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/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/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/2013/01/18/flying-with-zazu/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2013/01/18/flying-with-zazu/#respond Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:11:10 +0000 Silvia Roba http://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=498

For over a year now The Lion King has been taking Madrid by storm, a colossal show which has become yet another icon on Gran Vía. Every evening the Teatro Lope de Vega boasts a full house: no one wants to miss this moving story set in Africa and starring the continent’s most majestic wildlife. When […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2013/01/18/flying-with-zazu/feed/ 0 https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2012/12/21/the-alps-on-gran-via/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2012/12/21/the-alps-on-gran-via/#respond Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:34:21 +0000 Ignacio Vleming http://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/?p=502

Whiskers on kittens and crisp apple strudels…these are a few of my favourite things. Along with a good musical, of course. So, I grabbed the chance to pop along to the Arteria Coliseum Theatre on Gran Vía and see Sonrisas y lágrimas, the Spanish version of The Sound of Music. The director, Jaime Azpilicueta, has […]]]> https://blog.esmadrid.com/blog/en/2012/12/21/the-alps-on-gran-via/feed/ 0