Soundpainting is 51 years old. And its creator, Walter Thompson, is returning to Compostela to be a part of the International Soundpainting Think Tank. On behalf of the Orquestra Galega de Liberación, the Suelen Estar Quartet will develop the practical and sound part of the event, making themselves available to the soundpainters in attendance to exemplify the themes addressed during the session.
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WOS Festival is an annual indoor event that takes place in September in different spaces of high heritage value in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Nicasso is a work by Carlos Pazos (Barcelona, 1949), created in 2006 and acquired shortly afterwards by the CGAC to be included in the exhibition The Shadow of History, an exhibition focused on the personal or secret archives and collections of various artists. The piece serves as a critical and ironic reflection on the different popular readings and interpretations of Picasso’s oeuvre and myth.
Technology has not only transformed artistic practices, it has also helped to shape and enrich how we perceive and understand the world, incorporating a positive and dynamic principle: uncertainty, which acts both as a limitation and as a critical driving force.
The aim of this course is to offer a full analysis of the main currents, artists and issues that have shaped the history of art since the early nineteenth century till now.
Territory is the first monographic exhibition on video art and video performance from Central America to be held in Spain. The development of this genre in the region was driven by pioneers such as Manuel Zumbado and Sandra Monterroso, and became consolidated in the late nineteen-nineties and early two thousands, particularly in Guatemala, with performance artists such as Regina José Galindo and Aníbal López.
The Galician Centre of Contemporary Art is celebrating its 25th Anniversary with music, workshops, dance, film and a light intervention by Javier Riera which will showcase the collaboration between Álvaro Siza, architect of the CGAC, and the Galician landscape artist Isabel Aguirre to create Bonaval park.
Once again, the CGAC collaborates with Aberto—an initiative promoted by the Association of Contemporary Art Galleries of Galicia—by
This course offers an engaging exploration of how different approaches to photography over recent decades have shaped the current landscape of the medium.
As in previous editions, CGAC collaborates with the University of Vigo in organizing the 10th International Performance Congress Fugas e inte
As part of the programme of activities jointly organised by IGFAE, CESGA, and the CGAC to celebrate Science Week, this workshop proposes an encounter between science an
Art, in its continuous transformation, has always been linked to technological achievements and the new ideas they inspire.
The architectural studio CREUSeCARRASCO is the focus of issue 38 of the En Blanco series —a monograph that brings t
The jazz trio Sumrrá will give a themed and narrated concert featuring works from their album 7 visións (2021).
Once again this year the CGAC collaborates with the 15th edition of the Curtocircuíto International Film Festival.The festival started in 2003 and was an initiative created by the City Council, with the intention of promoting filmmaking in the field of short film.
This Christmas, the CGAC is organising two workshops aimed at children aged 4 to 9.
A Colectiva (Professional Association of Artists of Galicia), in collaboration with CGAC, brings to Galicia a format of conferences that has been organised for some time in other regions of Spain a
The collaboration between two institutions, COAG and CGAC, makes it possible to present in Santiago de Compostela O primeiro Siza, a