La Noche De Los Teatros (Madrid,Spain) 2011

The night of March 26 you can enjoy one of the major cultural events of the year in the capital, a must for theater lovers. Comes a new edition of ” La Noche de los Teatros” (The night of the Theatres)  for the fifth consecutive year that make Madrid the capital of the performing arts and will be held in theatres, streets will have some performances and conference talks. 132 spaces in the region will host 176 events open to the public.

In this event due to the celebrations of the World Theatre Day on the 27 of March that is why Madrid continue to open its doors in this event. Throughout the night, more than 100 venues within the Madrid Community and  will host hundreds of activities for all ages related to the world of theater.

Theatres and alternative venues  are ready to celebrate his big night with special programming and discounts. The event will begin with the commencement read by the scholar Luis Alberto de Cuenca at 17 pm in the Casa Museo de Lope de Vega.

After the opening rights, it will be the starts of the long program in all the theatres and street performance in the Program of La Noche de los Teatros.

A theater in Madrid will show as the Finnish company Quo Vadis, the Israeli artist Michal Svironi, the puppet of the Théâtre des Petites Ames or the concert of the Hungarian gypsy band Drom.

Streets will be considered as one of the venues in the event. It will be in Fuencarral street from the Glorieta de Quevedo to the Glorieta de Bilbao where you can see some like the show of Pipol TN; Action Performance ‘rating’ at the Goethe-Institut, Haiku, at the French Institute, or shitz in concert, Hanoch Levin, Casa Sefarad-Israel. Some of  the spectacle of Mr. Shoko, the Alpine Bestiary, a carousel-green stage, the musical workshop Czech Music in streets of Madrid, by Million Mercedes Dollar Band, the theatrical family’s trip Iglulik, Theatre Without End, or that of The Odyssey, Viridiana Productions. And after 19 hours, you can also enjoy the parade horses Menorca, by Toutatis Company and The superbugs of Coscorrón among others.

(In the photo, Luis Merlo and Maribel Verdu among others)

In addition, the squares in the center of Madrid will host various performances of dance, live music and theater, as Recreo.01, Antonio Ruz Company and parameters of LaPedroche, in the Plaza Santa Ana, or Art for all, in the Plaza Sánchez Bustillo.

Kristoffer Ardeña (1976, Dumaguete, Philippines) will held a conference in Casa Asia at 19:30 hrs in the programme, Sweat Memories and other Dreams.

These towels are his work, towels with sweats of people and their names embroided in it. ( Exposition in Galeria Oliva Arauna, Madrid)

Check out useful sites:

La Noche de los Teatros

Notodo.com

Espacio Madrid

Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan, Joseph’s Tunic, Las Meninas (Diego Velázquez)

 Last January 2,2011 is a Museum Day. Starting this year will be the year for Arts, Culture and Travel for me. So why not start the year with some Art Museum. That day we had visited Three Museums in Madrid. MNCARS Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia. Museo Nacional del Prado and La Caixa Forum.

We started with MNCARS but i will give you details of the Paintings of Museo del Prado. The Prado Museum has many Galleries. Works of Goya, Rubens, Durero, Bosco, Tintoretto.El Greco, Fra Angelico and of course works of Diego de Velázquez.

We got the brochure of the museum and we passed by as VIPS. Ben works in Museo del Prado. Then we had visited first the works of Rubens, with 2 big gallery parallel to each other all works of Rubens.

We then get the brochure of the collections of Museo del Prado and each one of these we had visited one by one. And the 3 paintings that i like most are the works of Velázquez.

 Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan is an oil painting by Diego de Velázquez completed after his first visit to Italy in 1629. Critics agree that the work should be dated to 1630, the same year as his painting “Joseph’s Tunic“. It appears that neither of the two paintings were commissioned by the king, although both became part of the royal collections within a short time. The painting is currently to be found in the Museo del Prado, Madrid.

Joseph’s Tunic is a 1630 painting by Diego Velázquez, now held in the museum of the Sacristía Mayor del Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Madrid, Spain).

The Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial is a 45 min from the city centre. It has the library and where the Kings tombs are found.

One of the infantas, Margaret Theresa, the eldest daughter of the new Queen, appears to be subject of Las Meninas (1656, English: The Maids of Honour), Velázquez’s magnum opus. However, in looking at the various viewpoints of the painting it is unclear as to who or what is the true subject. Is it the royal daughter, or perhaps the painter himself? The answer may lie in the image on the back wall, depicting the King and Queen. Is this image a mirror, in which case the King and Queen are standing where the spectator stands? Are they the subject of Velazquez’s work? Or is the work simply a court painting? Much is still in speculation about the true subject of this masterpiece, and many of the questions that are asked may never be truly answered.

(some articles courtesy of wikepedia,photos museo del prado)

Madrid Oh Cielos!! Madrid Sky !!

Madrid Oh Cielos ( Madrid, Oh Skies! ) is one of the exposition that the gran via’s centennial year has prepared. One of the finest option and slogan of Madrid is ” Madrid al Cielo ” – Madrid to Sky. The clear blue skies of Madrid loves everyone.

You are priveledge to see Gran Via and see the whole Madrid on the top view. Near the famous Metropolis and the top of the Circulo de Bellas Artes CBA offers you some of the works of photographers that captures Madrid.  Such as Catalá-Roca, García-Alix, Ouka Leele o Chema Mado.

 Alberto Garcia-Alix

Cristina García Rodero. Soñando la tarde. Madrid. 1994.

You can see some of the photos i took on Madrid view!

Here are some photos that i took at the CBA Exposition Madrid Oh Cielos!

You can see until Sept 5, 2010 the exposition together with the view of CBA.

VELASQUEZ PAINTINGS IN LONDON GALLERY

Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599-1660). Painter, born in 1599 in Seville, Spain.

Famous into his paintings more realistic approach, and more alive, he had painted with much naturalism and reality. With realistic approach he has painted such as the Infantas, and the famous Las Meninas.

National Gallery of London gave space to this Spanish painter, a space for the work of Art!

continue reading Velasquez biography.

I love his paintings.

The Forge of Vulcan. 1630. Oil on canvas. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Mars. c. 1639-41. Oil on canvas. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain