Alternative art experiences in Madrid
Once you’ve visited the three famous art museums, Prado, Reina Sofia and Thyssen-Bornemisza, there are still many exciting art experiences waiting for you in Madrid.
Once you’ve visited the three famous art museums, Prado, Reina Sofia and Thyssen-Bornemisza, there are still many exciting art experiences waiting for you in Madrid.
For many, a vacation in Málaga includes a museum visit to the Picasso Museum, Alcazaba and Pompidou. Málaga has 40 museums, so there are many more to explore. Here’s a guide to five overlooked ones worth visiting.
This year’s edition of the international photography festival PhotoEspaña features both established and young local and international photographers. Threads are drawn from the past into the future, conveyed from poetic and aesthetic staging to raw and humorous realism.
Sustainable lamps made from plastic bottles, long-lasting plant decorations, quirky and fun fabric vases and movable cherry wood furniture. Both established Spanish designers and young talents have an eye for future interior design trends and the environment. Here’s a handful of Spanish designers worth keeping an eye on and bringing home from your trip.
In 2023, it will be 50 years since the death of the world-famous artist Pablo Picasso. It is marked by exhibitions in the five Spanish cities of Madrid, Barcelona, Málaga, La Coruña and Bilbao. Picasso had strong relationships with several of them. Here’s an overview of what you can experience in the Picasso Year 2023.
When Valencia was named Word Design Capital 2022, the city’s centuries-long design history came into focus, and the city’s young designers and architects are reinterpreting it.
Madrid’s annual international photography festival is in no way flagging, despite a tough year of coronary restrictions. Also in 2021, PHotoESPAÑA offers a huge programme of local and international photographers and visual artists. And here is everything from classical to contemporary and futuristic photography and audiovisual art.
The travel guide “111 Places in Mallorca That You Shouldn’t Miss” is a must-have if you want to discover Mallorca’s unknown gems, away from the tourist hordes. Here are tips for everything from nature and cultural experiences to small local shops and fincas.
A visit to Malaga’s Soho district is a must if you love street art. Málaga’s hip artists’ quarter is packed with works by some of the world’s best street artists. And new street art by up-and-coming artists is constantly emerging here, and worth keeping an eye out for.
“Time in a standstill” is a poignant, poetic and insightful photographic project in which a number of Spanish photographers, through different voices and places, document life from a closed Spain during the pandemic. You can see the entire photo exhibition online.