The new month starts full of art inside and outside buildings. We travel around the world with news through the 7 art highlights of May;
The streets of Girona are dressed with hundreds of flowers on the occasion of the new edition of Temps de flors, as the city of Vienna remembers the 150th anniversary of the capital’s Universal Exposition. Illusion and perceptions come together in two new museums: Museum Wom in Brussels, and Museum of Dreams in Madrid. Meanwhile, contemporary art arrives for another year with ArcoLisboa. And the art of fashion is presented to us at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris with an exhibition on the evolution of hair and the identity it brings. On the other hand, for the Met Gala 2023 a tribute to designer Karl Lagerfeld, and the exhibition A line of Beauty. is presented.
The time to walk through Girona among flowers
The Girona, Temps de Flors is back for another year with the 68th edition, and as a novelty, the former Odeon ballroom will be open for the first time. Spaces such as the Museum of History of Girona, the Casa Lleó Avinay, the Church of San Lucas, the Díaz Tarragó building, the Casa Martínez Davalillos and the Museum of the History of the Jews will once again be present. The 126 floral projects will be distributed in 106 spaces among gardens, courtyards, small corners and buildings. They are committed to expanding the festival beyond the center, linking thirteen neighborhoods, and creating three itineraries to be explored.
As every year the flowers become protagonists in the capital of the Costa Brava. Miquel Millàn
Faced with the drought situation, they have created a manual survival irrigation to keep trees and plants in good condition, placing 12 water tanks in different points. This year, the poster selected for the presentation of the festival was that of the student Júlia Esparch, who portrayed the flowers in black and white while yellow highlighted prominence. The young woman stated that yellow was the perfect color for the moment, as the sunlight transmits life and good weather..
When? From May 13 to May 21, 2023.
Where?Girona
Orning hours: From 10.00h to 22.00h
Lisbon full of contemporary art thanks to ArcoLisboa
ArcoLisboa celebrates its sixth edition with increased participation, reaching 83 galleries from 22 different countries, an increase of 28% over last year. The different sections are divided into General Program which has 54 international galleries, 21 in the Opening Lisbon, and 8 in Africa in Focus. As for entries from local Portuguese artists, they represent 31%, with 26 galleries. The rest of the participants come mainly from Europe, with a good African presence.
From left to right: Guns & Rain participating in Africa in Focus with artists Ann Gollifer, Tuli Mekondjo and Hedwig Barry as artists. And the gallery This is not a white cube in the General Program, with Romulo Santa Rita as one of the artists in it.
The General Program has grown in terms of participants and new content within it. Some galleries like Fernando Pradilla or The Goma arrive for the first time, and others return after some year without participating like Georg Kargl. As novelties, the SOLO projects appear showing works by international artists in detail. The interest in giving visibility to new artists is always one of the objectives in the fairs where art moves, allowing to explore galleries such as Anca Poterasu, Livie Gallery or Artbeat. Contemporary African art with 8 galleries, as well as the Arts Libris section, with 30 exhibitors dedicated to artists’ publications, photobooks or digital publications.
When?From May 25th to 28th, 2023
Where? Av. da Índia 1300-598, Lisbon, Portugal
Horario: Thursday from 11.00h to 20.30h. Friday and Saturday from 12.00h to 20.00h. Sunday from 12.00h to 18.00h.
Tickets:You can purchase the ticket here.
Karl Lagerfeld’s art honored at Met Gala 2023
This year Met Gala 2023 pays tribute to designer Karl Lagerfeld, and with it, the Metropolitan Museum of Art presents an exhibition showcasing the stylistic art he designed from the 50s until his last collection in 2019. The exhibition is composed of almost 150 pieces each accompanied by sketches that the designer made at the time of devising them. His creativity and ingenuity allowed him to collaborate with houses such as Balmain, Patou, Fendi or Chanel, being part of the history of fashion.
From left to right: Wedding dress, chanel, autumn-winter 2005/06, One of the sketches of the Chanel dress, having each her own, Dress, house Chanel, spring-summer, 2019, Julia Hetta.
The exhibition goes through chronologically his work, starting with his first functions as design assistant. Drawing was a central element when creating, the use of straight lines and serpentines, uniting modernist and classist tendencies at the same time. At the end of the tour, visitors can enjoy two very unique sections. On the one hand, the ironic embroideries of Lagerfeld’s wit, and on the other, sets of the artist himself reflecting his figure.
When?From May 5th to July 16th, 2023
Where? 1000, 5th Ave, New York, USA
Horario: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday from 10.00h to 17.00h. Friday and Saturday from 10.00h to 21.00h. Wednesday closed
Tickets:You can purchase the ticket here.
