Archive for February, 2010

The Michael Jackson “King of Pop” Musical

On June 25th of 2009, several songs of the King of Pop were being listened to and heard through the windows of thousands of homes. The loss of the pop music symbol has saddened so many people that nobody wants to forget him and everybody want to revive him.

In October, “This Is It”, a [...]

Friday, February 26th, 2010

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 is turning into a visual nightmare. The question we should ask [...]

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

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.

Schütte (Oldenburg, 1954) has been one of the most important German artists of his [...]

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

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 aesthetic that reminds us of the flyers, the Andy Warhol collages or the [...]

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Miquel Barceló reviews 25 years of work at the CaixaForum Madrid

CaixaForum Madrid is showing 25 years of the artistic career of Miquel Barceló (Mallorca, 1957) in a magnificent exhibition which will open from February 11th to June 13th. This exhibition will allow the viewers to enjoy his artistic experience, full of mystery and adrenaline. In this manner it will tour through some 200 pieces [...]

Friday, February 12th, 2010

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 de Gran Canaria and since he was a boy he loved drawing [...]

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Arco comes back to Madrid for 2010

ARCO Madrid 2010, the must-visit event for contemporary art, opens its doors from February 17th through 21st in IFEMA. At this 29th edition of ARCO the city of Los Angeles is invited as a special guest and it’s the first time that a city has been invited, instead of a country, as was the [...]

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Children and snow, a perfect combination

Finally the winter has arrived! The white season forces many children to stay home because of the bad weather. Probably it the saddest season of the year until the snow comes along! From then on the winter is synonymous with joy and fun for young and old alike.

Over the years, playing in the snow [...]

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

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 White Ribbon‘ (’Das Weisse Band’), awarded as the Golden Globe for [...]

Monday, February 1st, 2010