Alejandra
Blog writer world traveler and Art lover
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Alejandra de Argos
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Travel with me and my friend arround the world to discover the latest art events and the most influential artists and exhibitions. If you love art, music, books and travel we would love you to join us.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 213 )
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Interview with Onora O'Neill
Author: Elena Cué This year’s Berggruen Prize for Philosophy Culture, endowed with $1,000,000, has been awarded to Onora O’Neill, Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve. Read more
Posted on 05 January 2018 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Yayoi Kusama: Biography, Works and Exhibitions
At the tender age of 10, a Japanese girl called Yayoi Kusama encountered the worlds of colour, sculpture and the modelling arts for the very first time. Read more
Posted on 12 December 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Interview with Vanessa Beecroft
Author: Elena Cué Portrait of Vanessa Beecroft 2015 polaroid. Pico Studio, Los Angeles photograhed by © Federico Spadoni, 2017. Read more
Posted on 07 December 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Palmyra After ISIS
Author: Marina Valcárcel Art Historian The execution of 25 Syrian soldiers by ISIS, Amphitheatre at Palmyra, July 2015 Palmyra after ISIS: The destruction of... Read more
Posted on 08 November 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Interview with Frank Stella
Author: Elena Cué Frank Stella en su casa del West Village, Manhattan. Photo: Elena Cué With a warm welcome, one of the most renowned painters of the American... Read more
Posted on 06 November 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Likenesses of the Virgin Mary
Author: Marina Valcárcel Art Historian Vitale da Bologna, Virgin of the Flagellants (1350), Vatican Pinacoteca A few years ago, Bill Viola found himself with... Read more
Posted on 26 October 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Broken Images: Goya and Farideh Lashai
Author: Marina Valcárcel Art Historian Detail: "And there's nothing to be done" from When I count, there are only you ... but when I look, there is only a... Read more
Posted on 04 September 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Bernie Krause: We Need to Learn to Shut up and Actively Protect Our Environment"
Author: Elena Cué Bernie Krause in St. Vincent’s Island, Florida (2001). By Tim Chapman. "The truth is the Greek myth got it wrong. It wasn't Orpheus who... Read more
Posted on 21 June 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Anselm Kiefer: Flowers and The Poetry of Paul Celan
Autor Colaborador: Marina Valcárcel Licenciada en historia del Arte Der Morgenthau Plan (The Morgenthau Plan), 2014 This may not be art criticism as such, comin... Read more
Posted on 05 June 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Bill Viola: "Mary" at St Paul's Cathedral
Author: Marina Valcárcel Art Historian Mary. Bill Viola. St Paul's Cathedral, London As we approach the High Altar of St Paul's Cathedral in London, sunlight... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Marina Abramovic: Biography, Works and Exhibitions
Photo portrait of Marina Abramović by David Leyes At first glance, the work of Marina Abramović (Belgrade, 1946) would appear to conform to that hackneyed old... Read more
Posted on 20 March 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Jasper Johns. Biography, Works and Exhibitions
Jasper Johns was a small-town boy from the Deep South whose university art teacher urged and convinced him to move to New York. Read more
Posted on 10 February 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Interview with José María Cano
Author: Elena Cué José María Cano. Photo: Elena Cué Crossing the threshold into the London home of the musician, composer and visual artist José María Cano,... Read more
Posted on 06 February 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Interview with Neo Rauch
Author: Elena Cué Neo Rauch - Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London. Photo: Uwe Walter. All that lies behind our thoughts ends up ruling our existence as... Read more
Posted on 08 December 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Interview with Ed Ruscha
Author: Elena Cué Ed Ruscha. Photo: Elena Cué Ed Ruscha (1937, Omaha, Nebraska) is one of the survivors of the American Pop Art, movement that has maintained... Read more
Posted on 23 November 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Caroline Kryzecki: Between The Lines
A "glitch" in the Information Technology and videogame world refers to a system error that has no negative impact whatsoever on performance, playability or... Read more
Posted on 05 November 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Zaha Hadid. Biography, Works and Exhibitions
British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid (1950-2016) once said "Rather than a style as such, what I do is try to stay always at the forefront of innovation”. Read more
Posted on 04 November 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
The Nun by Denis Diderot
Author: Maira Herrero, MA in Philosophy. I suspect that the idea of writing about French convent life in the early 18th century had occurred to the brilliant... Read more
Posted on 03 November 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
David Hockney and the Human Comedy
Author: Marina Valcárcel Art Historian David Hockney ~ Barry Humphries (March 2015) The three Royal Academy rooms dedicated to 82 portraits and one still life... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Interview with Adriana Varejão
Author: Elena Cué Portrait of Adriana Varejão. Photo by: Matteo D’Eletto M3 Studio © Gagosian and the artist. Adriana Varejão (Brazil, 1964) articulates the... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE