Bartolomé Pérez goes to Ohio
Cleveland, 05/31/12 The 23rd of April La Tribune de l'Art published the scoop surrounding the new acquisition by the Cleveland Museum of Art to the Galerie Terrades in Paris. Surprise and scepticism spread over the art community in light of the small format, the subject matter, and the scarce relevance of the artist in the market and in public collections....
'Rosemarie Trockel: A Cosmos'
Madrid, 05/24/12 Rosemarie Trockel (Schwerte, Germany, 1952) has accumulated over three decades a diverse repertoire of pieces by different authors, eras, artistic techniques and themes, which account for the major aesthetic and programmatic affinities of Trockel's work. Rosemarie Trockel: A Cosmos is the first attempt to confront these objects with her own...
The National Library expands
Madrid, 05/23/12 The Biblioteca Nacional de España (BNE) - the Spanish National lIBRARY – and Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) propose Different gazes, a dialogue between the library books and 30 pieces of Spanish museums. In celebration of its Tercentenary, the BNE goes to meet national and regional museums in search of visitors, alternative spaces and new ways...
'The English Prize': the capture of Westmorland
Oxford, 05/21/12 One of the most interesting episodes of the journey undertaken by English travelers of the Grand Tour is the one regarding the capture of Westmorland. The last voyage of a trade sail ship carrying a precious cargo from the port of Livorno to London in January 1779 and which, regretably, would never reach its port of destination upon being...
'Theater, you are pure theater'
Seville, 05/18/12 Peter Paricio (Tenerife, 1982) is the protagonist of the exhibition presented in the ICAS space at Casino Exhibition in Seville until June 24. More than thirty works covering the various series conceived from his beginnings - like Digital series, Destructures, Canary Paradise, After Francis Bacon or Master Painters- up to...
Massés: Earthy and Cosmopolitan
Madrid, 05/17/12 The painting of Federico Beltrán Massés (Guira de Melena, Cuba, 1885 - Barcelona, 1949) is almost unknown to us nowadays, however, the artist enjoyed a huge international reputation during his career. In his paintings, the Belle Époque is manifested with sofistication and fantasy. Dominated by a shadowy presence of women, embracing and...
The naive and inexperienced prince of thieves
Venice, 05/14/12 The Prince of Thieves has his own name, and it is not 'Robin Hood'. In reality is a 70 years old Italian aristocrat who stole rich people and gave their richness to a unique poor: himself. Cristiano Barozzi, belonging to The Old Venetian Nobility and responsable of The Antiques Biennale some years, tought the best way to solve his liquidity...
The 'Partner Agents' of Nacho Criado
Madrid, 05/14/12 The Retiro Park has become the space chosen by the Museo Reina Sofia to host Partner Agents, the first retrospective exhibition of Nacho Criado (Mengíbar, 1943 - Madrid, 2010) after his sudden death. The exhibition spans four decades of work by a multifaceted and versatile artist – installations, sculptures, photographs, video, architecture ......
Images against oblivion
Madrid, 05/10/12 The Comunidad de Madrid presents in the Canal de Isabel II built the exhibitionMemories Built of Madrid photographer Rosa Muñoz (1963), one of the most outstanding creative photographers of the scene in our country. A selection of over 50 works made by Muñoz herself representing, virtually, his entire career: starting from the...
The 1000 Voices of Mexican art
Dallas, 05/07/12 One of the largest collections of modern art in the world arrives to Dallas with a selection of 80 works – including paintings, sculptures, drawings and engravings – from the more than 8,000 pieces that Andrew Blaisten started collecting in late 1960. Although the collection consists of works from different periods, the exhibition focuses...
Han: Splendor for Life and Death
Cambridge, 05/04/12 The Search for Immortality: Treasures of Han Tomb China has more than 400 pieces from the imperial treasures. Pieces of jade, gold, silver, bronze and ceramics which reflect the richness of the dynasty that established the paradigm of State in China through war, in a constant struggle for power and legitimacy. While written documents provide us...
Piranesi's 'black brain'
Madrid, 05/03/12 Architect, engraver, engineer, dealer, veduttiste or designer ; these are asoem of the titles cited by Giambattista Piranesi (Venice, 1720 - Rome, 1778), a figure clearly difficult to classify. In addition if we condone him with the award recognizing him as one of the leading polemicists of the art of his time, and ensure that Piranesi was...