Two works of Ries and Loarte join the Prado
Madrid, 09/29/11 Last July 20 was released by the Ministry of Culture the joint action with the Ministry of Economy and Finance in which they joined to the Spanish artistic heritage, seven paintings by renowned artists and a group of six Manises ceramics. Using the formula for tax payment, the Museu Nacionald'Art de Catalunya, Museo Nacional del Prado,...
'The Forbidden City' in the Louvre
Paris, 09/29/11 The exhibition The Louvre in the Forbidden City, China emperors and kings of France invites visitors to discover objects and collections of Chinese emperors through a selection of 130 works (an unprecedented loan granted by the Museum of the Forbidden City). The exhibition traces 800 years of history, from the Yuan Dynasty, until the dawn of...
All Willem De Kooning at MoMA
New York, 09/27/11 The Museum of Modern Art pays hommage to Willem De Kooning (1904-1997) with the most complete retrospective dedicated to this icon of abstract expressionism. The exhibition features approximately 200 works by the artist from museums, public and private collections. Occupying the entire sixth floor of the museum, the exhibition goes through...
Hannibal 'wins' and Goya crosses the mountain range
Madrid, 09/27/11 The deposit was formalized yesterday by Plácido Arango –President of the Royal Board of El Prado–, Gregorio Peña –director of the Foundation Selgas-Fagalde- and Miguel Zugaza. And complete one of the few temporary time gaps that occur in the artist's collection. Hannibal sighting Italy from the Alps, will be in Room 35 accompanied with the...
'Post-it city, occasional cities' at CentroCentro
Madrid, 09/26/11 Located in the renovated Palacio de Cibeles, CentroCentro is a place for contemporary urban culture expression. The exhibition Post-it City. Occasional cities will remain on the fourth floor of the center until February 19, 2012. Post-it City is a reflection about the temporary occupation of public space in cities around the world. The Centre...
'Hannibal the Conqueror' by Goya
Madrid, 09/23/11 Following the agreement with the Selgas-Fagalde Foundation, the Prado Museum will be exhibiting for several years 'Hannibal the Conqueror, viewing Italy from the Alps for the first time' (1770 - 1771) by Goya.This work is one of the most significant of Goya's youth, and will cover one of the few gaps that exist in this artist's collection...
A new 'goya' in The Burlington Magazine
Amsterdam, 09/23/11 The canvas of the Portrait of Don Ramon Satué, painted in 1823, hides a new goya. The finding, made by researchers and technicians from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, has been possible thanks to a new technique analysis process based on X-ray fluorescence developed by the University of Antwerp and Delft Technical University, to detect the...
Rubens, Van Dyck & Jordaens. Flemish Painters of the Hermitage
Amsterdam, 09/22/11 These days hang in the halls of the Hermitage Amsterdam Museum 75 paintings and twenty drawings sent by his "big brother" from Russia. These include masterpieces of the big three of the School of Antwerp – Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck and Jacob Jordaens –, to articulate a discourse on the evolution of seventeenth-century Flemish...
The 'Infinite Jest' of caricature
New York, 09/20/11 Just let me go back to the etymological origin of the Italian term caricare to find the own reason of this gender. "Charge" or "exaggerate", distorting the physical and psychological characteristics to convey the meaning of individual, social or political image, and combine it with one of the thousand forms of satire. Although the cartoon has...
Emilio Botín and Renzo Piano present The Botín Art Center
Santander, 09/20/11 The new project initiated by the Botín Foundation and designed by renowned architect Renzo Piano was presented in Santander. The 6000 square meters building, intended to accommodate, promote and teach art, will be located in the Bay of Santander, near the port of Albareda. The building has 2 wings; one is dedicated to art and...
Picasso: an 'acrobat' among the masters
Madrid, 09/19/11 The acrobat of the ball had never before visited Spain. In fact, the work never left Russia since 1971, and now will be exposed for three months in the Prado as part of its program "Guest Work" sponsored by the Friends of the Museum Foundation. Their journey starts a century ago. After being acquired by the writer and collector Gertrude Stein,...
'Vasarely, Go Home'
Madrid, 09/16/11 Awarded with the Golden Lion for his installation on the National Pavillion of Hungary in the last Venice Biennale, Andreas Fogarasi is one of the most promising young Austrian artist. Therefore MNCARS devotes this exhibition which starts at the Space One Sof abatini building with a screening of Vasarely Go Home (2011), a documentary in which...
The collages and sculptures by Esteban Vicente arrive to his museum
09/16/11 The exhibition Concrete Improvisations: collages and sculptures shows the unknown face of the Spanish artist. After passing through Dallas and New York, Esteban Vicente’s improvisations finally arrive to the Segovian museum. 63 collages, 20 sculptures and a video form this exhibition and pay tribute to the artist on the tenth anniversary of his...
Elena del Rivero in the memory of 11S
New York, 09/15/11 Coinciding with the commemoration of 10th anniversary of 11S, Valencian artist Elena del Rivero, presents two works - [Swi:t] Home: A Chant (2001-2006) and the video installation The cedarliberty Project (2001-2006 ) - in the New Museum and the International Center of Photography (ICP) of this city. In the 11S of 2001, the home and studio of...
The 'Light Wall' by Aitor Ortiz
Bilbao, 09/14/11 Acquired by the Guggenheim Museum in 2008, Light Wall 011 (2005) by Aitor Ortiz, shows a breathtaking place that demonstrates the problem of the wall, light and visual instability, "On the stone wall opens imposing an intimate space , a soft light that illuminates the interior and exterior projects on as an invitation to shelter: a hollow...
Zero Degree. Alberto García-Alix in Moscow
Moscow, 09/13/11 80 pictures of Alberto García-Alix can be seen, for the first time in this country, within the exhibition García-Alix. De donde no se vuelve in the Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow (MAMM). Curated by Nicholas Combarro and originally organized in Spain by the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in 2008, the exhibition presents the artist's...
Matta's fourth dimension
Madrid, 09/13/11 A large canvas in the background, two hanging from the ceiling and one on each side are the five oil paintings which form the four sides of the open cube (1966). This large installation was designed by Matta himself with the thought that the visitor could stand in front of the work, and have the feeling of stepping into the...
The centenary of Louise Bourgeois
Basel, 09/12/11 In order to celebrate what would have been her 100th birthday, the Beyeler Foundation (Basel, Switzerland) pays homage to Louise Bourgeois (1911 - 2010) with an exhibition she conceived with Ulf Küster.The exhibition features works from all her periods with others of Fernand Leger, Francis Bacon and Alberto Giacometti which belong to the...
Perpignan, European capital of photojournalism
Perpignan, 09/09/11 As for 23 years, thousands of visitors attending the International Festival of Photojournalism Visa Pour l'Image in Perpignan on September. This appointment presents a selection of the best works of world photojournalism today to the general public. A sign on a stand very different from the original, from the printed or digital format press...
Jean Prouvé, the 'architect-engineer'
Madrid, 09/06/11 Engineer, designer, artisan and architect, Jean Prouvé (1901-1984) described himself as a "constructor." He designed all kinds of furniture, prefabricated houses, even enormous pavilions and industrialized buildings. There was no difference for this visionary, he dared with everything always providing simple solutions: "Something that cannot be...
An exhibition for the 400th anniversary of William Dobson
London, 09/01/11 Considered the most important British painter of his generation, William Dobson (1611-1646) was a significant witness of the early Civil War when it took place between 1642 and 1651. His career was tragically short. It was described by the historian and antiquarian John Aubrey as "the most excellent painter of England," but in reality, we know...