In 2026, Honeymoon Project marks its 40th anniversary—one of the most emblematic works of contemporary art and international public art—conceived by Antoni Miralda as a symbolic wedding between the Statue of Liberty in New York and the Columbus Monument in Barcelona. Developed between 1986 and 1992, the project activated public rituals, participatory actions, collective celebrations, and transnational collaborations to reflect—through love, humor, and food—on history, power, conquest, and cultural exchanges between the Old and the New World. Through proposals such as Love Letters, Miralda humanized both monuments, offering a critical and poetic perspective that remains deeply relevant today.

As part of this anniversary, Sala Apolo will host on February 13, 2026, at 6:30 pm, a performative celebration marking the public presentation of the book Monuments in Love / Love Letters. This free event, with prior reservation, will bring together contemporary art, performance, and music around Miralda’s work. Far from a conventional format, the presentation is conceived as a living, collective act, with the participation of Victoria Cirlot, Elvira Dyangani Ose, and Gabriel Ventura, and will include a loving dialogue with a performative reading of the Love Letters exchanged between Liberty and Columbus—one of the most extensive projects of collaboration and public participation within Honeymoon Project.

The evening will be rounded out with a HoneyMousse and a toast created in collaboration with Tiberi Club, a musical performance by Akajú—Francesca Frigeri and Luiz Murakami in quintet formation together with Carola Ortiz, Anatol Eremciuc Bahici, and Miguel Guerra Guerrero—and the video projection Colón era una mujer by Hidrogenesse, the project by Carlos Ballesteros and Genís Segarra. The event also coincides with the removal of Liberty Crown Brocheta, a work originally created in 1985 for El Internacional Tapas Bar & Restaurant in New York and reinterpreted by Miralda to preside over the lobby of Sala Apolo as part of the Art Meets Apolo program. In this piece, the rays of the Statue of Liberty’s crown are transformed into luminous skewers of fruits and vegetables—tomatoes, peppers, corn, potatoes, and pineapples—foods linked to the Columbian Exchange, activating a critical reflection on the relationship between food, power, history, and monument.

The presentation is part of Art Meets Apolo (A.M.A.), an exhibition project developed together with LAB36 and Galeria Senda that explores the intersection of contemporary art and club culture, activating Sala Apolo as a hybrid space for collective experience, celebration, and critical thinking. This anniversary marks the beginning of a year-long celebration around Honeymoon Project, a work that anticipated relational, participatory, and transnational practices that are now central to contemporary art.

Event: A.M.A presents – 40 Years of Honeymoon Project by Miralda
Date: February 13, 2026
Time: 6:30 pm
Venue: Sala Apolo, Barcelona
Admission: Free with prior reservation
👉 Registration: https://link.dice.fm/P4185a739a21