Febraury 2017

You’re planning a visit to Barcelona in February? Let me suggest a couple of interesting exhibitions:
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Exhibitions opening in Febraury 2017

Arxiu Fotogràfic of Barcelona
"Huellas". Humberto Rivas open until April 8th, 2017 (Photographs of peoples who had something to do with the Spanish Civil War. Taken between 1995 and 2005)

CaixaForum
60 artworks of the collection Thyssen-Bornemisza (anniversary exhibition) open until February 5th, 2017 *Tip
Art and cinema. 120 years of cooperation open until March 26th, 2017
Nicolás Paris February 10th till May 7th, 2017

CCCB
1,000 m2 desire. Architekture and sexuality open until March 19th, 2017

City History Museum
First agriculture. The big invention 7500 years ago open until February 12th, 2017

Fundacion Mapfre
Peter Hujar: Speed of Life open until April, 30th, 2017

Fundacion Tàpies
Oriol Vilanova. Sonntag February 5th till May 28th, 2017
Antoni Tàpies. Collection/ Objects February 5th till September 28th, 2017

MACBA
Miralda. Madeinusa open until March, 2017
Hard Gelatin. Hidden stories from the 80s open until March 19th, 2017
MACBA Collection 31 open until June 2017

MEAM
Jassans, the imaginary Greece February till March, 2017

​MNAC
Romanesque Picasso open until February 26th, 2017
Ramon Casas and the shadow puppets at Els Quatre Gats. Bohemia and the popular imaginary open until March 19th, 2017

Miro Museum
Self-organization February 17th till May 21st, 2017

Museum Blau
Spinosaurus: the lost giant of the Cretaceous open until March 26th, 2017
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Maritime Museum
Life in water open until February 5th, 2017
Beauty of the ocean. Photographies of fishermen open until February 12th, 2017
Wrecks open until February 26th, 2017

​Museum of world cultures 
Ikunde. Barcelonas coloniale metropolis open until February 5th, 2017

Palau Robert
Outumuro. BCN. Portraits (Photography) open until February 26th, 2017 
Cellar de Can Roca. 30 years with the brothers Roca (Restaurant-Chefs) open until April 23th, 2017

Palau de la Virreina
Alexander Kluge. Gardens of cooperation open until February 5th, 2017
Copi. Time of monsters open until February 5th, 2017

​Picasso Museum
Mythologies. Graphic worksin the collection of the museum open until March 19th, 2017
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Other Events

Carnival 

Every year from Holy Thursday to Ash Wednesday, a man known as King Carnestoltes takes over in Barcelona. The big-bellied ruler hosts masquerade balls, lavish feasts, and parades with creative costumes.
The festivities begin once the King arrives and reach their high point with the “Gran Rúa”, or the Great Parade. This spectacle consists of hundreds of costumed people, and thousands more come to watch in the streets. Other districts have their own smaller parades around this time, too.
Special mention: Sunday Febraury 26th: "La Taronjada" - Orange ballon and confetti battle at the end of the Parade in the dirstrict of Born. 
When: February 23th - March 1st, 2017

Llum Barcelona + Fiesta Santa Eulalia

Back in Frankfurt, Germany, where I used to live, there was an event known as the “Luminale”, and Barcelona has something like it, too! Elaborate lighting installations decorate the city in various places.
This celebration coincides with the Celebration of Santa Eulalia (Fiesta Santa Eulalia), patron saint of Barcelona and primary saint in the Gotico Cathedral.
When: February 10th to 12th, 2017. 
Website: http://lameva.barcelona.cat/santaeulalia/ca/llumbcn