The Basque Country is working to have its own space in the 2028 Venice Biennial
This has been announced by the first Vice-President of the Basque Government and Cultural Adviser, Ibone Bengoetxea, at an institutional event held in Venice. "We want to move forward and our aim is to permanently project Basque artistic creation in this international showcase", he added.
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On 6 June, the seventh edition of the Basque Book and Disco Fair will be held in the Labour town, at the initiative of the association Balmán and the media Argia, which will pay tribute to the linguist Beñat Oihartzabal.
Esther Ferrer will receive the Eusko Ikaskuntza-Labor Kutxa Prize for Humanities, Culture, Arts and Social Sciences
The jury of the award recognizes the Donostiarra artist's "international projection and decisive contributions to contemporary art innovation." The award will be awarded in July to Maddi Alberdi, winner of the Eusko Ikaskuntza-Labor Kutxa Youth Award.
Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu will give a lecture on Monday in the BBK Hall, within the activities surrounding the exhibition 'Carne y Arena'
The conference will be free and tickets are available. The immersion experience 'Carne and Arena' based on the experiences and testimonies of migrants and refugees on the Mexican and American border can be seen on the 5th set of EITB from 16 March to 20 June.
"RESET" will be the motto of Getxophoto's 20th anniversary, from 28 May to 21 June
To celebrate the anniversary and rethink the festival and rethink it: these are the goals of the 20th edition of RESET. Ekim, the digital archive that gathers the history of these 20 years, Alejandro Acin's exhibition "The Last Monday" or 7 projects of the previous editions A0 to present it with a new look. Portu Old Sireno will organize the photocalla:
The Basque audiovisual sector has agreed to create the Film Academy
The initiative is supported by more than 150 professionals from the Basque Country.
Basque art returns to Venice 50 years later
In 1976, a year after Franco's death, the Biennial made room for the programme promoted by Basque artists, and from 6 to 8 May, I will develop in the Italian city the institutional, academic and artistic programme "I Baschi alla Biennale 1976/2026" by the Basque Government and various experts and artists.
The Basque audiovisual sector is beginning to work on the possibility of setting up its own film academy
The sector acknowledges that they have a meeting scheduled for 23 April to begin the process of reflection. In any case, they have made it clear that it will be a "closed and fully professional meeting" and have therefore urged the media to "respect" the process.
Then Axular Dance Group premieres "The Exhausts"
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Alejandro G. Iñárritu: "Being in Bilbao is really symbolic for me"
The "experience " of virtual reality created bythe Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu, "Carne y arena", welcomes the visitor with a cold pat on the fifth set of the EITB headquarters in Bilbao. En the full interview will be broadcast tonight in '12 Minutes', ETB2, after the Teleberri.