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| Top Cultural Story |
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| ST Photo - Molly Culver |
| Museo de Arte Contemporaneo's "The Conscience Portrayed," an exhibit of 21 Goya engravings, sadly draws few visitors |
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| Art Brief |
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| Courtesy of Galeria Animal |
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Top Cultural Story
GOYA VERSUS GOYA
Concurrent Portrait Exhibits Illuminate the Artist’s World Vision
(July 16, 2004) This past Wednesday, the Museo Bellas Artes (or Fine Arts Museum) achieved a record attendance. It was closing day of the “500 Years of Spanish Art” exhibition, an assemblage of classic works that included two elegant court portraits by Francisco de Goya. The exhibition, much like the museum, was designed to pay testimony to integral pieces of fine art. A range of 42 paintings from the Spanish canon, from the 15th to 20th centuries, constituted this heavily publicized and BBVA financed exhibit. In its 26 day run, the exhibition drew 64,000 spectators.
Goya had some stiff competition next door at the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo (MAC, or Contemporary Art Museum): himself. Based on the pomp and circumstance that swirled around the two portraits at the Museo Bellas Artes (his work had never before been shown in Chile), one might have expected a similar buzz to surround the current exhibit of 21 innovative reproductions from his 1799 series “The Fancies,” on display since July 3.
Theater Review
THE MAGIC OF PUPPET THEATER IN TOWN
“Gemelos” by La Troppa
(July 16, 2004) Lights, sounds, puppets, and… the curtains roll. For those of you who still haven’t seen La Troppa, one of the most interesting theater companies in Chile, well… you better fly and get your tickets! Through July, and until the first week of August, Parque Arauco’s Boulevard Theater is hosting “Gemelos” (Twins), the play that placed La Troppa in the spotlight both in Chile and abroad.
Film Review
“THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS”
Light And Heavy Blend Perfectly In An Account Of The Post-9/11 World
(July 16, 2004) It made me laugh, it made me cry, and that to me is always a sign of something good and genuine. Quebecois director Denys Arcand’s 2003 “Les invasions barbares” (“The Barbarian Invasions”) is not only a well-made film, but it also has a bittersweet way of looking at life’s essence, combining light with heavy.
Art Brief
CONTEMPORARY ART FROM THE 8TH HAVANA BIENNIAL
On View at Galeria Animal in Santiago
(July 16, 2004) Ever since coming to Santiago ten months ago I have been waiting for the right moment to write about my favourite art gallery in town, Galeria Animal. An art lover with special interest in contemporary works, I loved the simple and beautifully designed space the first time I visited it. At the opening of an exhibit featuring the installations of two young Chilean artists who won the young artists annual competition, co-sponsored by El Mercurio and one of Santiago’s leading law firms, Grasty Quintana & Cia, I chatted briefly with the gallery’s founder and owner, Tomás Andreu Matta, who has been responsible for setting up a strategic partnership to enhance and promote contemporary art in Chile.
Cultural Announcements
THIS WEEK'S CULTURAL LISTINGS
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