Foshan: What’s it like living in ‘the workshop of the world’
Artist Cao Fei depicts reality for workers in the Chinese cities, one of the planet’s primary production centers that is largely unknown in the Western world
The triumph of the ‘super-fem transvestite dyke’: How Chappell Roan rewrote the rules of pop
Theorists and artists such as Paul B. Preciado, Cindy Sherman, and Samantha Hudson analyze the cultural phenomenon led by the singer
The Spanish literature of New York City
The 2025 Madrid Book Fair is dedicated to the American city. Juan Ramón Jiménez and Federico García Lorca made it a key muse of Spanish poetry in the 20th century. Since then, successive generations of writers have continued to nourish New York’s inexhaustible narrative
Berlin exhibition shows how Europe reckoned with Nazi crimes after World War II
The German Historical Museum brings together six exhibitions held in different countries between 1945 and 1948, revealing how each nation confronted the horrors of Nazism
Bono narrates his life (and his traumas) in a monologue. It’s all intense, just like him
In the documentary ‘Bono: Stories of Surrender,’ the U2 frontman talks about his late mother and the distant relationship with his father as well as his experience of stardom and activism. While it doesn’t dispel his messianic image, it does help understand it
From Ellie in ‘The Last of Us’ to Ross in ‘Friends’: What did these nine characters do to become so unpopular?
On paper, they were the heroes audiences were supposed to love, the ones driving the story forward. Yet somewhere along the way, they fell out of favor
Visa revocations hamper Mexican musicians in the United States
Grupo Firme’s cancellation at the La Onda festival exposes the new migration challenges facing Latino artists
Elsa Pataky: ‘You have to do everything possible to slow down the passage of time, but not oppose it’
The Spanish actress returns to star in a series in her native country, ‘Matices,’ after 20 years focusing on her family and international projects. Married to actor Chris Hemsworth since 2010 and mother of three children, the Madrid native is facing a new stage in her life
Is this the first ‘Caravaggio’ in history?
The renowned expert Gianni Papi claims to have found the Italian master’s first painting, the original of ‘Boy Peeling Fruit’
‘Teotihuacán was the multiethnic and multicultural city that New York is today’: A tour of the MET’s new Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
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EL PAÍS received exclusive access to the latest developments and updates in the Ancient American Art section of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, which reopened on May 31, after four years of renovations
Tania León, composer: ‘I’ve lived in another galaxy. My grandparents made me believe nothing was impossible’
The celebrated Cuban artist based in New York reviews her career, from her childhood in the same neighborhood as Compay Segundo and Chucho Valdés to her musical achievements, recognized with a Pulitzer Prize and a Grammy
Ayo Edebiri: ‘I’ve told my parents to get copies of all their documents. That’s not something that I would have ever wished’
The acidic, playful, and committed actress has won over critics and fans with her role in award-winning ‘The Bear’ — without losing an ounce of sincerity in the process
‘Eight legs is too many legs!’: Why spiders have reigned supreme in horror films for 70 years
Movies about creepy crawlers, like shark films, have carved out their own horror subgenre — scientific accuracy aside. ‘Sting’ and ‘Vermin: The Plague’ are some of the latest additions
Fenix, a new Rotterdam museum that explores immigration through art
The facility stands in front of the former site of the Holland-America Line shipping company, which brought millions of emigrants to the United States and Canada in the 19th and 20th centuries
Vincent Bevins: ‘The elites have discovered they can govern us without legitimacy’
Tahrir Square in Egypt, the 15-M movement in Spain, Occupy Wall Street in New York… Perhaps the most iconic image of the 2010s is that of streets taken over by massive protests. These days, it’s almost impossible to find any trace of them. Journalist Vincent Bevins tries to explain what happened to those days when the world seemed to be on fire
Yevonde Middleton: The photographer who transformed English aristocrats into Greek goddesses in 1935
The groundbreaking portraits that the feminist artist captured nearly a century ago — transforming high-society ladies into mythological figures— are held in the National Portrait Gallery in London
Gloria Estefan: ‘I have faith in the United States, but we must be careful. Democracy is a living thing and it can die’
The Cuban-American singer has released ‘Raíces,’ her first Spanish-language album in 18 years. In an interview with EL PAÍS, the artist talks about her success, Cuba, Miami, her family, and Donald Trump
John Travolta and the worst movie of all time: What happened on the set of ‘Battlefield Earth’?
Twenty-five years ago, a passion project by the actor, destined to reinvigorate the science fiction genre, hit the box office. It could have been directed by Tarantino. Instead, it remains one of cinema’s biggest disasters
A date at Richard Gere’s house: ‘Life isn’t about money or power, but about love and affection’
EL PAÍS talks with the actor about his career, his life, his social activism, the US president, and the world we live in, from his new home in Madrid: ‘I don’t think Trump was honest with the American people’
Karla Sofía Gascón plays the villain in new western ‘Trinidad’
The Spanish actress and Oscar nominee returns to filming after the success of ‘Emilia Pérez’ and her turbulent awards season
Wendy Guerra: ‘This book touches on very serious wounds about Cuba. And in its language, never has one of my novels been so Cuban’
The author talks to EL PAÍS about ‘La costurera de Chanel,’ an intimate story that unravels the political and social threads woven into the history of haute couture
The filming of Robin Williams’ ‘Popeye,’ where cocaine was hidden in walkie-talkies: ‘You couldn’t escape it’
The 1980 family comedy about the sailor’s adventures was a white powder fest off-camera, according to several witnesses who claim the merchandise was transported from Los Angeles to the Malta set in film cans
‘The Last of Us’: The last shall be first
Craig Mazin’s series, faithful to the video game, builds around a clear thesis: revenge leads only to an endless spiral of hatred
Janet Jackson’s 50 years in music, carrying the weight of her famous family name
The artist, with a long-lasting career that continues to evolve, will be honored for her trajectory and legacy with the Icon Award at the American Music Awards ceremony in Las Vegas, the city where she has extended her concert residency
Orwell was right: The dystopia of ‘1984’ is already here
In a new documentary presented at the Cannes Film Festival, director Raoul Peck uses the British writer’s thoughts to analyze a present marked by mass surveillance, the manipulation of language, and the advance of authoritarian governments
The artistic movement that anticipated the algorithm
An exhibition at London’s Tate Modern revisits the story of the pioneers who used science, technology, and innovation to create
Slavoj Žižek, philosopher: ‘Wisdom is what I hate most, it is absolute conformist stupidity’
The Slovenian thinker, always controversial and politically incorrect, believes the good old days of liberal social democracy are over. In an exclusive interview, he says we are facing a new era in which it’s not possible to think of a better world, but merely of survival
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