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Madrid 10.02.03

”la Caixa” Foundation presents the CaixaForum-Madrid project, commissioned to Herzog & de Meuron architects

"la Caixa" Foundation will turn the former Mediodía Power Station, a hallmark of late 19th century industrial architecture that still stands in the city's old quarter, into CaixaForum-Madrid, its new social and cultural headquarters in Spain's ...
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Madrid 07.02.03

Exhibition: Miriam Cahn

"I draw laying down, crawling, crouching, with black chalk... I dance on white paper and then I wash up to get the dust off myself," Miriam Cahn (Basle, 1949) began her art career in the 1960's with a series of black and white sketches, confirming ...
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Barcelona 05.02.03

Exhibition: ”la Caixa” Foundation’s Contemporary Art Collection

Bruce Nauman, Bill Viola, Gary Hill, Francesco Clemente, Enzo Cucchi, José Manuel Broto, A.R. Penck, Jean Michel Basquiat, Miquel Navarro, Reinhard Mucha, Montse Soto, Tacito Dean, Jan Vercruysse, Tatsuo Miyajima and Pedro Mora are just some of the ...
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Tarragona 27.11.02

”la Caixa” is to exhibit the latest Testimony Collection acquisitions in Tarragona

To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Testimony Collection, from 29 November, 2002 until 2 February, 2003, "la Caixa" will present the art work which it has acquired for this Collection over the 2001-2002 season. The show, which may be visited at ...
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Lleida 27.11.02

Exhibition: XOCOATL, food for the gods

Chachau haa was not only the chocolate most widely consumed by the late Mayans, but was also used as a preventive remedy against snakebites. Considered a "precious" product, it was under the protection of Ek Chuah, a deity who was the patron of ...
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22.11.02

Exhibition: The Canary Islands, Volcanoes in the Ocean

Volcanoes are open vents in Earth's crust through which melted materials emerge from the interior. These physical phenomena have sparked enormous interest and curiosity in man, who has often lived in fear of them. Nonetheless, volcanoes are the ...
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Madrid 12.11.02

Exhibition: Malevich and Film

As of 1915, Kazimir Malevich's abstract geometric works, like his trademark Black Square and White on White paintings, began to revolutionise the way in which art was perceived. The spirit of innovation that distinguished this Russian artist helped ...
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Barcelona 05.11.02

Puntosdeluz.net

The lights at CaixaForum can now be turned on and off over the Internet. Artist Chema Alvargonzalez presents Puntosdeluz.net, consisting of a set of lights installed around the old moderniste factory, linking the physical space of the building with ...
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Ourense 23.10.02

Exhibition: Abbas: Visions of Islam

"The day after its liberation by the Americans, I discovered a Kuwait littered by war debris and cadavers of Iraqi soldiers. Their withdrawal must have been a true ordeal." These are the words of Abbas, an Iranian photographer who "writes with ...
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