Events on April 21, 2023

As part of “Spain in DC | Cultural Week,” Georgetown University hosts a series of activities including lectures, music performances, and discussions.

Four Spanish films participate in the 37th edition of the annual Washington, D.C. International Film Festival, the longest running film festival in the nation’s capital.

Written by Spanish playwright Alfredo Sanzol, “La Valentía,” a humorous tale of family feuds and supernatural secrets, begins its month-long run at GALA Theatre.

On the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Manuel de Falla’s seminal chamber opera, “El retablo de Maese Pedro,” come celebrate the diversity and richness of Spanish culture with a week of events in Washington, D.C.

The Spanish artist presents her newest work, “Aventura,” a collection of paintings that celebrates the small moments in daily life, on view for one month at Markowicz Fine Art.

The exhibition offers an unprecedented look at the life and artistic achievements of seventeenth-century Afro-Hispanic painter Juan de Pareja, now on view at The Met.

The new edition of CO/LAB, which gathers artist-run galleries from Los Angeles and the rest of the world, features a collaboration between the Angeleno gallery Durden and Ray and the Madrid-based art studio Fosforita.

This beloved classic tale is given a modern twist in a bilingual musical suitable for all ages.

“Lideresas” is the new work of Spanish artist Ana Amado that recreates historical photographs of male leaders, displayed at the fence of the Embassy of Spain’s Cultural Office.

Paula Anta is the second guest of DC.es, a project where five Spanish photographers from the Spanish Academy in Rome share their gazes of Washington through their lenses — gazes as personal, singular and unique as the city itself.

This collection presents a selection of more than 40 works from the Museo de Arte Abstracto Español in Cuenca, Spain, with works from 20th-century Spanish artists such as Eduardo Chillida, Luis Feito, or José Guerrero.

The 2023 edition of “Spanish Cinema Now +” features a selection of three new films that showcase the rich diversity of today’s Spanish cinema.

In the context of the “Picasso Celebration 1973-2023,” this exhibition explores Pablo Picasso’s deep engagement with landscape subjects and his expansive approach to this traditional genre.

The exhibition “Sargent and Spain,” in its exclusive West Coast stop, is the first to explore the influence of Spanish culture on Sargent’s dynamic visual practice.

The exhibition shows the distinctive and personal vision of Asturias region and its people by four award-winning Spanish photographers.

“Picasso Celebration 1973-2023” commemorates the 50th anniversary of the death of the Spanish artist with exhibitions and events around Europe and the U.S.