MAYORAL opens a new space in Barcelona dedicated to contemporary art
· The opening will take place in early 2024, coinciding with the 35th anniversary of the opening of its first gallery
· MAYORAL’s new adjoining exhibition space will be located at Carrer Consell de Cent, 286
·The new space will offer a programme dedicated to the work of contemporary artists
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LA OCAÑA By Pedro G. ROMERO
April 10, 2024 Ocaña didn’t like to be called gay; he always preferred proof, faggot or pansy, depending on the occasion. And he... Read more -
MATER By Chus Martínez
Carolina Caycedo, Catalina León, Marga Ximénez, Cinthia Marcelle, Pia Camil February 28, 2024 The question about the nature, history and status of materials is directly related to evolution and survival. The brilliant book... Read more -
MAYORAL opens a new space in Barcelona dedicated to contemporary art
November 30, 2023 · The opening will take place in early 2024, coinciding with the 35th anniversary of the opening of its first... Read more
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Tàpies and Miró, a radical collaboration
by Carles Guerra October 11, 2023 Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012) and Joan Miró (1893-1983) form an exceptionally genuine tandem, characteristic of 20th-century modernity. Global artists, to a... Read more -
Cont el que sent - Trencadís salvatge per al pintor Jordi Alcaraz
per BIEL MESQUIDA September 19, 2023 ENGLISH VERSION VERSIÓN ESPAÑOL PRELUDIAR Basta el present, ho veus? No necessites res pus, el present amb els seus baixos,... Read more -
Without any public responsibility | Carles Guerra
Carles Guerra presents "1 Sardana, 3 Fantasmes" by Marria Pratts exhibited in the Mirror Room's at Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona May 27, 2023 Marria Pratts, Galeria Mayoral, Liceu, Gran Teatre Liceu, Artistes catalans, Exhibition, Catalan Artists Read more
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Picasso. The Human Landscape
Victoria Combalía presents the pieces in the exhibition "Picasso. The Human Landscape" at Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona February 8, 2023 Victoria Combalia, curator of the exhibition, makes a video-tour of the exhibition presenting the pieces. PICASSO. THE HUMAN LANDSCAPE /... Read more -
¡La revolución será feminista o no será! | Julie Crenn
Julie Crenn speaks about Mari Chordà, Angela Garcia Codoñer, Isabel Oliver and Eulàlia Grau on the occasion of the exhibition "Breaking the rules" at Galeria Mayoral, Paris January 5, 2023 The exhibition requires us to place the works in context. We are in Spain, in the 1960s-1970s. Franco has been... Read more -
Interview Eulàlia Grau at Galeria Mayoral
Assumpta Bassas interviews Eulàlia Grau on the ocassion of her exhibition "The Rebellion of the Look" at Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona December 21, 2022 Assumpta Bassas interviews Eulàlia Grau on the occasion of her exhibition "The Rebellion of the Look" at Galeria Mayoral Barcelona. 24 nov 2022 - 12 jan 2023 Read more
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Eulàlia, cultivating the rebellion of the look | Assumpta Bassas
Assumpta Bassas talks about the exhibition "The Rebellion of the Look" by Eulàlia Grau at Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona November 25, 2022 Eulàlia Grau, Exhibition, Galeria Mayoral, 2022, The Rebellion of The Look, La Rebel·lió de la Mirada Read more -
Marria Pratts and Carles Guerra in the artist’s studio
Carles Guerra interviews Marria Pratts at her studio in Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona November 24, 2022 Marria Pratts, Artist's studio, Barcelona, Ghosts, Art, Contemporary Art, Galeria Mayoral Read more -
Bittersweet Generation | Juan Francisco Rueda
Juan Francisco Rueda presents "Bittersweet Generation", a group exhibition project by Contemporary Artists shown at Fundación Carlos de Amberes, Madrid October 21, 2022 Generación Agridulce, Galeria Mayoral, Bittersweet Generation, Juan Francisco Rueda, Curator, Pop-up, art, contemporary art, exhibition Read more
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A Miró masterpiece at Mayoral in Paris
Mayoral presents the exhibition "Miró. The Flaming Heart" at Galeria Mayoral, Paris October 18, 2022 Joan miró. Galeria Mayoral, Exhibition, Galeria Mayoral Read more -
Dalí and the epigenesis | Chus Martínez
Chus Martínez talks about Salvador Dalí on the ocassion of the exhibition "Dalí. Ultralocal / Ultraglobal" at Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona-Paris September 5, 2022 Dalí, Salvador Dalí, post-war artist, spanish avantgardes Read more -
Fernando Zóbel. A secret Form of Viewing | Alfonso de la Torre
Alfonso de la Torre presents the exhibition "Zóbel. An Artist From Three Continents" at Galeria Mayoral, Paris May 28, 2022 Zóbel, Fernando Zóbel, Galeria Mayoral, An artist from three continents, Alfonso de la Torre Read more
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Conversation between Vicenç Altaió and Blanca Llum Vidal (CATALAN)
Vicenç Altaió and Blanca Llum Vidal talks about "Miró and Ten Catalan Poets of Today" at Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona May 3, 2022 Joan Miró, 10 catalan poets, Galeria Mayoral Read more -
Gestures and Geometries: Two Exceptions | Elena Sorokina
Elena Sorokina, curator of " Resurgent Light" by Juana Francés and Maria Helena Vieira da Slva talks about the exhibition January 27, 2022 Juana Francés, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, female artists, exhibition, Mayoral, Resurgent Light Read more -
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva – Juana Francés | Pierre Léglise-Costa
Pierre Léglise-Costa talks about the exhibition "Resurgent Light" at Galeria Mayoral, Paris January 27, 2022 Juana Francés, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, female artists, exhibition, Mayoral, Resurgent Light Read more
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Mari Chordà and Assumpta Bassas in conversation at the MACBA (CATALAN)
Mari Chordà and Assumpta Bassas speak about the exhibition "Mari Chordà. A Pioneering Feminist" shown at Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona December 10, 2021 Mari Chordà, Macba Barcelona, Galeria Mayoral, Feminista, Femenist Artist Read more -
Un hommage à Pierre Matisse : une conversation entre Claudine Grammont et Elise Lammer modérée par Siân Folley
Claudine Grammont, Elise Lammer and Siân Folley talks about the exhibition "Un hommage à Pierre Matisse" at Galeria Mayoral, Paris November 19, 2021 An Hommage to Pierre Matisse, Galeria Mayoral, Mayoral, Barcelona, Paris, Tàpies, Miró, millares, Canogar, Rivera, Saura, Exhibitiom Read more -
Pierre Matisse and the Spanish avant-garde | Elise Lammer
Elise Lammer, curator of "Pierre Matisse and the Spanish avant-garde" talks about the exhibition at Galleria Mayoral, Paris-Barcelona September 11, 2021 It is not rare today to witness the same artist evolving across multiple galleries over the course of their career.... Read more
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Conversación entre Alfonso de la Torre y Elvira Maluquer con la participación de Jordi Mayoral (SPANISH)
Jordi Mayoral talks with Alfonso de la Torre and Elvira Maluquer on the exhibition "Abstract Nature" at Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona September 2, 2021 Con motivo de la inauguración de la exposición «Naturaleza abstracta»: Jordi Mayoral (JM): Per a nosaltres és una alegria... Read more -
Chus Martínez on Mari Chordà
Chus Martínez talks about the exhibition "Mari Chordà. A Pioneering Feminist Artist" at Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona July 2, 2021 Painting is movement. It uses the mind as if it were technology and the eye like the dynamic interface which... Read more -
Interview with Manuel Cargaleiro | Salomé Zelic
On the ocassion of the exhibition “The Youngest Among Us All: Zao Wou-Ki on Joan Miró” at Galeria Mayoral, Paris May 22, 2021 Interview with Manuel Cargaleiro by Salomé Zelic * Text written for the catalogue of the exhibition “The Youngest Among Us... Read more
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The Recollections of Françoise Marquet-Zao | Yann Hendgen
Yann Hendgen talks about Françoise Marquet-Zao, the Zao Wou-Ki's partner on the occasion of the exhibition " “The Youngest Among Us All: Zao Wou-Ki on Joan Miró”, at Galeria Mayoral, Paris May 21, 2021 The Recollections of Françoise Marquet-Zao Remarks compiled by Yann Hendgen * Text written for the catalogue of the exhibition “The... Read more -
Interview with Emmanuel Guigon | Jordi Mayoral
On the ocassion of the exhibition “The Youngest Among Us All: Zao Wou-Ki on Joan Miró” at Galeria Mayoral, Paris May 21, 2021 Interview with Emmanuel Guigon by Jordi Mayoral * Text written for the catalogue of the exhibition “The Youngest Among... Read more -
Interview with Joan Punyet Miró | Salomé Zelic
On the ocassion of the exhibition “The Youngest Among Us All: Zao Wou-Ki on Joan Miró” at Galeria Mayoral, Paris May 21, 2021 Interview with Joan Punyet Miró by Salomé Zelic * Text written for the catalogue of the exhibition “The Youngest Among... Read more
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Zao Wou-Ki and Joan Miró: Aesthetic Affinities | Salomé Zelic
Salomé Zelic, curator of “The Youngest Among Us All: Zao Wou-Ki on Joan Miró”, speaks about Zao Wou-Ki and Joan Miró May 12, 2021 Zao Wou-Ki and Joan Miró: Aesthetic Affinities by Salomé Zelic * Text written for the catalogue of the exhibition “The... Read more -
ARCO E-Talks: Clásicos Contemporáneos
Bea Espejo converses with Paloma Martín Llopis, Jordi Mayoral and Guillermo de Osma April 8, 2021 ARCO E-Talks: “Clásicos Contemporáneos” (Spanish) Wednesday, March 3, 2021 Directed by: Bea Espejo Participants: Paloma Martín Llopis, Jordi Mayoral, Guillermo... Read more -
Notes on the framework and reality｜Historical Text by Rafael Canogar
Rafael Canogar speaks about his works in the excerpt "Apuntes sobre el marco y la realidad" published in 1998 at Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando at Madrid February 26, 2021 Very soon I discovered my path, an aesthetic which had a powerful impact on me: Informalism, action painting which expressed... Read more
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It’s all over, this is other art｜Alfonso de la Torre
Alfonso de la Torre speaks about the «other art» concept on art introduced by «El Paso» on the occasion of the exhibition “Zóbel and the Great Post-War Generation” organised by Galeria Mayoral at the Fundación Pons in Madrid February 2, 2021 IT’S ALL OVER, THIS IS OTHER ART by Alfonso de la Torre *Text written for the exhibition “Zóbel and the... Read more -
Rafael Canogar: The Informalist Years ⎜ Enrique Juncosa
Enrique Juncosa speaks about his curated exhibition "Rafael Canogar. The Informalist Years" at Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona January 27, 2021 This exhibition brings together an important group of paintings by Rafael Canogar (Toledo, 1935), produced between 1958 and 1963, at... Read more -
Memories of the Material. Rivera and Millares, in an Untimely Country ⎜ Carles Guerra
Carles Guerra on his curated exhibition "Rivera - Millares. Ethics of Reparation" at Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona-Paris January 12, 2021 With hindsight, the success of Spanish art at the end of the 1950s is a case not very far removed... Read more
![Detail of "Metamorfosis", 1959 by Manuel Rivera [left]; detail of "Cuadro 186" by Manolo Millares [right]](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/ws-artlogicwebsite1593/usr/images/news/main_image/34/screenshot-2020-12-17-at-10.37.36-1024x683.png)
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A Selection of Writings by José Guerrero
On the occasion of the exhibition "José Guerrero. The USA Influence. Works from 1959 to 1967" at Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona November 20, 2020 New York Today in my studio, on opening a tube of violet, it fell on the floor, and it slipped,... Read more -
Introductory text to “Younger American Painters: A Selection” (1954) | James Johnson Sweene
James Johnson Sweene talks about the American's and European's young arists in the publication "Younger American Painters: A Selection" published in 1954 by The Salomon R. Guggenheim Museum of New York November 2, 2020 Is there any deep seated difference between what the younger generation of painters in Europe is doing and what is... Read more -
Talk by Francisco Baena Díaz on “José Guerrero. The Influence of the USA” (Spanish)
Francisco Baena Díaz, director of the José Guerrero Center in Granada, speaks about the artist on the occasion of the exhibition dedicated to the artist at Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona September 25, 2020 For the 2020 edition of the Barcelona Gallery Weekend, Mayoral invited Francisco Baena Díaz, director of the José Guerrero Center... Read more
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José Guerrero, vuelve a Granada (1976) ⎜José María Moreno Galván
Article about José Guerrero by José María Moreno Galván published in the magazine "Triunfo" September 23, 2020 José Guerrero, the magnificent painter from Granada, is here among us now. He is exhibiting in his land, in his... Read more -
Talk by Alfonso de la Torre on “Zóbel-Chillida. Crisscrossing Paths” (French)
The curator of “Zóbel-Chillida. Crisscrossing Paths” talks about the exhibition organised at Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona-Paris September 19, 2020 Talk by Alfonso de la Torre, curator of the exhibition “Zóbel-Chillida. Crisscrossing Paths”. 16 September, 2020 (French) Read more -
A Shoulder on Which to Bear Time
