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Work circumstances in Europe: about the work experience of a Senegalese migrant

Find another blog from the archive to celebrate labor day. It was written in 2019 for a project of the … More

Europe, Labor day, Mame Mbaye, Work circumstances

How can participatory art be a form of cultural democracy?

Think of a small village in the Netherlands: against the flat surface of the earth tall, flickering windmills stand out. … More

Cultural Democracy, Participatory art, Rural Communities

Paula Rego and the Problem of Evil: a Talk by Ronald Hünneman

If God is good, all powerful and present everywhere, how can there be evil in this world? This question has … More

Paula Rego, Ronald Hünneman, The problem of evil, Touched by art

Touched by Art 2022. Short online talks

Another year of covid, another reason to organise art-related events online. Following last year’s edition, Touched by Art is back … More

Artworks, Talks, Touched by art

Entering the void of Richard Serra’s ‘Equal Parallel Guernica-Bengasi’

The works of the American artist Richard Serra are typically abstract, spacious and often without any reference to concrete political … More

ARTIJ, Equal Parallel Guernica-Bengasi, Museo Reina Sofía, Richard Serra

Pleasure and the Court: Exploring the ‘Night Revels’ with Regina Llamas

For a long time, the court in China was characterised by Confucianist ethics. Self-control, soberness and hard work were values … More

Chinese Art, Regina Llamas, The Night Revels of Han Xizai

A Contemporary Willendorf? Ronald Hünneman’s talk about Jenny Saville

Jenny Saville. Does the name ring a bell to you? When I asked this question to the audience of the … More

Jenny Saville, Propped, Ronald Hünneman

Fighting Chernobyl with Fungi: a Work by Fernando Cremades

Sometime ago a small mechanism attached to the wall of a museum space caught my attention. It consisted of three … More

Contemporary art, Cryptococcus neoformans, Fernando Cremades, Radioactivity

Touched by Art. Online Talks

Such a waste we cannot touch each other anymore like we used to do! Memories of kisses, handshakes or of … More

Fernando Cremades, Liesbeth Korthals Altes, Regina Llamas, Ronald Hünneman, Touched by art

How To Throw a Get Out Of Your Armchair Party?

Last week, I hosted the 10th edition of the Get Out Of Your Armchair Party. A spontaneous idea developed into … More

Sketching Ideas 2018/2019

Design. The word evokes an object, a space, an image, the materialization of an idea; a process that is not merely abstract…

Bachelor in Design, IE School of Architecture and Design, Teaching

Tabacalera Cantera 2019: Migrant Bodies

In August, many people abandon Madrid because of the heat. Those who stay, however, find themselves in a quieter city … More

Cantera2019, Felipe Romero Beltrán, Luisa Ordóñez, Madrid, Tabacalera

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