https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en Blog about Madrid Tue, 04 Nov 2025 07:50:02 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.1 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2020/04/02/virtual-art-walk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2020/04/02/virtual-art-walk/#respond Thu, 02 Apr 2020 08:43:18 +0000 Ignacio Vleming https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=1910

We know many of our visitors have had to postpone their trips to Madrid. Soon we’ll be back to normal, but during this period we would like to invite everyone who is staying home to take part in a number of virtual activities organised by the museums and cultural institutions along the Paseo del Arte (Art […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2020/04/02/virtual-art-walk/feed/ 0 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2017/05/30/inclusive-love-at-the-thyssen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2017/05/30/inclusive-love-at-the-thyssen/#respond Tue, 30 May 2017 11:20:44 +0000 Ignacio Vleming https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=1770

In a month’s time the city centre will probably be bursting at the seams… the seams of the rainbow flag, a symbol of the LGBT community. Roughly three million visitors are expected to arrive in Madrid to celebrate WorldPride, a huge party that draws massive crowds demanding the right to love without labels. Further to […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2017/05/30/inclusive-love-at-the-thyssen/feed/ 0 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2017/04/28/garneau/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2017/04/28/garneau/#respond Fri, 28 Apr 2017 11:37:17 +0000 Ignacio Vleming https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=1739

Singer-songwriter Chris Garneau, one of the most distinctive and intimate voices on the international scene, will be giving a couple of concerts on 5 and 6 May at Naves de Matadero. Welcome to Madrid, welcome to Europe. You spent your childhood in Paris and now you’ve recorded your latest album in Lyon. What are your […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2017/04/28/garneau/feed/ 0 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2016/11/04/the-fauves-at-recoletos/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2016/11/04/the-fauves-at-recoletos/#respond Fri, 04 Nov 2016 10:38:51 +0000 Ignacio Vleming http://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=1672

The show presented at the MAPFRE Foundation’s Recoletos Exhibition Hall displays paintings, drawings and ceramics to illustrate the creative revolution brought in by Fauvism, the movement that between 1904 and 1908 opened up the way for the historic avant-garde and included artists like Matisse, Derain and Dufy. Whereas 19th-century art had fluctuated between the two […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2016/11/04/the-fauves-at-recoletos/feed/ 0 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2016/09/16/architecture-month/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2016/09/16/architecture-month/#respond Fri, 16 Sep 2016 10:24:27 +0000 Ignacio Vleming http://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=1609

Exhibitions, conferences, guided tours and, in particular, the opening of some of the city’s most interesting buildings are activities that form part of Architecture Week, Open House and MOM, three initiatives that throughout October give people the opportunity to discover part of Madrid’s secret heritage. The 13th edition of Architecture Week (29 September – 9 October) will welcome New […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2016/09/16/architecture-month/feed/ 0 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2015/07/15/in-search-of-the-sound-of-madrid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2015/07/15/in-search-of-the-sound-of-madrid/#respond Wed, 15 Jul 2015 09:16:01 +0000 Ignacio Vleming http://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=1177

Choosing a genre of music to define Madrid is an almost impossible task. For many, the pop-rock of the Movida is still the style that best represents the local Madrid character. Others emphatically claim that flamenco, added to UNESCO’s list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2010, is the definitive music of the […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2015/07/15/in-search-of-the-sound-of-madrid/feed/ 0 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2015/06/03/faro-de-moncloa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2015/06/03/faro-de-moncloa/#respond Wed, 03 Jun 2015 10:46:14 +0000 Ignacio Vleming http://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=1066

Only 20 minutes away by metro from Puerta del Sol stands the Faro de Moncloa, a 110-metre tower with 360 degree views across the urban landscape of Madrid and the Guadarrama mountain range. This former lighting tower, designed by architect Salvador Pérez Arroyo, was built in 1992 to mark Madrid’s year as European Capital of Culture. It’s easy […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2015/06/03/faro-de-moncloa/feed/ 0 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2014/10/08/abello-collection/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2014/10/08/abello-collection/#respond Wed, 08 Oct 2014 13:13:26 +0000 Ignacio Vleming http://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=1026

Juan Abelló and his wife Ana Gamazo paint an exceptionally revealing picture of themselves through the works that comprise this collection, which can be viewed at CentroCentro Cibeles until 1 March. If I had to choose three words to sum up the spirit of this exhibition, they would be coherence, recovery and intimacy. “Coherence”, because even though many works […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2014/10/08/abello-collection/feed/ 0 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2014/08/29/el-greco-and-modern-painting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2014/08/29/el-greco-and-modern-painting/#respond Fri, 29 Aug 2014 12:38:19 +0000 Ignacio Vleming http://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=1020

The Prado Museum joins in to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of El Greco with a large exhibition that points to a connection between the artist’s work and the avant-garde. We often use the cliché of the “painter ahead of his time”, as if the history of art were a linear series of discoveries. This […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2014/08/29/el-greco-and-modern-painting/feed/ 0 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2013/07/19/authentic-chic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2013/07/19/authentic-chic/#respond Fri, 19 Jul 2013 07:59:25 +0000 Ignacio Vleming http://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=791

Typical Spanish is a concept that can also be applied to things that are particularly exclusive or stylish. Artisans at the cutting edge of their craft, gastro bars with a neocañí or neo-gypsy atmosphere, and young cuplé talents have created an aesthetic that combines authenticity with the last word in chic. Our stroll begins just around […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2013/07/19/authentic-chic/feed/ 0