Busby, Kate

Primavera Sound is a Rose

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The story of Primavera Sound is like a rose. A rose with thorns. (May 22–26)

Frescoes

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

There’s something about a fresco. Deriving from the Italian for “fresh,” this type of painting enjoyed a spike in popularity in the Renaissance period and dwindled into obscurity thereafter.

Contemporary Art (2)

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Mostly all art aspires to ensnare the viewer’s attention, but a lot of it fails to do so, simply because the work itself is not immediately evocative and its message, unclear.

Contemporary Art

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Have you ever wondered why contemporary art looks like this?

SAGRADA FAMILIA

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:27:00 GMT

This is the tale of a blue-eyed man with a thousand-yard stare, who scuttled around Barcelona with a collection tin to complete a dream. A dream that, 130 years later, remains unfinished.

WELCOME TO HEAVEN

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:34:00 GMT

At two stores in Barcelona, airy kisses of honey, rose and cinnamon float from the hands of makers from a slightly unusual setting: clausuras.

BESPOKE SHOES

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:56:00 GMT

The community of highly skilled individuals who craft bespoke footwear is small, but from Raval to Eixample there exists a number of discreet workshops which echo with the happy din of hammers.

HOW IMAGES WORK

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 23:48:00 GMT

Artist Mabel Palacín is to images what Geppetto was to Pinocchio. In short, a master puppeteer (Until Sep 7).

THE CATMAN

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The Catman is not only a painter, but a latter-day troubadour with a remarkable voice, whose approach to art is not only exciting, but salutary.

ART LESSON AT DA GRECO

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:19:00 GMT

“Food and art are part of the same thing,” declares Italian chef and art collector Tony Greco, his voice a warm, smoky drawl. So how did he come to that conclusion?

MADAME LA MARQUISE

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 15:27:00 GMT

The idea seemed deliciously eccentric: a French noblewoman in Barcelona inviting anonymous aficionados onto her premises in the name of art.

DELACROIX

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:47:00 GMT

“Give me the mud of the streets,” wrote Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix, “and I will turn it into the luscious flesh of a woman.” (Feb 15 – May 20)