A conversation between Biraaj Dodiya and Elena Sorokina on Manolo Millares September 3, 2020 A Shoulder on Which to Bear Time A conversation between Biraaj Dodiya and Elena Sorokina on Manolo Millares Thursday,... Read more
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José Guerrero Between Two Worlds ⎜ Juan Manuel Bonet
Juan Manuel Bonet, talks about his curated exhibition "José Guerrero. The USA Influence. Works from 1959 to 1967" at Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona September 3, 2020 Once again I have the pleasant task of writing about José Guerrero, almost 50 years after the first time we... Read more -
Art Talk: Conversations with 12 Women Artists [excerpts] by Cindy Nemser
Cindy Nemser interviews Barbara Hepworth and Lee Krasner June 26, 2020 Barbara Hepworth United Kingdom, 1903-1975 Barbara Hepworth (BH): Well you need to know what to do and discipline yourself. I... Read more -
Interviews with Juana Francés
Juana Francés' interviews by Luis Blánquez Benito April 7, 2020 juana Francés at the Ateneo [1] Luis Blánquez Benito (LBB): In our Studios we have the painter Juana Francés,... Read more
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A Conversation between Boye Llorens and Isabel Tejeda
On the occasion of the exhibition "Juana Francés: Informalism Was Also Female" at Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona March 27, 2020 Boye Llorens (BL): The Juana Francés exhibition at the Mayoral gallery focuses on the years between 1957 and 1962, an... Read more -
A Conversation between Carles Guerra and Agustín Pérez Rubio
On the occasion of the exhibition "Juana Francés: Informalism Was Also Female" at Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona February 12, 2020 Agustín Pérez Rubio (APR): The Francés case is the typical case of an artist who is totally undervalued in her... Read more -
Juana Francés: 1957-1962 | Tomàs Llorens
Tomàs Llorens talks about his curated exhibition "Juana Francés: Informalism Was Also Female" at Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona January 24, 2020 The period from 1957 to 1962 encapsulates one of the most brilliant episodes in the history of Spanish modern art.... Read more
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30 Years of a Gallery – Constructing the Story Day by Day
Cristina Mayoral, Eduard Mayoral and Jordi Mayoral talks on the celebration of the 30 years of the gallery's history in the auditorium of the MACBA November 26, 2019 A gallery is a dialogue, a conversation, a question, a space for debate and interaction, a door open to reflection.... Read more -
SAURA. Brigitte Bardot et autres dames｜Martine Heredia
Martine Heredia, curator of "Brigitte Bardot et autres dames" talks about the exhibition at Galeria Mayoral, Paris November 26, 2019 Antonio Saura, like Picasso, makes of the figure of the woman less a theme of predilection than a field of... Read more -
New gallery in Paris
Galeria Mayoral opens a new gallery in Paris with an exhibition of Antonio Saura November 22, 2019 Mayoral opens a new gallery in Paris with an Antonio Saura exhibition The gallery will develop curated shows that promote... Read more
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A Conversation between Wilfredo Prieto and Rosa Lleó
On the occasion of the exhibition "Venezia 1958" at Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona October 31, 2019 Mangos, Limes and Flags In 1958, Spain, like Portugal, was an insular, extremely poor country with a strong presence of... Read more -
A Conversation between Pere Portabella and Vicenç Altaió
On the occasion of the exhibition "Venezia 1958" at Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona October 30, 2019 We found ourselves in the dark night of the Franco dictatorship dominated by Castilianity and the cross: National Catholicism. A... Read more -
Bearing Witness to the 1958 Venice Biennale | Luis González Robles
Luis González Robles, curator of the Spanish Pavilion, speaks about the 29th Venice Biennale October 11, 2019 Spanish Artists in the 29th Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition Spanish Pavilion, 1958 For this 29th Venice Biennale a series... Read more
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On the 1958 Venice Biennale, Still | María Dolores Jiménez-Blanco
María Dolores Jiménez-Blanco talks about the 1958 Venice Biennale October 5, 2019 The Spanish Pavilion at the 29th Venice Biennale, the edition held in 1958, has become an inevitable landmark in narratives... Read more -
Brief Interview with Manel Mayoral, founder of the gallery | Llucià Homs
