topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whattoseeinmadrid.com%2Fexpo-mario-testino-in-madrid%2F”, “shorturl”: “http://bit.ly/aRY3Y5″, “style”: “big”, “title”: “Expo Mario Testino in Madrid” }); Mario Testino was born in 1954 in Lima, Peru, but in ’76 he moved to London where he continues to live, making books and portfolios for girls who wanted to be models. Little by little the artist discovered the world of [...]

topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whattoseeinmadrid.com%2Fexhibit-tibet-madrid%2F”, “style”: “big”, “title”: “Exhibition ‘Tibet’ in Madrid ” }); On September 16, an interesting exhibition that explores through the sensitive and watchful eye of French photographer Laurent Zylberman opens at the Rita Castellote gallery in Madrid. It will explore the meeting of two profoundly different cultures, following the occupation of Tibet by [...]

topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whattoseeinmadrid.com%2Fexhibit-casa-encendida%2F”, “style”: “big”, “title”: “Three young curators at La Casa Encendida” }); Each year, Caja Madrid sponsors a contest entitle “Never-seen-before” to encourage the next generation of curatorial projects. With the idea of supporting contemporary art, each year this program gives young curators an attempt to advance the processes that stand for [...]

topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whattoseeinmadrid.com%2Ftattoos-gay%2F”, “style”: “big”, “title”: “The tattoos and the gay world” }); Symbols, cartoon characters, huge tribal, skulls, virgins, dragons, demons… tattoos are hot. To decorate the skin with permanent drawings is not a simple mode, but it is a way of understanding the beauty, the body and life. It’s no longer considered a [...]

topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whattoseeinmadrid.com%2Fthomas-schutte-reina-sofia-madrid%2F”, “style”: “big”, “title”: “The Thomas Schütte Exhibition at the Reina Sofía Museum: \\\”Retrospección\\\”" }); The Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid has inaugurated an exhibition of the famous German artist Thomas Schütte. You can enjoy it until May 17th 2010. This is the most complete retrospective dedicated to the artist in Spain. [...]

topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whattoseeinmadrid.com%2Fryan-mcginness-in-madrid%2F”, “style”: “big”, “title”: “Do you know who Ryan McGinness is?” }); Whether through his illustrations, paintings, sculptures or stickers, the art of the American Ryan McGinness is always fascinating: the visual symbols, the strong and psychedelic colours, the drawing with templates and the overlapping are his best allies. He uses a simple [...]

topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whattoseeinmadrid.com%2Fjerico-santander%2F”, “style”: “big”, “title”: “Jerico Santander and the digital Surrealism” }); Photoshop can be useful to retouch the celebrities defects, to improve the photography of a newspaper, to embellish landscapes, but first of all, it is a great tool for the creative designer Jericho Santander. This young designer was born in Las Palmas [...]

topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whattoseeinmadrid.com%2Fthe-cinema-of-michael-haneke%2F”, “style”: “big”, “title”: “The cinema of Michael Haneke” }); This Austrian filmmaker is fascinated by the calm and the silence that prevails before the storm. He declares that he is interested “in what happens before and after the violent act.” He develops once again this same topic in his latest movie: ‘The [...]

topsyWidgetPreload({ “url”: “http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whattoseeinmadrid.com%2Fthe-worst-hangover-ever%2F”, “style”: “big”, “title”: “The Worst Hangover Ever And How to Beat It” }); You lie in your bed and try to open your eyes. It’s difficult, because as soon as you open half an eye, you become aware of a severe throbbing headache. Your throat is sore and dry. Moaning and groaning [...]

Trip Around Carlos Berlanga – Exhibition in Madrid. Carlos Berlanga (1959-2002), a Spanish singer and composer was one of the biggest names in the Madrid nightlife also known at the time as the Movida Madrileña.