{"id":57636,"guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/?post_type=event&p=57636"},"modified":"2026-05-27T22:00:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T20:00:02","slug":"always-franco-spanish-brand-opening","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/es\/events\/event\/always-franco-spanish-brand-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"Always Franco (Spain Brand). Eugenio Merino"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":57660,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"event-venues":[29],"event-tags":[],"class_list":["post-57636","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-venue-adn-galeria","event-category-inauguracio"],"acf":{"title_ca":"Always Franco (Spain Brand). Eugenio Merino ","title_es":"Always Franco (Spain Brand). Eugenio Merino ","title_en":"Always Franco (Spain Brand). Eugenio Merino ","desc_ca":"Always Franco (Spain Brand)<\/em> \u00e9s una escultura que presenta el dictador Francisco Franco conservat viu a l\u2019interior d\u2019una nevera, vestit amb el seu uniforme blanc de Capit\u00e0 General de l\u2019Armada Espanyola. La pe\u00e7a, concebuda originalment l\u2019any 2012, torna en el 90\u00e8 aniversari del seu cop d\u2019Estat de 1936 que, despr\u00e9s de fracassar i no desistir, va desencadenar una guerra terrible. La data coincideix amb el 50\u00e8 aniversari de la mort del dictador i amb un ampli i divers debat sobre la persist\u00e8ncia material i immaterial del seu llegat.\r\n\r\nL\u2019obra pret\u00e9n mostrar la conservaci\u00f3 com a forma de continu\u00eftat. La nevera no representa la mort del dictador sin\u00f3 la seva preservaci\u00f3, la seva perviv\u00e8ncia, el lloc on la democr\u00e0cia espanyola posterior a la seva dictadura ha guardat part del seu aliment. Una met\u00e0fora precisa que simbolitza la impunitat dels seus crims. El pacte de silenci de la Transici\u00f3 va ser l\u2019interruptor d\u2019aquesta nevera que va permetre que les estructures del r\u00e8gim sobrevisquessin, reciclades, dins de les institucions democr\u00e0tiquesi que les seves elits es mantinguessin intactes, com a tals, al llarg de la democr\u00e0cia recuperada.\r\n\r\nAlways Franco<\/em> reflexiona sobre la mem\u00f2ria hist\u00f2rica i sobre com la Marca Espanya\u00a0 aquesta\r\nnarrativa de colorida modernitat, obertura i reconciliaci\u00f3\u2014 va ser constru\u00efda sobre la impunitat dels crims del franquisme i el manteniment incorrupte d\u2019una part del seu llegat.\r\n\r\nEl projecte compta amb la participaci\u00f3 de Halim Badawi, investigador, cr\u00edtic i comissari d\u2019art; de Matilde Eiroa San Francisco, catedr\u00e0tica d\u2019Hist\u00f2ria, fundadora de la C\u00e0tedra de Mem\u00f2ria Hist\u00f2rica Segle XX de la Universitat Complutense de Madrid i membre del Patronat del Centre Documental de la Mem\u00f2ria Hist\u00f2rica; i d\u2019Emilio Silva, soci\u00f2leg, periodista i president de l\u2019Associaci\u00f3 per a la Recuperaci\u00f3 de la Mem\u00f2ria Hist\u00f2rica.","desc_es":"

Always Franco (Spain Brand)<\/em> es una escultura que presenta al dictador Francisco Franco conservado vivo en el interior de una nevera, vestido con su uniforme blanco de Capit\u00e1n General de la Armada Espa\u00f1ola. La pieza, concebida originalmente en 2012, regresa en el 90.\u00ba aniversario de su golpe de Estado de 1936 que, tras fracasar y no desistir, desencaden\u00f3 una guerra terrible. La fecha coincide con el 50.\u00ba aniversario de la muerte del dictador y con un amplio y diverso debate sobre la persistencia material e inmaterial de su legado.<\/p>\r\n

La obra pretende mostrar la conservaci\u00f3n como forma de continuidad. La nevera no representa la muerte del dictador, sino su preservaci\u00f3n, su pervivencia, el lugar donde la democracia espa\u00f1ola posterior a su dictadura ha guardado parte de su alimento. Una met\u00e1fora precisa que simboliza la impunidad de sus cr\u00edmenes. El pacto de silencio de la Transici\u00f3n fue el interruptor de esta nevera que permiti\u00f3 que las estructuras del r\u00e9gimen sobrevivieran, recicladas, dentro de las instituciones democr\u00e1ticas, y que sus \u00e9lites se mantuvieran intactas, como tales, a lo largo de la democracia recuperada.<\/p>\r\n

Always Franco<\/em> reflexiona sobre la memoria hist\u00f3rica y sobre c\u00f3mo la Marca Espa\u00f1a \u2014esa narrativa de modernidad colorida, apertura y reconciliaci\u00f3n\u2014 fue construida sobre la impunidad de los cr\u00edmenes del franquismo y el mantenimiento incorrupto de una parte de su legado.<\/p>\r\n

El proyecto cuenta con la participaci\u00f3n de Halim Badawi, investigador, cr\u00edtico y comisario de arte; de Matilde Eiroa San Francisco, catedr\u00e1tica de Historia, fundadora de la C\u00e1tedra de Memoria Hist\u00f3rica Siglo XX de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y miembro del Patronato del Centro Documental de la Memoria Hist\u00f3rica; y de Emilio Silva, soci\u00f3logo, periodista y presidente de la Asociaci\u00f3n para la Recuperaci\u00f3n de la Memoria Hist\u00f3rica.<\/p>","desc_en":"

Always Franco (Spain Brand)<\/em> is a sculpture depicting the dictator Francisco Franco preserved alive inside a refrigerator, dressed in his white uniform as Captain General of the Spanish Navy. Originally conceived in 2012, the piece returns on the 90th anniversary of his 1936 coup d\u2019\u00e9tat which, after failing and refusing to relent, unleashed a terrible war. The date coincides with the 50th anniversary of the dictator\u2019s death and with a broad and diverse debate on the material and immaterial persistence of his legacy.<\/p>\r\n

The work seeks to present preservation as a form of continuity. The refrigerator does not represent the dictator\u2019s death, but rather his preservation, his survival \u2014 the place where Spanish democracy after his dictatorship has stored part of its nourishment. It is a precise metaphor symbolizing the impunity of his crimes. The pact of silence during Spain\u2019s Transition was the switch that kept this refrigerator running, allowing the structures of the regime to survive, recycled within democratic institutions, and enabling its elites to remain intact as such throughout the restored democracy.<\/p>\r\n

Always Franco<\/em> reflects on historical memory and on how the \u201cSpain Brand\u201d \u2014 that narrative of colorful modernity, openness, and reconciliation \u2014 was built upon the impunity of Francoism\u2019s crimes and the uncorrupted preservation of part of its legacy.<\/p>\r\n

The project includes the participation of Halim Badawi, researcher, critic, and art curator; Matilde Eiroa San Francisco, Professor of History, founder of the 20th Century Historical Memory Chair at the Complutense University of Madrid and member of the Board of Trustees of the Documentary Center of Historical Memory; and Emilio Silva, sociologist, journalist, and president of the Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory.<\/p>","event_category":189,"event_show_only_own_date":true,"_event_confirmed":true,"_event_public":true,"_event_free":true,"_event_price-min":"","_event_price-max":"","_event_web_ca":"https:\/\/www.adngaleria.com\/","_event_web_es":"https:\/\/www.adngaleria.com\/","_event_web_en":"https:\/\/www.adngaleria.com\/","event_contact_email":"","event_apply_email":"","is_online_event":false,"is_art_nou_event":false,"is_bgw_event":false,"date_text":"","register_deadline":null,"altres_organitzadors":""},"abe_event_venue":"ADN Galeria","abe_event_category":"Inauguraci\u00f3","start":"2026-06-13 12:00:00","end":"2026-06-13 15:00:00","schedule":"once","schedule_meta":"","frequency":1,"all_day":0,"until":"2026-06-13 12:00:00","include":[],"exclude":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/57636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"occurrences":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/57636\/occurrences"}],"acf:term":[{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"event-category","href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-category\/189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-venue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-venues?post=57636"},{"taxonomy":"event-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graf.cat\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-tags?post=57636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}