Llucià Homs talks with Manel Mayoral on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Galeria Mayoral September 20, 2019 LLUCIÀ HOMS (LH): Hi Manel; this year the Mayoral family is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the opening of the... Read more -
Letters from Fernando Zóbel to Eduardo Chillida
A collection of letters from Eduardo Zóbel to Eduardo Chillida dated between 1964-1979. Published in the exhibition catalogue "Zóbel-Chillida. Criscrossing paths" May 20, 2019 Letter from Fernando Zóbel of 17 September 1964 in which he expresses his satisfaction with their meeting in Cuenca and... Read more
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Memory of Qualities | Patrick D. Flores
Epilogue by Patrick D. Flores on the occasion of the exhibition "Zóbel-Chillida. Crisscrossing Paths" at Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona-Paris May 19, 2019 When Fernando Zóbel turned to abstraction sometime in the fifties, he thought of his newfound form as being shaped by... Read more -
Words and ways about the Eulogy of the Horizon and other public sculptures (1990) | Fernando Huici
Fernando Huici interviews Eduardo Chillida. Published in the catalogue "Zóbel-Chillida. Criscrossing paths " on the occasion of the exhibition at Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona-Paris May 15, 2019 FH [Fernando Huici]: In any case, from an immediate contemplation of your piece, the illusion is that of a very... Read more -
An interview with Ignacio Chillida Belzunce and Fernando Zóbel de Ayala y Miranda | Alfonso de la Torre
Alfonso de la Torre interviews Ignacio Chillida Belzunce, the son of Eduardo Chillida, and Fernando Zóbel de Ayala y Miranda. Text Published in the exhibition catalogue "Zóbel-Chillida. Criscrossing paths" May 14, 2019 The image of the artist nowadays Alfonso de la Torre [AT]: When I consider certain artists who are no longer... Read more
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International Conference on Sculpture (August 1988) | Eduardo Chillida
Text of the lecture given by Eduardo Chillida at Trinity College, Dublin on the occasion of the International Conference on Sculpture on August 1998. Text Published in the exhibition catalogue "Zóbel-Chillida. Criscrossing paths " May 13, 2019 Limits are the real protagonists of space, just as the present, another limit, is the real protagonist of time. The... Read more -
Conversations with Fernando Zóbel | Rafael Pérez-Madero
Rafael Pérez-Madero interviews Fernando Zóbel, 1978. Published in the catalogue "Zóbel-Chillida. Criscrossing paths " on the occasion of the exhibition at Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona-Paris May 7, 2019 RPM [Rafael Pérez-Madero]: In going over the critical literature of those days I notice that you are often classified among... Read more -
In painting (1975) | Fernando Zóbel
Article "En la pintura" by Fernando Zóbel about his work Text published in the exhibition catalogue "Zóbel-Chillida. Criscrossing paths " May 6, 2019 I believe that each painter paints in relation to what surrounds him, and what has always surrounded me is the... Read more
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Zóbel-Chillida, a Meeting | Alfonso de la Torre
Alfonso de la Torre, curator of the exhibition "Zóbel-Chillida. Criscrossing paths " at Galeria Mayoral Barcelona-Paris , talks about the connections of Zóbel and Chillida during his life April 29, 2019 [Like crisscrossing paths, the lives of Zóbel and Chillida intersected in the mid-sixties. In the fifties, with the two of... Read more -
Tàpies Today | Arnau Puig
Arnau Puig, philosopher and founder of Dau al Set speaks about the remaining importance of Tàpies work April 4, 2019 Mayoral is pleased to present 'Tàpies Today', a monographic exhibition devoted to Antoni Tàpies which follows the artist’s creative trajectory... Read more -
Ochre with Six Collages | Elise Lammer
Elise Lammer talks about the work "Ochre with Six Collages", published in the exhibition catalogue "Tàpies, today" March 7, 2019 More than a painted canvas Ochre with Six Collages is a hanging sculpture. Like other works from the same period... Read more
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A Specific Void | Laura Copelin
An analysis of works in the exhibition "Tàpies, today" published in the catalogue of the exhibition March 4, 2019 In Antoni Tàpies’s Empremtes de plats (Plate Prints) a thick cloth appears to be cast horizontally over the center of... Read more -
Interviews with the Fundació Antoni Tàpies’ former and current directors. Manuel Borja-Villel | Llucià Homs
