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LATEST ARTICLES ( 213 )

• In the Grotto of the Teuton. Anselm Kiefer in Barjac

  

  My flight touched down in Marseille on a sunny September morning and although my ultimate destination was Barjac, I couldn't help but make a small detour to... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Interview with Jack Ma

  

  Jack Ma ( China, 1964), founder and chairman of Alibaba Group, one of the leading tech companies in the world with Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft. Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Louise Bourgeois: Biography, Works, Exhibitions

  

  “Art is the guarantee of sanity. Pain is the ransom of formalism. That's the most important thing I have to say."  These words couldn't be a truer reflection... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Rembrandt Versus Vermeer

  

  2019: The Year of Rembrandt. Amsterdam kicks off Holland's 350th anniversary celebrations for the Old Master with its exhibition "All The Rembrandts of the... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Leïla Slimani: Lullaby (Chanson Douce)

  

  Leïla Slimani, born in 1981, is a French-Morrocan author and the 2016 winner of France's most prestigious award for literature, The Goncourt Prize, for her... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Interview with Bernard Henri-Levy

  

  One of the great thinkers and intellectuals of our time, Bernard-Henri Lévy (Algeria, 1948) has successfully launched a theatrical tour around Europe with his... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Jerusalem, a Historical Enigma

  

  that God granted the world ten measures of beauty (yofi), nine for Jerusalem and just one for the rest of the world. The Holy City has no rivers, no sea view, n... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Interview with Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Laureate

  

  Autor: Elena Cué Mario Vargas Llosa. Photo by Elena Cué On the occasion of the Madrid Book Fair, Mario Vargas Llosa talks about his latest publication, "The Cal... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2019 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Interview with Paula Rego

  

  Author: Elena Cué Literary sources, poetry, music, folk stories, Salazar's repressive regime and the vulnerability of women in a hostile world are just some of... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Interview with Marina Abramovic

  

  Author: Elena Cué Marina Abramovic. Photo: David Leyes Marina Abramovic (Belgrade, 1946) is one of the greatest representatives of performance art today. Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Interview with Luc Ferry

  

  Author: Elena Cué Luc Ferry One morning in Paris, I meet with one of the great French intellectuals, philosopher and Minister of Education during the years of... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• And If Venice Dies?

  

  Author: Marina Valcárcel Art Historian Grand Canal, Venice Classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987, Venice now finds itself at death's door, not... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Bernini's Rome: For Love Of The Eternal City

  

  Author: Marina Valcárcel Art Historian The Rape Of Proserpina (detail), 1621-22, Borghese Gallery, Rome The ending of Paolo Sorrentino's film The Great Beauty i... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving

  

  Author: Marina Valcárcel Art Historian In 2004, 50 years after Frida Kahlo's death (Mexico 1907-1954), thousands of her personal belongings and artefacts saw th... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• But Just Who Are the Jewish People?

  

  Contributor: Dr. Diego Sánchez Meca, Lecturer in History of Contemporary Philosophy, Universidad de Madrid (UNED), Spain Both among those who, by reason of thei... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Bacon Versus Freud, a Battle History

  

  Author: Marina Valcárcel Art Historian Francis Bacon Three Figures and Portrait, (1975) and Lucian Freud, Leigh Bowery (1991) It might seem these days that... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Egon Schiele, Beauty and the Chasm Between

  

  Author: Marina Valcárcel Art Historian Egon Schiele, Seated Woman with Bent Knee, 1917. Narodni Gallery, Prague Vienna is this year commemorating the centenary... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Modigliani, a Painter with One Eye Looking Inwards

  

  Author: Marina Valcárcel Art Historian Nude, 1917 In the winter of 1910, Amedeo Modigliani was accompanied by Anna Akhmatova on his strolls around Paris where,... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Sigmar Polke: Biography, Works and Exhibitions

  

  As well as being one of today's most highly regarded artists (something that, incidentally, would have greatly annoyed him), Sigmar Polke is the... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• What I Understand by Philosophy

  

  Contributor: Dr. Diego Sánchez Meca, Lecturer in History of Contemporary Philosophy, Universidad de Madrid (UNED), Spain It is highly likely that, for many... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE