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• Music
• Austin

'Sounds From Spain' at SXSW

Some of the Best Spanish Rock bands will tour the U.S. starting with the great Indie Music Festival South by Southwest.

March 14, 2013 – March 15, 2013

• Music
• Austin

The Pinker Tones present 'Life in Stereo' in Austin, TX

The Barcelona-based band is celebrating 10 years of critical and commercial success with upcoming shows in California and Texas.

May 25, 2012

• Music
• Austin

Paco de Lucía's 'En vivo' USA Tour

Inarguably the most iconic artist of Spanish musical culture and heritage, Paco de Lucía finally breaks his 5 year silence with a 16-date USA tour from April 2012.

May 2, 2012

• Music
• Austin

'Sounds From Spain' storms the 2012 South by Southwest Festival

In 2012 Sounds from Spain crashes the SXSW party with seven explosive new acts: Bigott, Furguson, L.A., Za!, Guadalupe Plata, Quique Gonzalez and Vetusta Morla.

March 15, 2012 – March 16, 2012

• Music
• Austin

'Catalan Sounds' on Tour at the 2012 South by Southwest Festival

Catalan bands Muchachito Bombo Inferno, Mujeres, Seward, The Suicide of Western Culture, Furguson, L.A. and ZA! play at the 2012 SXSW Festival, supported by Institut Ramon Llull.

March 14, 2012 – March 17, 2012

• Heritage
• Austin

'Camino Real de los Tejas: Past & Present'

The exhibition and seminar seek to increase public awareness of a long and important period in the history of Texas — the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, when Spain and later Mexico were intertwined with the Lone Star State.

September 18, 2011 – September 27, 2011

• Music
• Austin

Spain rocks at SXSW

A taste of the thriving moment of Spanish Rock will be on display at the South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conferences & Festivals.

March 15, 2011 – March 20, 2011

Events in other cities

• Film
• Albuquerque

'¡Cine Magnífico!' Albuquerque's Latino Film Festival

¡Cine Magnífico! is New Mexico's only film festival presenting the voice and vision of Latino cinema.

May 30 – June 2

• Visual arts
• Chicago

'Alleys & Ruins'

A photographic exploration of urban decay in America by Xavier Nuez.

April 18 – July 8

• Music
• Chicago

Concha Buika live in Chicago

Hailed as the Flamenco Queen, Buika is one of the most peculiar Spanish artists around.

June 15

• Design
• Cincinnati

'ON! Handcrafted Digital Playgrounds'

An interactive exhibition celebrating our intuitive attraction to play, ON! transforms the CAC galleries into a collection of playgrounds where creativity is limitless and experimentation is the norm.

March 9 – September 30

• Visual arts
• Dallas

'Impressions of Europe: 19th-Century Vistas by Martín Rico'

As part of the continuing collaboration between the Meadows Museum and the Museo Nacional del Prado, the Meadows will host a monographic showing of Rico’s work, marking the first retrospective ever to be presented on the artist.

March 10 – July 7

• Music
• Dublin, OH

Carlos Núñez U.S. Tour 2013 in Dublin, Ohio

The Jimi Hendrix of the Bagpipe’s will be touring the U.S. this summer presenting his new album Discover.

August 3 – August 4

• Visual arts
• Houston

'Picasso Black and White' at the MFAH

The first major exhibition to focus on the artist’s lifelong exploration of a black-and-white palette throughout his career, features paintings, sculptures, and works on paper from 1904 to 1970.

February 24 – May 27

• Performing arts
• Houston

Houston Spanish & Flamenco Festival

During four days, the Houston Spanish & Flamenco Festival (HSFF) presents the veritable essence of Spanish and Flamenco arts masterfully rendered by professional artists and instructors.

May 22 – May 25

• Visual arts
• Miami

'José Manuel Ballester: Concealed Spaces'

Prize-winning Spanish photographer José Manuel Ballester is known for his large-scale works that are connected by key concepts such as space, light and time.

