Mexican collector exhibits masterpieces in Madrid

Mexican collector exhibits masterpieces in Madrid

Madrid. “I have always wanted to share my works with the public,” says businessman and art enthusiast Juan Antonio Pérez Simón, who is exhibiting 70 masterpieces until mid-January in Madrid, where he will soon open a museum that will house part of his impressive collection. Van Gogh, Sisley, Picasso, Rubens, Goya, Monet, Renoir, Magritte and … Read more

Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” painting attacked with soup in London

Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” painting attacked with soup in London

London. Three Just Stop Oil activists threw soup at two of Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” paintings at the National Gallery in London on Friday, just hours after two other members of the protest group were convicted of doing the same in 2022. The activists threw tomato soup at a painting owned by the Gallery of … Read more

Artistic gems from the collection of Antonio Pérez Simón are on display in Madrid

Artistic gems from the collection of Antonio Pérez Simón are on display in Madrid

Madrid. Of the more than 4,000 works of art in the collection of businessman Antonio Pérez Simón, of Spanish origin, who has lived in Mexico since he was a child, 70 of the most representative and valuable ones traveled to Madrid to form part of a temporary exhibition at the CentroCentro cultural center, among them … Read more

South African rock art may have been inspired by an extinct species

South African rock art may have been inspired by an extinct species

Madrid., A mysterious tusked animal depicted in South African rock art may represent an ancient species preserved as a fossil in the same region. This is the conclusion of a study published in the journal PLOS ONE by Julien Benoit of the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. The Horned Serpent Panel is a section … Read more

FLECHA Fair 2020: 33rd Edition Showcases National and International Artists at Arturo Soria Plaza Shopping Center

FLECHA Fair 2020: 33rd Edition Showcases National and International Artists at Arturo Soria Plaza Shopping Center

FLECHA, the Fair for the Liberation of Commercial Spaces Towards Artcelebrates its 33rd edition until March 17 at the Arturo Soria Plaza Shopping Center with more than 50 national and international artists and around 500 works of different techniques. Numerous works spread over, no more and no less than, 2,000 square meters. The main objective … Read more

Vincent Van Gogh’s Admiration for Japanese Prints and Collaboration with Pokémon Inspires Chaos in Museum

Vincent Van Gogh’s Admiration for Japanese Prints and Collaboration with Pokémon Inspires Chaos in Museum

Vincent Van Gogh deeply admired Japanese prints. As part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the Pokémon collection was inaugurated. Therefore, they had a collaboration and the exhibition, which opened recently, features six unique paintings that fuse the world of Pokémon with the famous masterpieces of Vincent Van Gogh. … Read more

New Exhibition by Maria Luisa Rojo-Novais Grandío at Espazo de Arte de Roberto Verino on Paseo Street

New Exhibition by Maria Luisa Rojo-Novais Grandío at Espazo de Arte de Roberto Verino on Paseo Street

The Espazo de Arte de Roberto Verino, on Paseo street, opened a new exhibition yesterday. This is the pictorial collection “Semblantes”, by the artist from Camariñas María Luisa Rojo-Novais Grandío. Her work has traveled through exhibition spaces in Coruña, Ferrol, León, Culleredo, Baiona, Santiago, Oleiros and Teo, and she has participated in numerous group shows. … Read more

Artists auction works to turn Nina Simone’s birthplace into a cultural site

Artists auction works to turn Nina Simone’s birthplace into a cultural site

Artists have brought together eleven works, including paintings by Cecily Brown and Sarah Sze, to turn the soul diva’s birthplace into a cultural site. The session, orchestrated by Pace and Sotheby’s, takes place on the internet and ends on Tuesday 23 May. By Le Figaro with AFP Posted on 05/20/2023 at 10:25 This content is … Read more