In European history, the Way to Santiago has been one of the earliest unifying elements of the old continent. The discovery of the sepulchre of St James, the first martyred apostle, in the 9th Century proved to be a point of reference which helped ...

"The Master said: ‘I would prefer not speaking!' Tsze-kung said: ‘If you, Master, do not speak, what shall we, your disciples, have to record?' The Master said: 'Does Heaven speak? The four seasons pursue their courses, and the hundred creatures ...

As a way of hooking people, a large window. Behind it, a mysterious show. In front of it, an astounded audience. Using these ingredients, Javier Peñafiel (Zaragoza, 1964) presents in CaixaForum's auditorium Public Absence, an installation piece that ...

Fear of otherness, but also of oneself. Situations of psychosis, panic and anguish repeated day after day. Wars of mass destruction and terrorist massacres, yet also mental imbalance and split personalities. We live immersed in a ‘geography of fear' ...

Today, the Mayor of Madrid, Alberto Ruiz Gallardón, the President of the Autonomous Community of Madrid, Esperanza Aguirre, and the Chairman of "la Caixa" Ricardo Fornesa will preside over a foundation stone-laying ceremony for CaixaForum Madrid, ...

"I'm dreaming of a book on Matisse colour." These words were spoken to Matisse by the publisher Tériade on 20 August 1940. Seven years later, the book Jazz was published, an artist's book that is incredibly joyful, despite the turbulent times out of ...

Thirty thousand brown envelopes hidden under the floorboards of an apartment for 35 years, bound by rubber bands and ordered by period, place and type of film. Each contained a negative inside a tiny paper sachet. Written on each envelope, in ...

The Contemporary Art Collection of "la Caixa" Foundation will be bringing to Cordoba a significant selection of works by 18 artists from Spain and abroad which were created in the ten-year period between 1983 and 1993. Titled 1983-1993. A ...

Four stories of four women who wear wigs. One of them is accused of terrorism, and has lived in disguise for 30 years. Another has lost her hair to chemotherapy. The third is a practicing Muslim who wears a wig instead of a kerchief. The fourth is a ...