Ondalinda: An imaginary world where art is the true protagonist

It’s three in the morning. I am in Cabeza de Indio in Teopa Beach, on the shores of the Pacific Ocean in Careyes, Jalisco, Mexico. Meanwhile VanJee, the European DJ, plays his setlist in the middle of two lungs that beat to the rhythm of the music keeping the vibrations so high that they feed … Read more

Contemporary spirituality: Art and jewelery in private collections

The exhibition entitled Contemporary Spirituality, promoted by the Municipality of Valenza and curated by Lia Lenti and Rino Tacchella, was inaugurated and will remain open until 18 February. Art and jewelery in private collections. The exhibition is the first important initiative realized on the occasion of the celebrations for the four hundredth anniversary of the … Read more

“Animation is cinema, animation is acting, animation is art”, Guillermo Del Toro on his ‘Pinocchio’

When Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro first set out to make an animated version of pinocchio 15 years ago, he chose to set his film in Fascist Italy in the 1930s. The characters of the elderly woodcarver Geppetto and his living puppet Pinocchio originated in an 1883 Italian novel and were popularized by the 1940 … Read more

Burgos brings together art, culture, magic, traditions and technology in its Christmas 2022 program

Art, culture, traditions and technology have a place in the 2022 Christmas program of the Burgos City Council, and turns the city into a “showcase”, with the “active” participation of local artistic creators (musicians, actors, sculptors, singers, dance groups…), who share the stage with other artists from abroad. This is how the Burgos City Council … Read more

Art as integrative therapy for the elderly in El Carpio

Lola Rodríguez and Miguel Romerosan began collaborating with Scarpia about five years ago. Back then, they already did it by getting involved with the local elders, for whom, like the little ones, this art festival always has a place in their programming. Today, the bet of this couple remains the same: art as integrative therapy … Read more

The Department of Humanities of the UPRH celebrates the congress Art, Spirituality and Revolution in the Caribbean

The Department of Humanities of the University of Puerto Rico in Humacao will celebrate the Art, Spirituality and Revolution in the Caribbean congress from Monday, April 25 to Thursday, April 28, 2022. The congress brings together experts on Afro-Caribbean religions, Afro-descendants, digital gaps in the context of racism, gender and colonialism, art manifestations, community struggles … Read more

The spiritual awakening in African art that Europe refuses to return

Geraldine Tobe, a young Congolese artist, has spent two years devoted to a high-minded company. She seeks to awaken past souls through creation. She trusts that, having conjured up the spirits through art, today’s Africa listens attentively to the floating wisdom of those who have already died… And still remain. L´esprit des ancetres, The spirit … Read more

The cribs and the relational art of Marina Lai at the San Martino Museum

A small exhibition dedicated to the evocative nativity scenes of Maria Lai, one of the most important Italian artists of the second half of the twentieth century, to whom the Neapolitan city has never dedicated a personal exhibition. Proposed by the Regional Directorate of Museums of Campania, in collaboration with the Maria Lai Archive and … Read more

Politics, ecology and spirituality are the keywords of the 2023 International Art Biennale | Duty

embed note October 13, 2022, 3:50 PM October 13, 2022, 3:50 PM By: Roxana Jimenez Leon With a budget of Bs 700,000, the XXII International Art Biennial of Santa Cruz de la Sierra will be held from August 9 to August 27. September 2023 in the Urban Park. The announcement of the dates and themes … Read more

The living art of María Teresa Hincapié arrives in Barcelona

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona (MACBA) presents a complete exhibition on the Colombian María Teresa Hincapié (1956-2008). It is not a common exhibition, since his work does not consist of paintings or sculptures. “I’m not interested in dead art,” he said. “I believe that life is art and my body is my living … Read more