ayesha Hameed.

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