Women

The Billie Jean King Cup celebrates its 60^th anniversary and Spain dreams of winning a title that has remained elusive since 1998. How much do you know about the premier team competition in women’s tennis?

She wasn’t sure whether to study medicine or design, but she did know that she wanted to improve other people’s lives. Over time, biomedical engineering turned into her way of bringing together both of her passions and putting her talent at the service of her patients.

Lis Domínguez is the young designer behind Alineo Studio, the brand that won one of the emerging talent awards at the latest edition of MBFWMadrid with its ‘Aura’ collection.

Teresa Helbig’s work, passion, creativity and, obviously, talent have allowed her to make her dreams come true; the latest being walking the runway in Paris with Iberia. A milestone that is presented as a documentary.

Álvaro Gago, the director of ‘Matria’, chases Ramona with his camera in a frenzied story that has earnt actress María Vázquez her second Goya nomination.

Through photography, video art and “performance”, visual artist Yolanda Domínguez creates images that invite you to reflect on “damned” stereotypes. And she does so while remaining firmly committed to equality.

In November 2022, Sara García became the first Spanish female of the Astronaut Reserve of the European Space Agency. Today, while she awaits a potential mission, she’s devoted to a more earthly vocation: the fight against cancer.

Latin-American literature is one of the main characters of the Madrid Book Fair with writers like the Equatorian Mónica Ojeda. We chat to her about her latest novel: ‘Chamanes eléctricos en la fiesta del sol’.

Latin American literature is experiencing a new literary boom and, this time, women writers are the stars of the show. With boundless imagination and a unique sensibility, they keep winning over new readers. Do you want to get to know them?

On the 30^th of May, Marina Tuset will play at Espacio Iberia Madrid, a unique opportunity to enjoy one of the most keyed up artists on the Spanish music scene live. And she will land with a Latin Grammy under her belt.

Cecilia Roth’s face is linked to some of the best films produced by Ibero-American film and her career is an example of the excellence Latin America and Spain can reach when they combine their artistic souls.

With Iberia’s support, Teresa Helbig made her dream come true: to walk the runway in Paris. The French capital hosted the presentation of her latest collection, ‘1832 Sur Mer’, inspired by Victor Hugo’s 'Les Misérables'.

In the world of art, women have historically been overshadowed. But times are changing... At the next edition of ARCOmadrid, they will be the stars. Who should we be on the lookout for?

Until recently, directing films seemed off-limits to women in Spain, but a new generation of filmmakers —Carla Simón, Pilar Palomero, or Paula Ortiz, among others— have broken through that glass ceiling.

Excited to surprise her audience again, singer and composer Yoly Saa will be presenting ‘No se me olvida’ at Benidorm Fest 2024, a song that’s part of her upcoming album where we can appreciate her Galician roots.

In her dreams, canoeist Antía Jácome can see herself at the Paris Games with a medal (or two!) around her neck. A dream that, after winning three silvers at the last World Championships, seems destined to come true.

Rafaela Carrasco, a restless flamenco dancer who always seeks to offer her own vision, has been awarded the 2023 Spanish National Dance Award, a recognition of the legacy she’s leaving the world of flamenco dance.

Girl bands are on the rise and are bringing back the ‘riot grrrl’ phenomenon. Catchy beats, good vibes on-stage and lyrics that connect with the younger generation. Do you want to get to know them?

Since she was little, Silvia Mas learnt how to read the wind. The wind sometimes blows in your favour and other times against you, but it always brings good tidings. This is what one of the most award-winning yachtswomen in Spanish sailing believes.

Clean, safe, and inexhaustible energy. This is the legacy physicist Eleonora Viezzer, alongside other scientists, dreams of passing on to new generations. Female collaboration will be indispensable for this wish to come true.

How would you react if, at the age of 35, you saw yourself for the first time alongside your parents in a photo? Writer Laura Ferrero decided to delve into her family history and the result is one of the most acclaimed novels of 2023: ‘The Astronauts’.

The winner of the Spanish National Gastronomy Award for Best Dining Room Management has a shining career spanning 25 years. Sara Fort, who has already shaken up the industry, assures us that receiving your diners with a warm smile is the key to being a good host.

The Spanish female tennis team, captained by Anabel Medina and made up by Paula Badosa, Sara Sorribes, Rebeka Masárová, Cristina Bucșa and Marina Bassols, dreams of winning the Billie Jean King Cup (BJK Cup) in Seville.

The young author of ‘Dogs of Summer’, a novel that took the Spanish book market by storm in 2020, will receive the Festival Eñe Talento a bordo Award, which seeks to recognise emerging literary talent.

For Laia Estruch, art knows no bounds. Although her work stems from sculpture, it centres around the body, its movements and the voice. Recently, her work ‘Trena’ was exhibited at the Sala Oval of the MNAC (Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya [National Art Museum of Catalonia]).

Paralympic swimmer Sarai Gascón has added four more medals —one gold and three bronze— (and counting) to her extensive collection during the recent World Championships held in Manchester. Her next goal? Winning the gold in Paris.

Her passion for photography runs in the family. Her father, a shutterbug, used to take her photo often, which is why, when young Estela started shooting photos with her own camera, she featured the people who were part of her life.

