Toledo is a city about an hour south of Madrid. It has a wonderful cultural heritage and was declared a UNESCO site in 1986 for its extensive array of monuments. We visited the city and were rewarded with trips to its magnificent cathedral and El Greco’s fourteenth century house. Todays post – my first in a…
Jenny Holzer – September Painting of the Month
Jenny Holzer, born in New York in 1950, is a challenging artist who uses words as her medium. We have seen her work in the Guggenheim in Bilbao, and more recently at MACA, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Alicante. Hence my second painting of the month for September. inflammatory Essays, typical of Holzer’s public…
The Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid
The Golden Triangle in Madrid, a UNESCO World Heritage site, comprises the Prado, and the nearby Thyssen-Bornemisza – Bornemisza Museum, and the Museo Reina Sofia, containing Picasso’s Guernica. We spent most of our visit in the Prado, which has, reputably, the finest collection of European art in the world. It is a huge collection which…
Guernica – A Basque Item or a Universal Symbol – September Painting of the Month
Madrid has some of the finest paintings in Western History to view. We recently visited the Prado and the Modern and Contemporary collection at Reina Sofia. Both were excellent but the painting that stood out for us was Picasso’s Guernica at the latter. Standing in wonderful isolation with two guards on either side it must…
Guernica – A Basque Item or a Universal Symbol – September Painting of the Month
Madrid has some of the finest paintings in Western History to view. We recently visited the Prado and the Modern and Contemporary collection at Reina Sofia. Both were excellent but the painting that stood out for us was Picasso’s Guernica at the latter. Standing in wonderful isolation with two guards on either side it must…
