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  Madrid 05.02.13

  Masters of Chaos: Artists and Shamans. CaixaForum Madrid

  What is chaos? Why does it occupy such an important place in the history of humanity? Masters of Chaos: Artists and Shamans seeks to provide an answer to both of these questions by exploring how the struggle between order and chaos has become an ...

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  Madrid 20.11.12

  Contemporary Cartographies. Drawing Thought. CaixaForum Madrid

  We map our world in order to gain a glimpse of the reality in which we live. Since time immemorial, maps have been used to represent, translate and encode all kinds of physical, mental and emotional territories. Our representation of the world has ...

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  Madrid 09.10.12

  Towers and Skyscrapers. From Babel to Dubai. CaixaForum Madrid

  Humanity has long felt driven to build ever upwards, to conquer the sky. The desire to erect constructions that are visible from afar, that act as symbols of prosperity, progress, development and power, is implicit in the very idea of architecture. ...

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  Madrid 05.09.12

  CaixaForum Madrid intensifies its cultural activities with an exceptional programme of exhibitions for all audiences

  ”la Caixa” Foundation presents the programme for the 2012-2013 season at its social and cultural centre in Madrid. The programme features an all-embracing range of activities aimed at all audiences.

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  Madrid 03.07.12

  ”la Caixa” Foundation and the Louvre Museum intensify their cooperation in the joint organisation of exhibitions

  Following the success of the exhibitions that the organisations they represent have jointly organised in Spain in recent years, Isidre Fainé, president of "la Caixa", and Henri Loyrette, president and director of the Louvre Museum, are to sign a new ...

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  Madrid 02.07.12

  William Blake (1757-1827). Visions in British Art. CaixaForum Madrid

  Engraver, painter, poet. The archetypal complete artist, William Blake (London, 1757-1827) was widely misunderstood and scorned in his day. However, he now unquestionably occupies a prominent position in the history of western culture thanks to his ...

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  Madrid 24.04.12

  The Arts of Piranesi. CaixaForum Madrid

  In his working methods, Giambattista Piranesi (Venice, 1720 ? Rome, 1778) was a precursor of the role played by architects and designers today. Now, for the first time, an exhibition at CaixaForum Madrid highlights Piranesi's modernity in an ...

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  Madrid 14.12.11

  The Persistence of Geometry. Works from ”la Caixa” Foundation and MACBA collections. CaixaForum Madrid

  Throughout the 20th century, geometry was an inseparable companion of avantgarde art. Whether promoting an ideal of purity, silencing anything alien to its shapes or speaking of the world once again, geometry provided formalisations for a broad ...

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  Madrid 18.10.11

  Delacroix (1798-1863). CaixaForum Madrid

  "When I paint a picture, I am not writing a thought". Eugène Delacroix questioned the need for a theme in painting. According to the great French artist, what created emotion on a canvas were its artistic values ? material, light, colour ? rather ...

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