Posted in Barcelona on Sep 29th, 2011
In June of this year, the European Modern Art Museum opened its doors with the mission of opening a space for contemporary artists that make figurative art. The opening was made with the inauguration of the exhibition ’20th Century Contemporary Art’ and its original collections: ’20th Century Modern Sculpture’ and ’20th Century Catalan Sculpture’, that [...]
Posted in Barcelona on May 18th, 2011
Until the 17th of July, CCCB is holding La Trieste de Magris, as part of the Las Ciudades y sus escritores (The Cities and their writers) series, which started a few years ago. The show, which is sponsored by Gas Natural Fenosa, invites us to discover the city of Trieste through the work of Italian [...]
Posted in Barcelona on Apr 8th, 2011
The MNAC in Barcelona is for the first time showing some of the key works of Gustave Courbet, with exhibition Realismo(s). La huella de Courbet, on between 8th April-10th July. The exhibition compiles around 80 works, including paintings, drawings, and photographs, and was commissioned by Cristina Mendoza, sub-director of collections at MNAC; Mercè Doñate, head [...]
Posted in Madrid on Jan 28th, 2011
Gérôme was born in Vesoul in 1824. He is a classic representative of the French academic formalism. His works of clean, perfect lines with a huge technical quality, made Parisian bourgeoisie and aristocracy go crazy for him in the nineteenth-century. They saw art as a mere expression of beauty and perfection to serve the needs [...]
Posted in Barcelona on Jan 12th, 2011
A*Desk is an initiative by a group of art experts mainly in the area of theory and critic that has had an interesting story so far. Three of the co-founders are the Catalans Montse Badia (today director of the collection for contemporary art Cal Cego), Marti Manen (curator and art critic) and David G Torres [...]
Posted in Paris on Dec 23rd, 2010
On September 21st an exhibition that features over 180 works of the legendary Claude Monet opened at the Grand Palais in Paris. You can enjoy it until January 24, 2011. With more than 700,000 visitors expected at the Grand Palais, this magnificent exhibition is certainly an example of the Blockbuster dimensions necessary for the survival [...]
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