THOMAS SCHüTTE – HINDSIGHT
The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia is Spain's most important museum for contemporary art. The permanent collection contains art of famous Spanish artists like Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali, alo...
The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia is Spain's most important museum for contemporary art. The permanent collection contains art of famous Spanish artists like Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali, alo...
Since the formation of the band in early 1981 Sonic Youth has being involved in a multidisciplinary universe surrounded not just by the most experimental music scene but have been into conceptual art, photography,...
Manifesta, the itinerant European contemporary art biennial, which some say is the alternative to the Venice biennial, arrived in Spain, more specifically to San Sebastian, in June. The fifth edition of the event has...
I must begin my article this month by expressing my own personal pain in the face of the terrorist attacks that took place in Madrid on 11th March. Everybody lived it in their own way. I did so like the majority: with...
When someone you know tells you he has a project in mind... well, you are always pleased, because its nice to find creative people with a bit of initiative. But when that idea takes shape and becomes a reality that e...
Bene Bergado, Batimalas, 2000. Mixed media, Variable dimensions, Collection of Avelino Marín. Los Alcázares, Murcia. Photo: RafaSánchez Its not that they are bad boys, but rather that they are artists who it is d...
Sybilla Fashion is a reflection of both our society and our times, and therefore, on 18th June Madrid's Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia opened an exhibition organised by the Ministry of Economy and the ...
This is the third year running that this spring festival has been held, and it is fast becoming one of the most important music festivals in Spain. What began in 2001 as a small one day experiment has this year becom...
Video is an artistic medium that has become increasing relevant in Spanish art in the last few years. The number of artist-producers continues to grow and it is about time there was a good review on it. Commissioned ...
ARCO is the International Festival of Contemporary Art which, in mid February each year, brings together spectators, critics, collectors, amateurs, students and general art lovers for nearly a week in Madrid. This ye...
We live surrounded by brands and the art world is no different. The work of a good number of modern artists is based on this concept. Joan Morey (born in Mallorca, Spain, in 1972) is one of these. STP (I am your who...
Although we tend to say that reality transcends fiction, in this case it is quite the opposite. In the exhibition that opened last November in Madrid's Conde Duque Cultural Centre, there is an exhibition of the best ...
Summer is over, and celebrations and other events are starting. The good news in our country is that a new contemporary art festival is coming to Madrid based on the latest trends and where videos and new technologie...
Up until now the most important fashion catwalks in Spain were: Gaudi in Barcelona and Cibeles in Madrid. Important but not very innovative. As a result, two years ago, "Circuit" was born in Barcelona, an alternative...
In this day and age, the art exhibition organiser's work is almost as important as the artist's work. At Obra Social Caja Madrid at the start of the year a program was organised with the aim of awarding 3 grants for ...
The heat has reached Madrid. Overnight we swapped winter shoes for sandals. Thermometers go from 20 to 40 with incredible ease. And the cultural offer went up in the same way as temperature degrees, because Photoes...
In May, not only the flowers bloom, but also exhibitions and events. This time it has been difficult to choose a single exhibition or event for the monthly article. After the winter lethargy, a good number of appoin...