On September 8–9 in Barcelona (Spain), the 13th Midterm Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) Research Network Sociology of the Arts took place. The Institute of Arts and Cultural Studies (IACS) of the Latvian Academy of Culture (LAC) was represented by lead researchers Anda Laķe and Rūta Muktupāvela, researcher Līga Vinogradova, and research assistants Ance Kristāla, Lote Katrīna Cērpa, Sabīne Ozola, and Laura Brutāne.