HUMOR IN PHOTOGRAPHY
On the occasion of the exhibition at the Canal Foundation, Elliott Erwitt. La comedia humana, Cristina de Middel, photographer and current president of Magnum Photos, gives this lecture to reflect on the role of humor in snapshots.
CONVERGING PATHS: HUMAN EVOLUTION AND CLIMATE
José María Bermúdez de Castro, biologist specializing in human evolution and leading paleoanthropologist, is the protagonist of this conference to talk about the adaptation of human beings to the changing climate, from the appearance of the genus Homo and the extinction of the Neanderthals to the current interglacial situation.
THE APPRENTICE IN THE SUN. MARCEL DUCHAMP IN PERSPECTIVE
Marcel Duchamp is considered, along with Pablo Picasso, the most influential artist of the 20th century. While Picasso’s creations represent a more continuist evolution with respect to the great classical masters, Duchamp’s work…
ALONE FROM ARCTIC TO INDIAN OCEAN
Antonio de la Rosa. An adventurer and tireless explorer, he has undertaken some of the most extreme navigations and solo expeditions on land and sea. Thanks to this, he has had the opportunity to see first-hand some of the most pressing environmental problems, such as the plastic islands in the ocean.
CILMATE CHANGE FROM SPACE
Space is a source of knowledge about the origin of the universe and life on our planet, but it can also provide us with extraordinarily valuable information, thanks to Earth observation satellites, about phenomena exacerbated by human activity, such as climate change.
CANCEL CULTURE. THE NEW CENSORSHIP
During his conference and the chat afterward with cultural journalist Ana Romero, philosopher José Antonio Marina will reflect on the censorship trend that is on the rise as a result of so-called “cancel culture,” not just in the news and social media, but also in artistic circles and in society as a whole.
THE SECRETS OF THE SEA AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH CLIMATE CHANGE
Manu San Félix is a marine biologist, diver, photographer, and explorer with National Geographic. He has been researching and diving in oceans all around the planet for over 30 years.
World Water Day
The scientist and writer Carlos Briones shows us that the relationship between art and science has been a constant throughout the history of humanity.
Drought and desertification: Two sides of the same coin?
The ongoing scarcity of precipitation causes meteorological drought, which generally affects large zones and generates the rest of droughts: hydrological, agricultural, socioeconomic, etc… Read more
The Canal Foundation has a two-fold mission: to create knowledge opportunities and to encourage caring for water. Two decades after its creation, the Foundation has helped give shape to this commitment through hundreds of activities on innovation, the environment, and culture, with the participation of nearly seven million people.
Located in Plaza Castilla, one of the main connection and meeting points in Madrid, Fundación Canal has a wide variety of spaces and facilities equipped with the newest equipment to adapt to every need.
