Carmen, by Joana Vasconcelos (2001)Materials: plastic earrings, iron An extraordinary combination for an artist of excess: Joana Vasconcelos (Paris, 1971) at the Liria Palace, a building that was the residence of the Duchess of Alba and has now been temporarily converted into an exhibition hall.We begin the tour in the library on the ground floor of the palace, where the monumental Carmen was installed,...

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 15/04/25 - Anyone who passes by the Gagosian gallery in Gstaad cannot resist going in to see, up close, Elizabeth Taylor half-covered by a carnation.  Emulsion, by Urs Fischer (2024)Materials: aluminium panel, based-screen printing paint / Measures: 205.3 x 163.5Despite the flower, recognizing the English celebrity is not difficult for us and that, precisely, is the main attraction of this series of "aluminium paintings" by Urs Fischer (Switzerland,...

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 Skittles, by Hugh Hayden (2024)Installation with 7 power coated aluminium skillets and hanging rail / Measures: 71.1 x 147.3 x 33 cm03/19/25 - Hugh Hayden (USA, 1983) practices the anthropomorphization of everyday objects, transforming familiar elements into ones that affect our perception.In Skittles, he worked with pots and pans, modifying their bases into faces similar to those of African masks, quite like those Picasso recreated...

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 03/05/25 - Every time we visit the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid, it is inevitable to stop at the room where Picasso's majestic Guernica is exhibited, which, as always, is saturated with visitors from all over the world. It turns out that no one wants to miss a detail of the extraordinary painting that depicts the pain of humanity.However, the museum offers additional...

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