Events on December 29, 2018

Filming America features a series of films and documentaries showing distinctive perspectives of contemporary American life, including “Life & Nothing More,” a coming-of-age drama that follows a teen boy yearning to find purpose in life.

This exhibition focuses on the legacy of the descendants of Canary Islanders in Lousiana, a unique Spanish community in the United States.

Coolture Impact presents “Stardust Wishes,” an interactive playground where visitors can create their own fireworks and kaledoiscopic lightshows.

“Magritte & Dali” is a first-of-its-kind exhibition dedicated to the world’s two most celebrated surrealists, Rene Magritte and Salvador Dali.

This classic fairytale comes to life musically at Lyric Opera of Chicago in a playful storybook production.

The exhibition tells a rich story of cultures settling in Spain and bringing the best and most innovative elements of their heritage to the Iberian Peninsula and the Spanish colonies.

José Carlos Casado’s new public art interactive sculpture will be installed at Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem for a year.

This exhibition presents more than one hundred black handmade costumes and accessories by fashion genius Cristóbal Balenciaga.

More than 75 of Goya’s works on paper highlight the importance of black and white in the artist’s life and imagination.

Lyric Opera of Chicago presents Giacomo Puccini’s masterpiece, a timeless story of love and loss between young lovers Mimì and Rodolfo.

The exhibition takes a a look at unfinished architecture in order to discover virtues that can be turned into design strategies.

The Noguchi Museum presents the abstract work of the sculptor Jorge Palacios, the first Spanish to exhibit at the Museum.

Jaume Plensa presents large-scale sculptures and installations that use language, history, literature and psychology to draw attention to the barriers that separate and divide humanity.

Continuing with his challenge to the nature and current state of artistic disciplines, in “Now, Soon, Then, Tomorrow,” Guillermo Mora playfully presents an inventive, almost surreal, conception of contemporary painting in four site-specific installations.

Major works from the “Caprichos” by Francisco de Goya, a series of etchings showing powerful social commentary, are included in the NGA exhibition.

“Designing America” presents the decisive contribution of Spain to the construction and planning of the territory, the landscape and the U.S. cities, from the first settlements until today.