El Círculo de Bellas Artes It announced its new programming on Tuesday, October 5, in an event that was broadcast live from this website.

The 2021-2022 cultural season will be marked by renewed enthusiasm. The restoration of our façade after a long period of construction, the return to full capacity after the worst of the health crisis, and the modernization of our halls and internal spaces are some of the symbols of the return to a degree of normality.

Regarding the programming, el Círculo will continue to delve deeper into the four main themes that have defined last season: internationalization, innovation, youth and equality.

Our internationalization project is based on collaboration with various embassies and cultural institutes, and with organizations such as AECID, AC/E and European Commission (through the programs Creative Europe y Horizon Europe). Furthermore, we will continue to strengthen our ties with the more than seventy institutions that make up the AEuropean Alliance of Academieswhich will be held soon in el Círculo su Annual assemblyThis and other events, such as the seminar The Value of CultureThey persevere in defending a transnational European culture and values ​​such as freedom of artistic creation.

The Circle will continue this season with initiatives that focus on innovation (R&D&C Strategy y Dialogues for critical innovation), aspiring to consolidate itself as the main center for knowledge transfer in Arts and Humanities research. Through this axis of our programming, we want to defend (in collaboration with Universities, Embassies, and all the entities that accompany us in these projects) a conception of innovation that, beyond digitization, also draws on the richness provided by culture, creativity, social commitment, and critical thinking.

Furthermore, we will continue to promote youth-oriented programming, convinced that we must pay close attention to the proposals, reflections, and work of the new generations. Thus, we will enjoy two exhibitions (Futures y Young Curators Residency Program) starring young artists and curators; we will share the stage and projects with the theater company The Young Woman and we will welcome back the students of the Alliance of 4 Universitieswho will surprise us with the 6th interdisciplinary congress. This commitment will also be reflected in our publishing house, on Radio Círculo, and in our digital programming.

It remains crucial for us to defend an egalitarian perspective on culture, striving for a greater presence of women in our programming and publications; therefore, this year we will hold a major congress that will invite us to reflect on The feminist museum and two humanities courses on women role models in the visual arts and philosophy.

Along with these major axes, el Círculo It has designed a program that combines the most recent and innovative cultural proposals with others that are part of the history of culture; a program that is also on alert, constantly attentive to the various manifestations and social challenges, which it faces critically and reflectively; and, as a result, an open and dynamic program, capable of adapting to the challenges that may arise in such a complex historical moment.

Exhibition Cruelty, Chema MadozIt is undoubtedly one of the most interesting artistic events of Madrid's autumn cultural scene. Seventy-three images reveal the most unsettling and unknown aspects of the photographer's work. Another of the big names this season is... Stanley Kubrick, who will star in a major exhibition in December.

This year we celebrate the Seventh Centenary of the death of Dante Alighieri, co-organizing a broad program of activities gathered under the title Madrid, Dantesque CityIn addition to the continued reading of the Divine ComedyWe will host book presentations, conversations and conferences about one of the great authors in the history of world literature.

Dante will share the spotlight in the first months of the season with Friedrich Nietzschewhose work we will analyze in depth Twilight of the Idols: How to Philosophize with a HammerTo coincide with the seminar, we have programmed a film series with movies that include references to the work. Nietzschean.

The stage productions continue to be based on three cycles that are both well-established in our programming and highly demanded by the public: Jazz Circle, Border y Círculo de CámaraStaying with the music section, this year we welcome... CBA Matinees, morning concerts organized in conjunction with SubterfugeThe concerts, featuring a veteran band and an up-and-coming one, will take place in May and June of next year. We will once again have the following members: Literary CafesEvenings at La Pecera where we will enjoy dramatized readings of recently created texts. We will also be celebrating next May, Podcast Station, the First Ibero-American Festival of Sound Creation.

Programming Cine Estudio It is committed to offering the most interesting premieres in their original language with subtitles, focusing especially on European and Spanish cinema. Film series are also an important part of the program. This year, some of them will offer a complete retrospective of Abbas Kiarostami or they will propose a wonderful dialogue through his works among Berlanga y Fernando Fernan GomezAlongside all of this, screenings with discussions, festivals and presentations make cinema a vibrant and engaging experience.el Círculo an open space for spectators in all their diversity.

In the training section, which el Círculo It gives special importance to the School of Artistic Professions (SUR) and School of the Arts They stand out as two of the leading centers for art and humanities studies in our city. In addition, workshops complement this educational offering, covering a wide range of topics: women artists, silent film, Japanese calligraphy, and the creation of advertising spots, among others.

Among the publishing projects, in addition to the magazine MinervaWe highlight the title Feminisms and cultural industries: conversations with women from European culture, coordinated by Isabelle Marc and the catalogue-book Women and children in a Europe at war, signed by Alicia Alted, Luiza Iodadche and Laura López.

All these new developments will be featured in the 2021/22 program alongside other offerings that are already part of Madrid's cultural scene and that the public has established as benchmarks in the city's social and intellectual life. The Continuous Reading of Don Quixote, Public, Carnival, Max Estrella's Night, On Mondays, at the Circle, the EÑE Festival o Concienciarte, will once again position the Circle as a meeting place for culture in all its expressions.

Welcome to the new season of del Círculo de Bellas Artes.