Forest Bioeconomy in the Pyrenees –Bio For Piri The project—in its official name—is the initiative that the Catalunya La Pedrera Foundation has developed over the last two years for forest fire prevention and forest management, the promotion of the forest bioeconomy, and knowledge transfer in the region. The strategy aims to transform the threat of large forest fires into an opportunity for rural development and nature conservation. Based on this premise, the event held yesterday in the La Pedrera auditorium focused its discussion on four success stories. The event, moderated by physicist and meteorologist Tomàs Molina, featured Daniel Ibáñez, director of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia; Virginia García, director of the Functional Fabrics unit at Eurecat; Antoni Reig, mayor of the Barony of Rialb; and Miquel Rafa, director of Sustainability and Territory at the Catalunya La Pedrera Foundation.

Sustainability is now a necessity and an essential part of the lives of people and companies seeking a better future. Caring for shared spaces is now an urgent need for our survival, and the Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera is a prime example. Faced with the threat of climate change, action is the only option, and initiatives like those promoted by the Foundation demonstrate that transformation is possible.

The Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera offers a wide range of activities for families to enjoy during the Christmas holidays. Options range from discovering every corner of the iconic building designed by Antoni Gaudí through a scavenger hunt for the Tió de Nadal (Christmas Log), to activities in the natural beauty of the Ebro Delta and the Pyrenees, and a visit to Mundo San Benito to enjoy new offerings such as Operation Castaween or other tours. TicketsA collection of around thirty works by the Basque artist Cristina Iglesias.

To educate is to open new paths through connections. At a time when educational challenges are multiplying, it is essential to invest in innovative methods that empower students and allow them to fully develop. In this context, the relationship between art and education is presented as a fundamental tool for transforming schools.

Basque artist Cristina Iglesias (San Sebastián, 1956) has distinguished herself since the beginning of her career by going beyond sculpture understood as an object. "For me, it's always been more interesting to create a place and provoke a perception, an experience," says Iglesias in Barcelona, ​​where the Catalunya La Pedrera Foundation is dedicating an exhibition to her from this Thursday until January 25. According to the exhibition's curator, James Lingwood, there is also a latent or hidden content in Iglesias's work. "There are people who, when they look at art, say they don't understand the piece, that they aren't ready. Instead, it's quite the opposite: you have to let yourself go. In art, you don't have to understand anything, you have to hear it. You can see a work one day and feel it one way, and the next day another, and that has to do with psychology."

In Catalonia, by 2025, 20% of the population will be over 65 years old. According to the latest projections from the Statistical Institute of Catalonia, the population aged 65 and over in Catalan municipalities will increase by 94% between 2024 and 2034. Therefore, not only will there be more population, but it will also be older, with a trend towards aging in 9 out of 10 municipalities. Aging is one of the collective challenges that today's societies must face.

One of the goals of the Catalunya La Pedrera Foundation, chaired by Marta Lacambra, is to contribute to making Barcelona a city of major exhibitions, the kind that generate queues. In recent years, it has dedicated its exhibitions to renowned artists such as Jaume Plensa, Miquel Barceló, and Antonio López, and in 2026 it will continue along these lines with an exhibition on the Navigator painters, key figures in the transition from Impressionism to the early avant-garde movements, and another on the German Anselm Kiefer (Woman), masters of the 20th century. "I think these projects establish us as a major institution internationally," says Marga Viza, director of the culture department of the Catalunya La Pedrera Foundation. "In our pursuit of excellence and top-level artistic content, next year we will reach the sky," Viza emphasizes.

The great potential of the Catalan capital as a leading city for hosting top-level exhibitions and cultural events was the guiding theme of the round table discussion. Barcelona, ​​​​cultural capital: future of major exhibitions and events, organized by the ARA in collaboration with the Catalunya La Pedrera Foundation. The roundtable, moderated by the director of the ARA, Esther Vera, featured the participation of the general director of the FCLP, Marta Lacambra; the director of Barcelona Tourism, Mateu Hernández; the director of the Liceu, Valentí Oviedo; and the director of the Joan Miró Foundation, Marko Daniel, to highlight Barcelona's global reach through cultural tourism.

This Easter, the Catalunya La Pedrera Foundation offers a series of activities for all tastes and ages: from immersion in art and culture to the discovery of unique natural landscapes. A program of activities that will allow residents of Catalonia to experience art, history, nature, and culture in an authentic and intimate way. Whether in the heart of Barcelona or surrounded by nature, the organization's many and diverse options offer a new way to explore the heritage and traditions of Catalonia.

Sean Scully (Dublin, 1945) arrives overflowing to the Quarry, where starting this Friday they are dedicating a retrospective to him with some sixty works, including drawings, paintings, sculptures, and photographs. One of them is a gigantic sculpture that can be seen in the building's courtyard. Scully has to deal with a stream of journalists and is eager to start conducting interviews. "The importance of art is immeasurable; it is the opposite of evil in the world, of corruption and wars, which are the consequence," says Scully, best known for his abstract paintings where he combines color fields as if they were musical notes, and for interventions such as the of the Romanesque monastery of Santa Cecilia de Montserrat. He also believes that art has a deep spiritual charge and a transformative power: "My ambition, my destiny, is to bring a form of spirituality to the street, to reduce the distance between abstract art and life," he says.