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Miró’s Egg

Joan Miró is the artist of the sculpture Monument a la dona (1972), reputedly the work of art most often photographed by tourists visiting Palma de Mallorca. The public has […]

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Picking the Menu del Día

Menu del día. A picnic. When I took this picture, I couldn’t help but think of that famous Impressionist painting by Édouard Manet, Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe (1863, Musée d’Orsay, […]

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Dart the Arts

“Art For Fun” is the title of an art exhibition that was on show from November 22nd until January 13th. Yes, today is the last day. The show can be […]

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Time For Some Thinking

The holiday season is not over yet. In fact, in Spain the holiday season starts in early December and does not end until after Three Kings. We may think that […]

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Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What is just plain to one, may be of utter beauty to someone else. This old bicycle made its last journey a […]

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Fundación Bartolomé March in Palma

One day, you might want to visit a beautiful house in Palma de Mallorca. I suggest you treat yourself to a visit of the Fundación Bartolomé March. The building is […]

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Seven Sisters

Es Baluard is the name of an old city fortress in Palma de Mallorca dating from medieval times. A few years ago the ruined fortress was rebuilt and converted with […]

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Immerse Yourself at the Es Baluard Museum in Palma

September 20th is an important date on the art circuit […]

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United Nations Want Man From Felanitx

Miquel Barceló is a Mallorcan artist born in Felanitx of quite some repute. He came to even more fame than he already had when his St. Peter’s chapel apsis was […]

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Teatro Principal, Now Beautifully Restored

Mallorca has celebrated its Diada de Mallorca two days ago, September 12th. The Diada commemorates the oath taken by Mallorcan King Jaume II in 1276. This year, the official act […]

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Art for Art’s Sake

Felanitx celebrated a Nit de l’Art as part of the town’s festivities of Sant Agustí, last Friday night. Very few artists’ work impressed me. An exception was Felanitx sculptor, Jaume […]

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Library of Mallorcan Artists

One can find a lot of art in Palma de Mallorca. Plenty of the artworks are sculptures, lots of which are placed in public spaces. This one here is a […]

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Las Sombras del Sonido

The late Korean composer and conductor Ahn Eak-tai (1906-1965) played a prominent role in Mallorca’s cultural life. Ahn was the founder of the Palma de Mallorca Symphony Orchestra, in 1946. […]

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Spirit and Genius

Most art museums offer you the artists’ work without any reference to the artists themselves. At the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca, in Palma de Mallorca, you are […]

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Las Méninas

The ‘Ladies in Waiting’ that I showed you on 21st July, have now disrobed. The ladies are some very impressive bronze sculptures by Spanish artist, Manolo Valdés, called Las Méninas […]

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Mysterious Ladies in Waiting

Something mysterious was going on in Palma’s Borne yesterday. An exhibition of some 15 large scale sculptures from the series Les Ménines by the Spanish artist Manolo Valdés (Valencia, 1942), […]

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