2 October - 11 December 2019

CINEMA COURSE. DISSIDENTS CINEMA AND OTHER EVERYDAY UPRISINGS

Timetable: Wednesdays from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.  ‘Splitters!’ (Dissidents). This was how the members of the People’s Front of Judea characterised those of the Popular Front of Judea, and was also the cry addressed to the sole member of the latter, sitting a few steps below. This legendary scene from Mont…

3 - 17 June 2019

WE REFUGEES. SEMINARS

Exile due to political conflicts is one of the dramas that best characterises the history of the 20th century.The right of asylum was conceived as one of the fundamental pillars of modern European democracies after the Second World War, both to combat totalitarianism and to build an idea of ethical and solidarit…

2 - 3 May 2019

SCIENTIFIC SEMINARS. NEW PROPOSALS FOR RESEARCH INTO CONTEMPORARY ART AND AESTHETICS

The discursive models applied to the study of art are changing in unison with trends themselves, with contributions from researchers formulating new theoretical and methodological proposals. During these seminars, we seek to present some of the most innovative approaches being applied to the study of the artistic…

20 March - 5 June 2019

THE INTRAHISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. LESSONS ON THE HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE

The Intrahistory of Architecture is a programme with an educational approach, a course with a solid basis in scientific knowledge and research, a critical course dedicated to dissemination.

1 February - 16 November 2019

ART EDUCATION COURSE. ART IN THE CLASSROOM (RELAUNCH)

The CGAC relaunches this series of practical courses for teachers, which propose the use of contemporary art as a learning tool for the classroom. The programme is structured around three themes of great importance to formal education (mathematics, narrative and knowledge of the natural environment). It is d…

9 January - 13 March 2019

WHO’S AFRAID OF MODERN ART? A LOOK AT ARTISTIC PRACTICES OF THE 20TH CENTURY FROM NEAR AND FAR

Art from both the 20th century and the present day has undergone an evolutionary process that is full of discontinuities packed with references and languages that either embrace the tradition of western art or totally reject it. Art can be interpreted through a wide assortment of operational strategies that are c…

14 - 15 December 2018

COURSE GIVEN BY THE ARTISTS BLEDA AND ROSA. A GEOGRAPHY OF TIME: ANALYSIS AND METHOD

The way of addressing landscape, representing territory or taking a look at what we think is conditioned by a vast cultural framework, with the elements that intervene in its physical or imaginary construction seen as having a manifold nature

29 November - 1 December 2018

III PERFORMANCE ART CONFERENCE. FUGAS E INTERFERENCIAS

Will be held from November the 29 th to December the 1st, 2018 in the cities of Pontevedra and Santiago de Compostela. The conference is organized by the University of Vigo and the Museum of Galician Contemporary Art (CGAC). The main objective of the conference will be focused on the analysis a…

10 October - 19 December

FILM COURSE. COMPLICATED LOVE. MELODRAMA IN FILM

Ever since motion pictures began telling stories, the focus of attraction of countless films, regardless of their genre, has undoubtedly been the love story . The body and face of film stars became the centre of attraction on the screen; objects of admiration for filmmakers and spectators.

09 March - 10 November 2018

ART EDUCATION COURSE. ART IN THE CLASSROOM

This cycle of practical courses for teachers proposes the use of contemporary art as a learning tool for the classroom. The programme is structured around three themes of great importance to formal education (mathematics, narrative and knowledge of the natural environment). It is designed to explore the limit…

30 November - 2 December 2017

2nd CONFERENCE ON PERFORMANCE ART. FUGUES AND INTERFERENCES

The second conference on performance art, Fugues and Interferences, organised by the University of Vigo in collaboration with the CGAC [Galician Modern Art Centre], will take place from 30 November to 2 December 2017 in the cities of Pontevedra (Casa das Campás) and Santiago de Compostela (CGAC).

24-25 November 2017

NEW NARRATIVES IN CONTEMPORARY ART HISTORY SEMINAR

In recent years we have witnessed how, at the same time as the degrees of Art History and Fine Arts were becoming consolidated, museums and art centres were developing different methodologies in their research work on contemporary creation.

18 October 2017 - 23 May 2018

FILM COURSE. THE BODIES OF FILM

The Bodies of Film is set out as a reflection on the figure and its relationship with spaces in the audiovisual medium. Under this pretext and over 23 sessions, we will analyse how the body transits in different cinematographic contexts, either from a perspective of gender (comedy, musical, drama, western...), …

17 February - 6 May 2017

CRITICAL ATTEMPTS. DEBATES

Critical Attempts is the discursive and theoretical focus of the exhibition project Critical [Ex]positions , which will culminate in the publication of three issues of a magazine where, among other contents, and along with the contributions made by the speakers at the panels, two dialogues between the project …

26 January 2017

ARCHITECTURE LECTURE ON THE WORK OF EVA LOOTZ 'FORM FINDING'. FREI OTTO, A FREE MAN

On the occasion of the closing of the exhibition Cut Through the Fog the CGAC is organising a talk on architecture linked to the work of the artist Eva Lootz.

