Art and Myth: the Great Aztec Temple Tenochtitlan and its meanings

The Barbier-Mueller Pre-Columbian Art Museum of Barcelona and the University Institute of Culture of the Pompeu Fabra University are organising for the fourth consecutive year the conference Art and Myth, that on this occasion reflects on the Aztec culture and the latest archaeological finds in Mexico.

II Conference of art and collecting. The art or memory of Africa

Reflection about the role of art as an object of memory in the oral African arts and the function of the museum as a place for conserving traditional knowledge.

The "Altars of Deaths": a PreColumbian tradition

On the occasion of the installation of the Altar of the Dead in the museum, a cycle of three talks will take us into the world of this PreColumbian tradition that has lasted until the current day:

The latest about Portraits

What is behind a portrait and what is real? Who interprets? Does the meaning or a portrait go beyond that of its literal presentation?.

Art and myth in primitive cultures Conference

The Association of Friends of the Barbier-Mueller Pre-Columbian Art Museum and the University Institute of Culture of the Pompeu Fabra University organise for the third year in a row the Art and myth in primitive cultures Conference, with the aim on this occasion of reflecting on the primitive cultures in two areas of the American continent: Amazonia and the north- eastern coast of North America.

Inhabiting the land of chiapaneca. Constructing a world from there

Talk within the cycle “Saturdays at the Barbier-Mueller” given by the Mexican architect Andrea Argüello. A brief history of the architecture of Chiapas, in south-east Mexico.

Diàspores, migracions i exilis en el món maia

Simposi internacional organitzat per la Sociedad Española de Estudios Mayas, la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, el Centro Peninsular de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales i la Universidad Autónoma de México.

Colombian Andinian Music from the pre-Colombian period

Talk within the cycle “Saturdays at the Barbier-Mueller” given by Julián Salcedo, member of the board of directors of the Association FUNMUSICA, aimed at promotion Colombian music, which ended with a concert by the Dueto Instrumental Colombiano.

The speaking quipus in 16th century Peru: a manuscript revolutionises the history of the Tahuantinsuyu

Talk given by the historian Andrea Gatti within the cycle Saturdays at the Barbier-Mueller.

Verses through time, from Moctezuma to Octavio Paz

On the occasion of the celebration of the Poetry Week, the courtyard of the Palau Nadal will hold a recital of poetry with verses by Octavio Paz and other from the Aztec literature. Recitals given by Elisabeth Hernández and Manel Solàs.

Renaissance brocades and materials from the New World, symbols of common power

Talk given within the cycle Saturdays at the Barbier-Mueller organised by the Friends’ Association of the Museum.

1st Art and Collectors Conference

The 1st Art and Collections Conference” under the title of Visions of the Art of Africa, is a first-time cultural meeting aimed both at experts and collectors, as well as a broader public interested in art.

Presentation of the school activities

The Barbier-Mueller Museum of Pre-Columbian Art presents its proposal for school activities for the 2006-2007 course, carried out within the framework of the exhibition “Ritual Arts of the New Continent. Pre-Columbian America”.

Colima and western mesoamerica

A reflection about all its own and other’s of its cultural characteristics