‘Part of a door or window where the hinge pin passes through, and where it moves and rotates.’ This is the definition of quicio according to the revered Royal Spanish Academy. If after reading this you are asking yourself what on earth a hinge pin is, well that makes two of us: you, the reader, and me, this impersonal narrator (with the aspirations of a film voiceover) who is covertly trying to attract your attention.
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On the occasion of its 30th anniversary, the CGAC has designed a special programme of concerts and shows that, using the Museum building as a starting point, combines different artistic languages and disciplines such as dance, video creation and music.
WOS Festival is an annual indoor event that takes place in September in different spaces of high heritage value in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
The congress will be held on October 26, 27 and 28, 2023.
Durante as sesións, tanto presenciais coma en liña, achegarémonos á arte contemporánea cunha presentación de imaxes dos diferentes espazos, montaxes e exposicións históricas do CGAC. Exemplificaremos a través dos múltiples soportes, miradas e discursos das obras da Colección CGAC os diversos xeitos de facer da arte actual.
O obxectivo desta actividade é achegar a arte contemporánea aos centros educativos e estimular o interese das novas xeracións pola creación artística do seu tempo.
Once again this year the CGAC collaborates with the 14th edition of the Curtocircuíto International Film Festival.
Curtocircuíto is an international festival that was created in 2003 on the initiative of Santiago de Compostela City Council with the aim of promoting short film creation. Since then, it has gradually consolidated itself to become one of the benchmark festivals for independent film creation in Spain.
This course will be a stroll through the history of photography from the first desire to create an image by the action of light to the emergence of the avant-garde in the early twentieth century.
In this workshop, Almudena Fernández Fariña proposes a reflection on the work’s integration and dialogue with each place, knowing how to differentiate, recognise and appreciate the uniqueness of the spaces.
Workshops for families are back! This activity is designed so that families with children between the ages of 4 and 9 can enjoy and explore the world of contemporary art, developing and enhancing their creative skills.
CGAC presents the ninth edition of this workshop series dedicated to contemporary architecture and aimed at children.
Throughout the year, we will be holding a series of yoga sessions framed within the CGAC’s temporary exhibitions, the suggestive architectural spaces that contain them and the natural spaces of Bonaval park, designed by Álvaro Siza Vieira and the architect and landscape artist Isabel Aguirre.
This Christmas, we propose two workshops for your little ones.
The aim of this activity is to stimulate children's interest in conte
O esforzo dedicado polos museos de arte contemporánea á construción e presentación das súas coleccións converteuse nunha prioridade e nun eixe discursivo fundamental dos debates artísticos.
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.