Mallorca Magazine
Tonight’s the night. Actually, it is the first out of three. Palma’s art night 2019, the Nit de l’Art ’19, has started with a couple of exciting openings. Xavier Fiol’s gallery is sparsely decorated with a series of outlined heads by Fernando…
With smart phones and social media nowadays everybody is used to the editing of pictures. In the analog world though the most efficient way to put a picture in scene is to frame it. To Carles Mulet and Rubén Ares a frame is like a dress that…
I am still marveling at the artwork and the fabulous interior design when I suddenly catch a tune. Someone is playing the piano right here in the Moneo Building. I follow the music through the maze-like complex of open spaces and hallways…
It is silent up here, the sounds of the streets seem far away. All you hear are the cries of seagulls and the wind tearing around lime stone pillars and arches. It is not only the vistas that are breathtaking but the unique sensation of being…
A Saturday morning in Palma: people do their shopping, chat with friends and neighbors, or take a break at their favorite café. Sun sprinkles the garden of the cultural center La Misericòrdia turning it into a magic place. Which it is, not just…
There are countless terraces in Palma, from streetlevel to rooftop offering unique perspectives of the city. Sometimes it’s just a small opening to a brick wall or a secret garden, at others a spectacular vista across the skyline and the bay of…
Joan Bennàssar about freedom, discipline and women on Mallorca A dreamy garden, all you hear are the birds happily chirping in the trees. Two familiar looking figures, a women and a men, are squatting on wooden poles. Like Adam and Eve in a…
The Plaça Major belongs to a Spanish city like milk to café con leche. But what used to be the center of local life for ages has often turned into touristic hotspots. From time to time though, the Plaça Major lives up to its myth, often thanks…