Time, such a valuable and rare resource in today’s world, is what Lala Serrano dedicates to her photography. Her analogue camera captures moments that she doesn’t look for, but that find her, extracting beauty and poetry.

The Spanish women's football team dreamed of winning the World Cup and they have ended up making a whole country dream. Olga Carmona and Irene Guerrero were aware of the difficulty, but they finally bring the Cup home.

A whirlwind. This is the natural phenomenon Adriana Cerezo is most like both on and off the tatami. And that strength is what carries this taekwondo athlete through the air at each championship and during each training session.

They don’t practice the same sport, one does swimming and the other canoeing, they were born seven years and more than one thousand kilometres apart, but Sarai Gascón and Antía Jácome have one thing in common: their love for water.

Aitana somehow inherited her talent for music from her artistic grandfather from Jaén, whom she never met. Today, she flies high with her songs, and brings her fans along for the ride.

The Spanish female basketball team has set its sights high at the Eurobasket in Israel and Slovenia. Alba Torrens contributes experience and Maite Cazorla, her youth, a winning combination to reach the top of the tournament.

This journalist and writer —or storyteller as she defines herself— Carme Chaparro remembers walking around on Sant Jordi [Saint George’s Day] with a backpack full of books for her idols to sign. Today, she’s the one doing the signing.

Just a few days before the Tokyo Games, Irene Sánchez-Escribano felt her left foot crack. Tests confirmed the worse-case scenario: a broken second metatarsal bone. A severe blow. This summer, she’s working slow and steady towards Paris.

You don’t find filmmakers like Carla Simón, with a sincere, humble and honest gaze, every day. With just two films, 'Summer 1993' and 'Alcarràs', which aspires to three Platino Awards, this Catalan filmmaker has turned into a role model for Spanish film.

As president of the Academia de las Artes Escénicas, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo has promoted the Talía Awards, prizes that seek to recognise the work of a sector that she learned to admire as a child.

The Talía Award for Young Talent goes to... María Hervás! This actress from Madrid has embodied some of the most acclaimed female characters in Spanish theatre in recent times.

Irma Álvarez-Laviada has managed to transcend pictorial art and reinvent her work using materials in her studio. Her personal style, wrapped in minimalism and delicacy, was a hit at ARCO 2022, and she’s back again this year.

Words are the raw material Leticia Sala works with and she has the virtue of cutting them down and conveying more with less. Her first short-story collection, ‘Los cisnes de Macy’s’, is proof of this.

When she was a child, Inma Bermúdez didn’t know what design was, but she was already a designer. Today, with the 2022 Spanish National Design Award under her belt, she continues to create objects that cast light upon our everyday lives.

Vicky Sevilla’s career is dazzling. She admits that at the age of 17 she didn’t even know how to fry an egg, but at 29 she’s become the youngest chef to receive a Michelin star. It’s never too late to discover your talent.

Spain has one of the best teachers in the world. The prestigious Global Teacher Award recently confirmed this. Her name is Mirian Galán. Do you want to learn about her innovative method?

Laura Mas, better known as Okokume, breathes fresh air into contemporary art with the iconic character featured in her paintings, Cosmic Girl, and an inspiring message to overcome social issues.

‘La ciudad’ is Lara Moreno’s new novel. And Oliva, Damaris, and Horía are the three women who inhabit its pages, three names bound to three unforgettable stories.

For Josefa Ros Velasco, 2022 Spanish National Research Award, boredom is negative because it creates discomfort, but, at the same time, it has a positive side: it encourages us to take the next step and grow as people.

Together with jockey Julia Zambudio, we visit the Hipódromo de la Zarzuela in Madrid. During the tour, this girl tells us what it's like to live among horses: looking after, training and riding them!

The relationship between magic, science, and philosophy has driven artist Leonor Serrano Rivas to rebuild contraptions that inspired a new vision of the world in the 16^th century. The result can be seen at the Museo Reina Sofía.

With ‘Pripyat’, an album sung in a made-up language, Marina Herlop has managed to draw public attention and earn her place on both the national and international scene.

Have you ever stopped to think about the font you choose to write with and what it expresses? Laura Meseguer asked herself this question as a child and, over time, typeface design has become her life.

Since her beginnings, at the end of the 1960s, until today, Pilar Aymerich has photographed our social reality with a female gaze steeped in ethics, commitment, and respect for the world and her subjects.

This Sevillian designer translates haute couture codes into a powerful urban concept that reflects on the past, present, and future. Nathy Peluso, La Zowi, or Milena Smit have already worn her pieces.

Ana Barriga’s diametrically innocent and perimetrically conniving pictures and sculptures have found a perfect match in the current art market. At her latest exhibition in Dubai, all her works sold a fortnight before opening.

The lights and shadows of being human. Those are the elements that Isabel Muñoz, Spanish National Photography Award, has been capturing with her camera to delve into our true essence.

Strength, passion, reflection, and a lot of existential truth are the keys that each of the works of Lita Cabellut exudes. The perfect cocktail to turn them into cherished objects of desire.

Marina Núñez traded her paintbrushes for a mouse, and oil painting for software. Perseverance has always been her greatest ally, and she demonstrates this even today, with more than two decades of experience under her belt, while she retouches some of the hundreds of stills per minute that make up her videos.