A Group of Forty Spanish Artists Demand that the Chillida Leku Museum Remains Open

SAN SEBASTIAN.- A group of prominent Spanish artists have signed a statement demanding the authorities to intervene to prevent the closure of Chillida Leku Museum in Hernani, because it is a “special place” conceived by “one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century: Eduardo Chillida. “ Among the 40 signers of the document, sponsored by the Foundation Art and Law, features artists such as Eduardo Arroyo, Miquel Barceló, Darío Villalba, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Chema Madoz, Joan Fontcuberta, Martín Chirino, Frederic [...]

“Landscapes without Memory” by Joan Fontcuberta at Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam

AMSTERDAM.- For the project Landscapes without Memory Catalan artist Joan Fontcuberta (b. 1955, Barcelona) used software developed by the US Air Force. It translates two-dimensional cartographic data into a simulated three-dimensional image. Instead of feeding maps into the software, in Landscapes without Memory Fontcuberta inserts painted landscapes: from Gauguin to Van Gogh, from Cezanne to Turner and Constable. The software translates them into new, virtual landscapes that Fontcuberta calls ‘post-landscapes’. They form a no-man’s land between the virtual and the [...]

Musée de l’Elysée Celebrates Polaroid with Exhibition from Its Collection

LAUSANNE.- For half a century, Polaroid has been synonymous with instant photography. Both amateurs and professionals were enthusiastic about the idea of pressing the shutter of the camera and seeing a print appear a few minutes later. The Polaroid format with its white border made it an object immediately identifiable and also unique. Shortly after its launch in 1948, Polaroid became a cult object. In the 1960s, nearly half of U.S. households owned one. Since its founding in 1937, the [...]

The Huarte Center Holds the “Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity” Exhibition

HUARTE.- On the occasion of the Bicentennial of the War of Independence, the State Corporation for Cultural Commemorations (SECC), coordinated by the Ministry of Culture, and the Government of Navarra, has organized the exhibition “Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity” for which it has invited 15 Spanish, 14 French and 2 Portuguese artists to present works that address the state of development of these three ideals of coexistence of modern society born of the heat of the French Revolution of 1789. The [...]