Archive for February, 2011

Aby Warburg in the Museo Reina Sofia

On the 4th and 5th of March, for free you will be able to attend a meeting of some of the leading thinkers, art critics and artists who will gather in the building Nouvel in Reina Sofia in the seminar to examine, from a vision designed a century ago by Aby Warburg, the chances of [...]

Monday, February 28th, 2011

Jean-Léon Gérôme in-depth at the Thyssen

The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum will present from February 15, a retrospective of Jean-Léon Gérôme, one of the most important painters and sculptors of his time, born from the collaboration of J. Paul Getty Museum, the Musée d’Orsay and the Thyssen itself and it will become the first monographic exhibition dedicated to the artist from the 30s [...]

Friday, February 25th, 2011

José Caballero’s paintings come to Madrid

Opening at Madrid’s Círculo de Bellas Artes on the 10th February is an exhibition of the drawings of José Caballero – an artist considered one of the most influential members of Spain’s “abstract generation” of the second half of the 20th century. The show, entitled “José Caballero: Caminos de papel 1951-1991“, spanning over 40 years of work, brings together over 100 pieces, over [...]

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

Dorit Margreiter’s first exhibition at the Reina Sofia Museum

Dorit Margreiter, born in Vienna in ’67 and responsible for investigating in more than one occasion, the relationship between architecture and film, will first make a solo exhibition in Spain’s Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid. The artist was also interested in the everyday architecture, in the formation of identity and the role of spectators in [...]

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

ARCO: International Fair of Contemporary Art in Madrid

After all the controversy last year surrounding Luis Eduardo Cortés (director of Ifema, the company responsible for ARCO) almost derailed the event completely, the well known Contemporary Art Fair in Madrid will go ahead to celebrate its thirtieth edition this year over 16th – 20th February at the usual location of the Feria de Madrid [...]

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Hans-Peter Feldman at the Reina Sofia Museum

Until February 28, one of the most rellevant German artist of the moment, Hans-Peter Feldmann, will exhibit “An Art exhibition” in the 3rd floor of the Sabatini building of the Reina Sofia National Art Museum. In this simple space filled with quotidian elements transformed in aesthetical material, the visitor faces a whole variety of works [...]

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

Cuisine in skid sauce

All those with a passion for food and its history will no doubt be eager to get themselves down to new exhibiton “La Cocina En Su Tinta” at the Biblioteca Nacional de España. The minister of culture, Ángeles González-Sinde unveiled the new show, which charts the evolution of Spanish cuisine, and its journey throughout the [...]

Friday, February 4th, 2011