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Kandinsky´s retrospective at Centro Cibeles Madrid
Cibeles Center, in Madrid, hosts until next February 28th the biggest retrospective exhibition held in Spain of Kandinsky, he was pioneer of abstract art, and one of the most important avant-garde painters of all the times. The exhibition covers four … Continue reading
Edvard Munch at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. Any other painting you know apart from The Scream?
Las October it was inaugurated the retrospective exhibition “Edvard Munch: Archetypes” about the work of the renowned and however unknown Norwegian painter Edvard Munch. The first thing we have to tell you about this exhibition is that you will not … Continue reading
Cuenca, Fernando Zobel and the Museum of Spanish Abstract Art, a love story
We´d like to start the post apologizing for writing a bit late about our loved city of Cuenca, in Spain, and about the disruptive (this word currently and too oftenly used to name something that is countercultural, pioneering, courageous and … Continue reading
Malaga and Andalusia welcome the first Centre Pompidou outside France
It could be said that the origin of the new Centre Pompidou in Málaga (Spain) was a conversation between the present Major of Malaga and the French Ambassador during a football match held in Malaga in 2008. There came the … Continue reading
The collection of modern art of Kunstmuseum Basel arrives at Prado and Reina Sofia Museums in Madrid
Installation of “The two brothers” by Pablo Picasso, at Museo del Prado, Madrid Kunstmuseum Basel, the Art Museum of Basel, is considered as the first Public Museum in the world. Nowadays the main building of Kunstmuseum Basel is being restored, … Continue reading
Tribute to Paul Durand-Ruel, entrepreneur, art dealer and father of impresionism
Nowadays, impressionism is one of painting´s most admired movements but most people don´t know that the global success of this pictoric movement owes its existence to the efforts of the great French art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel, entrepreneur and visionary. Portrait … Continue reading
Pop Art at Thyssen Museum to color up this summer in Madrid
The great gallery Thyssen-Bornemisza presents Pop Art Myths, the first exhibition in Madrid since that one in 1992 at Reina Sofia museum. More than 60 works from this artistic movement that show the public the new visión of pop art … Continue reading
El Expolio (The Disrobing of Christ). Maximum representation of the dramatism in El Greco’s paintings
In the spring of 1577 Domenikos Theotokopoulos arrived in Toledo, just a little bit later, on June 2, he received from García de Loaysa 13.600 maravedies (currency at the time) to start painting “El Expolio” and there began the story … Continue reading
Sebastiao Salgado, the greatness of wild nature in black and white
The Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado was born in Aymorés (Minas Gerais) in February 1944. He is one of the most respected photojournalists in the world and belongs to the group involved with the social cause. His work is collected in … Continue reading
Paul Klee at the Tate Modern Gallery spreading light and colour in a brilliant exhibition
Paul Klee is a giant of 20th century art scene and one of the greatest creative innovators of his time. Witty, inventive, magical, his exquisite paintings resist any easy classification. He is mentioned in the same breath as Matisse, Picasso and … Continue reading