Hermitage white nights from Neva

San Petersburg is a very peculiar city, born from mud and swamps in the 18th century. Its splendorous and decadent buildings remind me several European cities, such as Paris, Vienna, Rome, or Prague. Its channels and bridges bring me back to Venice, Istanbul, or Ambers. To travel and storytelling is one of my very favourite things to do. I particularly enjoy the inspiration that comes up from unexpected places or visitors…like Roman God Mercury, who follows me from façades, top-of-monuments, fountains and, of course, along the Hermitage rooms. My god! Does he try to escort me to the underworld? Or

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¿Qué hace esto aquí? Museo Lázaro Galdiano

Me gusta la idea de que entremos en una exposición con una pregunta “ Que hace esto aquí?” tal vez porque lo cuadros que más me fascinan son los que más preguntas plantean, quizás por esa idea de diálogo con el artista y con su obra. Y sin duda porque en el Museo Lázaro Galdiano nos muestran  una propuesta muy original ( escasas son en nuestro país) y lo ha hecho de manera muy bella. A veces el arte moderno , cito a Katherine Kuh “nos produce una sensación desconcertante “nos enfrenta con amargura hacia la extrañeza, la  falta de

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The Young Ribera

It’s Thursday and we must think about the weekend. Madrid will be bright and sunny,so take time to walk and relax on the terraces.  In the evening  go touring inside the Prado Museum, it is free, it is cultural and cool. There is a new exhibition about “The Young Ribera”, showing  some thirty works. One of its aims is to explain the evolution of the José de Ribera’s style until he became one of the most original and powerful naturalistic painters after Caravaggio. http://www.museodelprado.es/en/pradomedia/multimedia/the-young-ribera/?pm_video=on&pm_audio=on&pm_interactivo=on Another purpose of this exhibition is to show the activity of the Spanish artist during his stay in Rome and during the years following his

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