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It rained constantly every day every minute but that did not stop us from enjoying ourselves. In the evening it was wonderful to be with Simon De Pury receiving the Premio Internacional de Mecenazgo Category Spain from her Majesty Queen Sofia of Spain in the Academy of Arts in Madrid
Over at ARCO Lexus created a great project, I particularly liked the car by artist Sergio Mora
I met Irish artist Brian Harte at Tatjana Pieters from Ghent
His subject matter is his home and family where he creates through his art an abundant of adventures
At Charim Galerie we loved the work of Eva Beresin
At Max Hetzler is a great work by Albert Oehlen ‘Ömega-Man (shaped C2)’
At Thaddaeus Ropac is a lovely Simar Polke 194 ‘Lapis Lazuli’
My favourite work was Natalie Czech. ‘A poem by repetition by Aram Saroyan (CD2)’
It was nice to bump into Iris Kadel - the Shannon Bool glazed porcelains were intricate
I was fascinated by the work of Carlos Sagrera
At Barcelona Galeria Miguel Marcos was artist called Xavier Grau I thought his work ‘Serie grandes tradiciones’ looked intriguing
There was ‘Entre Sueños V3.0’ a lovely installation of Jaume Plensa – “…the destruction of societies and cultures is the most traumatic crisis for the world” says Jaume
At Klemms it was good to see a magnificent Renaud Regnery
Ilana discovers a wonderful Sheila Hicks ‘Lianes en Harmonie’. At Galleria Massimo Minini
Meanwhile at the New York Armory Tifzab was in for one of the most Avant Garde evenings of today - the premiere of the post-pandemic-end-of--days, post-human, yet very human ‘DOOM: House of Hope’ by Anne Imhof. Curated by Klaus Biesenbach this was a three hour show with ballet, mumblecore, a mosh pit and rolling on the floor. There was something for every generation. I hope this works travels
