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  • 29 April 2025
    Manifesta 16 Ruhr announces its urban conceptual framework
    Manifesta 16 Ruhr

    At a press conference organised in Essen, Germany on the 29th of April 2025, Manifesta 16 Ruhr’s director Hedwig Fijen …

  • 27 April 2025
    Join the Manifesta 16 Ruhr Citizen Consultations
    Manifesta 16 Ruhr

    Every two years Manifesta, the European Nomadic Biennial, is organised in a different Host City or Region in Europe. It …

  • 3 April 2025
    Looking back at Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana
    Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana

    Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana closed its doors on Sunday the 24th of November 2024 after its successful 12 week period.

  • 26 March 2025
    Join the Manifesta 16 Ruhr team
    Manifesta 16 Ruhr

    Manifesta continues to redefine the relationship between culture and society, using contemporary art as a catalyst for positive social change …

  • 8 March 2025
    This is not a church: Manifesta 16 Ruhr …
    Manifesta 16 Ruhr

    As part of the pre-biennial research process Manifesta 16 Ruhr organised the interdisciplinary workshop This is not a church: future …

  • 12 February 2025
    Manifesta 16 Ruhr holds first Urban Vision Workshop
    Manifesta 16 Ruhr

    On February 5th, 2025, Manifesta 16 Ruhr held its first Urban Vision Workshop, marking a significant milestone on the path …

  • 14 January 2025
    Casa Gomis Acquired by Ministry of Culture: A …
    Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana

    Yesterday, Spanish Minister of Culture Ernest Urtasun announced the Ministry’s acquisition of Casa Gomis, ensuring its preservation as a cultural …

  • 2024
  • 18 November 2024
    Final Days of Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana
    Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana

    With just one week remaining, Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana has almost reached 250,000 visits. Spanning 15 unique venues across 12 …

News, 3 April 2025

Looking back at Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana

Related to Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana

Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana closed its doors on Sunday the 24th of November 2024 after its successful 12 week period.

The 15th edition of the European Nomadic Biennial saw close to 300,000 visits over the biennial period across 12 cities in the metropolitan region. This decentralised edition unfolded across 16 remarkable venues that channeled the past, present, and future of a more eco-social Barcelona and 11 cities of the metropolitan region: Badalona, Cornellà de Llobregat, El Prat de Llobregat, Granollers, L’Hospitalet, Mataró, Sadabell, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Santa Coloma de Gramanet, Sant Cugat del Vallès and Terrassa.

Visitors were predominantly from the Barcelona Metropolitan Region (85.4%), with 4.8% coming from the rest of Spain and 9.8% from international locations, from Germany (18.3%), Italy (17.6%), and the Netherlands (15.0%). The predominantly local and regional audiences highlights the successful implementation of a biennial programme for and with the locality.

Under the guidance of the Biennial’s Director, Hedwig Fijen, an Artistic Team was formed including the Manifesta 15 Creative Mediators, the Manifesta 15 team and 11 Artistic Representatives from the different cities of the metropolitan region. The programme was divided into three thematic and geographical clusters, opening some of its venues for the very first time to the general public, including the iconic Three Chimneys of Sant Adrià de Besòs.

The largest geographical scope of any Manifesta edition to date, the biennial showcased the work of 92 participants of which 39% were local.

A key element of each edition of Manifesta, the Education and Mediation programme welcomed a total of 16,702 participants, organising 815 tours for 12,882 visitors.

The Manifesta 15 + programme was an independent programme that responded to the invitation of Manifesta 15 in each of the participant municipalities in the metropolitan region. The programme organised 33 exhibitions, 95 events across 30 venues and welcomed more than 33,000 visitors.

Since being named the Host Region for the 15th edition of Manifesta in 2020, more than 1059 articles were published by local, national and international media until December 2024. Over 254 journalists and 1402 professionals attended the preview days which took place from the 5th to the 7th of September 2024.

With a total budget of €8,9 million, the main funders of the edition were the City Hall of Barcelona (€5.4 million), the Diputació de Barcelona (€1.2 million), the Generalitat de Catalunya (€1 million) and the Ministry of Culture of Spain (€500,000).

One of the main legacies of Manifesta 15 is the acquisition of the venue Casa Gomis in El Prat de Llobregat by the Ministry of Culture of Spain and the announcement that this will be transformed into a eco-cultural centre.

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