February 27 – June 23

• Visual arts
• Miami

'Deep Blue' by Javier Velasco

Spanish multimedia artist has been commissioned to do a site-specific work in the atrium of the Frost Art Museum.

February 27 – December 31

• Visual arts
• Miami

'Once Upon a Time in Almeria'

Exhibition of photographs by Mark Parascandola documenting a forgotten legacy of movie making in the desert landscapes of Almería, Spain.

April 26 – June 3

• Heritage
• Miami

'Spanish Colonial Art: The Beauty of Two Traditions'

Colonial art of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries on exhibition at the Frost Art Museum.

April 24 – August 25

• Visual arts
• Miami

'LATINO/US Cotidiano'

A national traveling exhibition and photobook visualizing, through twelve of the most talented photographic voices working internationally, the U.S. Latino experience today.

May 23 – August 20

• Heritage
• Miami

'Imagining la Florida'

A new perspective about Florida during one of the most interesting and intense periods in U.S. History, the period between the expedition of Juan Ponce de León in 1513 and the building of Fort Mose in 1739.

May 31 – August 17

• Visual arts
• New York

Manolo Valdés - Monumental Sculpture

Drawing inspiration from the Garden's natural landscape, acclaimed Spanish artist Manolo Valdés brings seven towering sculptures to five distinctive sites.

September 22 – May 26

• Performing arts
• New York

'100 Years of Flamenco in NYC, 1913-2013'

Flamenco Vivo is partnering with the NY Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center on a five-month exhibition, 100 Years of Flamenco in NYC.

March 12 – August 3

• Literature
• New York

'Lorca in New York: A celebration'

The festival will honor Lorca with performances, concerts, readings, lectures, and a world-premiere exhibition of Poet in New York at The New York Public Library.

April 5 – July 21

• Visual arts
• New York

'Patria Común. Delibes ilustrado'

The exhibition shows 30 pictures based on the novels and young characters of Miguel Delibes.

May 2 – May 23

• Visual arts
• New York

'Trees:' A Solo Exhibition by Hugo Fontela

The Gabarron Foundation in New York presents Trees, a selection of Hugo Fontela’s new artworks on display for the first time.

May 10 – June 20

• Music
• New York

Concha Buika live in New York City

Hailed as the Flamenco Queen, Buika is one of the most peculiar Spanish artists around.

June 13

• Visual arts
• New York

'In-dependencias'

An investigation of four years and 60,000 km to discover the 'map' of the dependencies of European citizens.

May 30 – June 29

• Visual arts
• San Francisco

'Without Reality There Is No Utopia'

The exhibition includes work by more than two dozen international artists examining false narratives that masquerade as truth.

February 15 – June 2

• Visual arts
• San Juan, PR

'A Tres Bandas'

An exhibition about the mixing and fusion of African, Indigenous and Hispanic cultures which serves as a framework for understanding the processes of change and continuity in Latin American music.

April 18 – July 14

• Architecture
• Washington, D.C.

'Palaces for the People: Guastavino and America’s Great Public Spaces'

The National Building Museum presents the first major exhibition in the U.S. celebrating one of America’s greatest, yet least known, builders of iconic spaces.

March 16 – January 20

• Music
• Washington, D.C.

Concha Buika live in Washington, D.C.

Hailed as the Flamenco Queen, Buika is one of the most peculiar Spanish artists around.

June 12

• Literature
• Washington, D.C.

'The Story of Spanish'

Jean-Benoit Nadeau and Julie Barlow will be joined by Felix Sánchez, Chairman and Co-founder of the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts, in a lively discussion of their new book.

May 22

• Film
• Washington, D.C.

'Visionario: The Films of Guillermo del Toro'

Explore the unique artistry of Mexico’s Guillermo del Toro including Spanish films The Devil’s Backbone, Pan’s Labyrinth, The Orphanage and Julia’s Eyes.

April 19 – July 2

• Visual arts
• Washington, D.C.

Inés Medina: 'The Concept of Plastic Division'

Inés Medina's recent work combines the rigor of formal plastic concepts with a highly developed experimental approach to art making.

June 5 – July 31

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