13-14 January 2017

WALKING SEMINARS. DECOLONISED COUNTRYSIDE.

Ruraldecolonizado is a project stemming from the following question: is the wisdom generated in the countryside being marginalised in favour of the knowledge generated in cities? Using the methodology of ‘walking seminars,’ an attempt is made to answer this question with the help of neighbours from rural areas …

16 November 2016 - 31 May 2017

EYES THAT REFUSE TO CLOSE. THE PERSISTENCIES AND RESISTANCES OF THE GAZE IN THE HISTORY OF CINEMA

The history of humanity is also the history of the gaze. From the light of the stars to the shadows of caves, human beings have always tried to see further, to go beyond their everyday reality. And with their insatiable scopipc impulse, with their resistance to close their eyes, illusion, dreams and fantasy were …

28 September-10 November 2016

TV OR NOT TV. ITINERARIES FROM TV FICTION

Television is essential to understand the historical evolution of audiovisual images and culture. Since its origins it has revealed itself as the most influential means of communication for masses due to its immediacy and its practically innate capacity to adapt to consumer preferences.

7 April 2016

FIRST CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN CONTEMPORARY ART THROUGH MUSEUMS, ART CENTRES, FOUNDATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS

Since 2014, in collaboration with different Spanish institutions engaging in contemporary art, the IAC has been organising round tables that are open to the public, with the purpose of setting up meetings where the sector's professionals can get together and reflect.

17-18 March and 22 September 2016

NO DEBATE, NO MUSEUM

These encounters aim to offer a place for work and reflection on the present and future of modern art centres and institutions. In a time of change in the social and economic sphere, as well as within the administration of CGAC itself and other public institutions of Galicia, we think it is the perfect time to ge…

28 October 2015 – 11 May 2016

THE ORIGIN OF THE 21st CENTURY. TRANSFORMATIONS OF CONTEMPORARY IMAGE AND FILM (1990-2010)

Not only has the arrival of the twenty-first century not led to the ‘death of cinema’ for the umpteenth time, but it has marked the start of the last (for now) of its many lives. A new era of exciting transformations, not only technological (digital cinema, 3D, Internet distribution...) but also geographical (eme…

7-8 May 2015

INSULTARTE II WORKSHOP

The CGAC presents the second edition of the Insultarte Workshop (Insult+art/Insult+you) directed by the artists Vanesa Castro, Iñaki López and Juan Lesta. A comprehensive program of activities targeting students and workers from the world of culture and creation to provide them with guidelines on labor, fiscal and ma…

22 October 2014 - 20 May 2015

THE DRIFTS OF MODERNITY. FROM CLASSIC TO MODERN FILM. PERCEPTIONS, AWAKENINGS AND ECHOES OF THE NEW CINEMA TRENDS OF MODERNITY (1950-1980)

This course offers an overview on the revolution caused by the new cinema trends of the nineteen-sixties, their perceptions in the fifties and their subsequent echoes during the seventies. What took place was a revolution that challenged classical cinema and marked the beginning of modernity; in the words of Domè…

26-28 June 2014

WHAT ARE YOU WHATCHING? AN APPROACH TO AMERICAN FICTIONAL TELEVISION OF THE 21st CENTURY

The advent and rise of new media such as the Internet and video games at the end of the twentieth century pushed television out of the spotlight of the media ecosystem. The resulting new environments forced classical media to adapt to the modern reality. In light of new digital consumers, television has und…

21-23 May 2014

NEW USES AND PATHOLOGIES OF THE CONTEMPORARY IMAGE

The advent of the internet, or the technological advances that now enable and dictate the guidelines for the recording and playback of images and sounds, have caused an obvious shift in the relationship that links the image with its potential consumers.Among the issues this brings new availability raises, it’s…

25-26 March 2014

INSULTARTE TWO-DAY CONFERENCE

Insultarte (play on words in Spanish with ‘insult’ and ‘art,’ and literally meaning ‘to insult you’) is a comprehensive activities program aimed at students and workers from the field of culture and creation. The program includes a workshop, a lecture series and a round table that will provide participants wi…

14th, 28th Setember and 5th October 2013

COURSE ON LISTENING PROTOCOLS

14th , 28th Setember and 5th de October This course is set forth as a space for thought within the context of contemporary music; a timeless journey where the musicologist Emilio Lede proposes creative itineraries through the history of music with the purpose of unravelling some of the key concepts that constit…

31 October 2012

SURREALISM AND EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA EUGENIO GRANELL

Many painters, along with Granell, have enjoyed a close relatesationship with celluloid, particularly in the experimental field, to the extent that the majority of the innovators of the avant-garde movements of the past, almost all of whom were Dadaists and Surrealists, came originally from the world of …