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Spain NOW! – Contemporary Spanish Art and Culture in London

Spain NOW! 2014 poster
Spain NOW! 2014 poster

From Thursday 9 October until Tuesday 25 November 2014, you could see the best of Spanish creative talent in London, in the sixth annual season of Spain NOW! – Contemporary Spanish Art and Culture.

The season, which first took place in 2009, showcased cutting-edge Spanish arts: visual art, architecture, literature and dance at venues including the Barbican Centre, Sadler's Wells, Maddox Arts, and 12 Star Gallery, with the creative hub at Hanmi Gallery in Fitzrovia.

These were some of the highlights:

14–24 October – Photography exhibition by Ricky Davila at the 12 Star Gallery, Westminster, in conjunction with PhotoEspaña festival. Ricky has won the Best American Picture Prize and FotoPress Award.

23 OctoberEl Edificio, screening of Victor Moreno's documentary about the iconic Madrid building Edificio España, with a talk afterwards by Brendan Cormier, lead curator of 20th Century Design at the V&A.

Spain NOW! 2014 programme
Spain NOW! 2014 programme

7–9 November – Open Studios Weekend, with Spanish artists opening their studios in various locations around London to the public.

24–25 November – Dance Performance at Lilian Bayliss Studio, Sadler's Wells.

For more information, see the Spain NOW! website.

 

Blog published on 3 October 2014