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Known for his distinctive linoprints, artist Matthew Hilton believes that “the function of a work of art is to halt, however momentarily, our rush to the grave.”
Flamenco meets “West Side Story” in Tony Gatlif’s high-energy face-off between Spanish and Turkish communities in a French housing project
Not a new release but definitely worth a read if you haven’t already, or a re-read if you have!
Arts and entertainment this autumn and winter with Henry Shaftoe Assuming no more viral surges this autumn/winter, there is a huge choice of live music, art, dance and theatre lined up for the next few…
Thérèse Cau, daughter of Spanish Republicans and native of Port Vendres, recounts the tumultuous history of her family, from their origins in Catalonia to their lives in France today.
Not a new release but definitely worth a read if you haven’t already, or a re-read if you have!
Abel Burger’s exhibition at the Musée d’art moderne of Collioure is packed with provocation, questions and challenges.
This online exhibition celebrates local talent and facilitates the connection between art creators and art lovers, while we all remain safely at home.
If you are unaware of the experimental writer Claude Simon and the fact that he won the Nobel prize for literature in 1985, you are not alone. Happily for us, the Collioure show concentrates on Simon’s visual art – what he did to take a break from his intense textual experiments.