Archive for February, 2010

The Michael Jackson “King of Pop” Musical

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Friday, February 26th, 2010

Bad taste or Generational Differences

topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whattoseeinmadrid.com%2Fgenerational-differences%2F”, “style”: “big”, “title”: “Bad taste or Generational Differences” }); Going back to the eighties is something that is commemorated on a regular basis. For some this was a memorable decade, the great 80’s! For others it is a time of questionable aesthetic taste that they hope disappears forever. For these the present [...]

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

The Thomas Schütte Exhibition at the Reina Sofía Museum: “Retrospección”

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Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Do you know who Ryan McGinness is?

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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Miquel Barceló reviews 25 years of work at the CaixaForum Madrid

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Friday, February 12th, 2010

Jerico Santander and the digital Surrealism

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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Arco comes back to Madrid for 2010

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Friday, February 5th, 2010

Children and snow, a perfect combination

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Thursday, February 4th, 2010

The cinema of Michael Haneke

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Monday, February 1st, 2010