The museum of dreams arrives in Madrid
The exhibition Postology: Museum of Dreamers arrives at Espacio Ibercaja Delicias in Madrid direct from Milan. The immersive exhibition conquered the Italian public last year with 16 installations where dreams and illusions captivate visitors. In this way, with the great success it obtained, it arrives in the capital with the aim of making participants disconnect by interacting with the works full of colors, lights and music..
The perception of seeing that everything around you is moving when in fact it is still, or entering a world where your feet are on the ceiling and not on the floor are some of the experiences lived.
The project, conceived by the Italian designers Elena and Giulia Sella, plays with enhancing the emotional part through immersivity. The physical world and the digital world become one so that imagination flourishes in its purest form. That the visitors see themselves on the clouds while swinging, while entering a world where everything is upside down. An experience that invites young and old to let themselves go along the facilities, where illusion is the central element of the experience.
When? May 6 to July 30, 2023.
Where? Access through the Railway Museum of Madrid, Cl. del Parroco Eusebio Cuenca, 63, Madrid.
Hours: Tuesday to Thursday from 11.00h to 20.00h, Friday and Saturday from 10.00h to 22.00h, Sunday from 10.00h to 21.00h.
Tickets:You can purchase ticket here.
150 years since the Vienna World Exposition
In 1873 the first Universal Exhibition was held in Vienna, and after 150 years the Austrian capital has prepared different events to celebrate it. Different museums will be exhibiting on the occasion of the 150th anniversary, such as the Vienna Museum of Technology, the MAK, exhibiting the connection between Europe and Japan and Egypt. Two countries framed in the East, considering them culturally very distinct from the one in Europe. Similarly, the Museum of the World – Vienna, also deals with the subject.
Women working in the foundry
The first exhibition to open is WomanatWork at the MAK. In 1873 the Vienna World’s Fair built the Women’s Pavilion, introducing women to the world of work outside the home, something revolutionary at the time. In this way, the exhibition examines the importance of those actions that began 150 years ago. Visitors will be able to observe objects, archival materials and photographs, in addition to being able to reflect on where women are at this point in time.
When?May 3 – July 2, 2023
Where? Mariahilfer Str. 212, Vienna, Austria
Hours: Monday to Friday from 9.00h to 18.00h. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 10.00h to 18.00h.
Tickets:You can purchase the ticket here.
WOM Museum brings together the genius of the mind and illusions
illusion and science come together under the new WOM, World Of Mind, a 1500m2 space where the five senses are brought to the fore to challenge the brain. The science and fun meet to allow visitors to enter to perceive optical and sensory experiences that may not turn out to be what they were at first glance. Throughout the tour, visitors discover 120 visual, tactile, auditory and olfactory illusions, all of them related to brain connections. To learn about them while interacting, visitors learn the details left, through videos, by the neurologist Steven Laureys..
Perceptions are often different from reality. The painted lines do not move, but as the visitors move, they follow their rhythm.
The experience alternates different rooms according to their theme. For example, visitors can enter an area where fog covers the vision, without it, the ears must be enhanced and tuned, as well as touch, if you want to recognize the area. In this way, through small tests and experiences the knowledge of one’s own body is enhanced, and how the brain works without us realizing it. The museum believes that young people are attracted to this type of exhibition, and therefore, throughout the tour have been leaving zones and instagrammable elements to leave it portrayed.
Where? Tour & Taxis, Shed 4 bis, Brussels, Belgium
Horario: Tuesday to Friday from 9.00h to 17.00h. Saturday and Sunday from 10.00h to 18.00h
Tickets:You can purchase the ticket here.
Identities through hair fashion
Finishing the 7 art highlights, when talking about fashion the first thing that comes to mind are garments and their evolution, but with them, hair has been evolving as well. The Museum of Decorative Arts presents the exhibition Des cheveux et des Poils, an exhibition that explores the evolution of hair from the fifteenth century to the present. The exhibition features more than 600 pieces reflecting the changes that appearances underwent over the years and territories. From the big wigs to represent superiority to the veils used by women, hiding their hair.
From left to right: Portrait of a man, before 1689, France, inspired by the work of Naro Pinosa. Alexis Ferrer, Wella Professionals Global Creative Artist, La Favorite collection. Rafa Andreu
From the long tresses, from 1800 the first portraits of women with short hair began to appear. Along the tour you can see paintings by artists such as Michiel Jansz Van Mierevelt or Eugéne Pascau. From the latter you can see how men were proud of body hair at the beginning of the 20th century, something that began to disappear as we entered the next century. Hair and hairstyles may not have been given more importance in the beginning, but it is one of the elements that characterizes people since ever.
When? April 5 to September 17
Where? 107, Rue de Rivoli, Paris, France
Horario: Friday to Wednesday from 11.00h to 18.00h. Thursday from 11.00h to 21.00h
Tickets:You can purchase the ticket here .
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