Interviews with the ‘Fundació Antoni Tàpies’ former and current directors by Llucià Homs. Published in the exhibition catalogue "Tàpies, today" January 31, 2019 An Interview with Manuel Borja-Villel Director of the Fundació Antoni Tàpies 1990-98 Madrid, MNCARS, 13 September 2018 Llucià Homs: After... Read more -
Interviews with the Fundació Antoni Tàpies’ former and current directors. Nuria Enguita | Llucià Homs
Interviews with the ‘Fundació Antoni Tàpies’ former and current directors by Llucià Homs. Published in the exhibition catalogue "Tàpies, today" January 31, 2019 An Interview with Nuria Enguita Director of the Fundació Tàpies 1998-2008 Valencia, by telephone, 18 July 2018 Llucià Homs: Nuria,... Read more
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Interviews with the Fundació Antoni Tàpies’ former and current directors. Laurence Rassel | Llucià Homs
Interviews with the ‘Fundació Antoni Tàpies’ former and current directors by Llucià Homs. Published in the exhibition catalogue "Tàpies, today" January 31, 2019 An Interview with Laurence Rassel Director of the Fundació Antoni Tàpies 2008-15 Brussels, by telephone, 24 July 2018 Llucià Homs:... Read more -
Interviews with the Fundació Antoni Tàpies’ former and current directors. Carles Guerra | Llucià Homs
Interviews with the ‘Fundació Antoni Tàpies’ former and current directors by Llucià Homs. Published in the exhibition catalogue "Tàpies, today" January 31, 2019 An Interview with Carles Guerra Director of the Fundació Antoni Tàpies since 2015 Barcelona, 25 July 2018 Llucià Homs: Carles,... Read more -
Historical testimonies on Antoni Tàpies | Michel Tapié
A collection of testimonies about Tàpies given by Michel Tapié, Yvon Taillandier, Dan Evans and Roland Penrose. Published in the exhibition catalogue "Tàpies, Today" January 21, 2019 The work of Antonio Tàpies is provocative, like all creative art; as communication it is unfathomable, secretive. It is not... Read more
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Antoni Tàpies: Updated Reflections | Arnau Puig
Arnau Puig, friend of the artist and an expert in his work since the creation of the group Dau al Set, makes some reflections about Tàpies in his last curated exhibition "Tàpies, Today", at Galeria Mayoral-Paris January 9, 2019 Tàpies was a conceptual artist par excellence because he always needed the support of the material, a reality that he,... Read more -
The birth of signs | Jacques Dupin
Text written on the occasion of the exhibition "Miró-Barceló" at Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona. Inclouded in the catalogue published in 2010. December 3, 2018 When we look back on Miró’s long and impressive career and try to understand it in its entirety, the enigma... Read more -
Tener los pies en la tierra | Rafael Canogar
On the occasion of the exhibition "With rebellion, awareness is born", published in the catalogue November 26, 2018 The style of our epoch can be surprising for its chaotic look. And yet I would like to come down... Read more
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With rebellion, awareness is born | Video
Video tour of the exhibition "With rebellion, awareness is born" at Galeria Mayoral, Barcelona November 21, 2018 Mayoral is pleased to present the exhibition 'With rebellion', awareness is born, a look at Spanish art of the postwar... Read more -
Manolo Millares: Recent Paintings | Excerpt
Manolo Millares talks about this recent paintings, 1960. PUBLISHED IN THE EXHIBITION CATALOGUE "MILLARES. BUILDING BRIDGES, NOT WALLS" November 14, 2018 ART TODAY APPROACHES THE DIVIDING LINE with the imposible. The impossible as an incentive for artistic creation always carries in... Read more -
Art of another kind | Michel Tapié
A selection of historical texts. Published in the exhibition catalogue " With Rebellion Awareness is Born" October 4, 2018 ONCE IT IS ACCEPTED that in art the actuality of a certain period amounts to a few highly individualized general... Read more
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Music After 1950 | José Luis Delás
Text written in "El paso 14" on October 1959 «La Música después de 1950» by José Luis Delás. Published in the exhibition catalogue "Millares. Building Bridges, not walls" May 10, 2017 José Luis Delás: Music After 1950 Observing the most recent evolution of instrumental music one can identify the development... Read more -
A conversation about Manolo Millares with Elvireta Escobio and Alfonso de la Torre | Llucià Homs
Llucià Homs talks with Elvireta Escobio, widow of Manolo Millares, and Alfonso de la Torre May 4, 2017 On the AVE train heading to Madrid I reviewed the multitude of notes I have been taking over the last... Read more
