Passeig del Born hums with its usual crowd of shoppers and tourists marveling at the noble facades. This summer, though, something else pulls the eye upward. On the balcony of Casal Solleric, colorful strips of fabric sway in the wind, almost as if an underwater current were pushing them along. Ceramic fragments on a seabed reflect the light behind glass. And down in the courtyard, ropes and crystal hang like debris caught mid drift. Nuria Mora quietly turned the neoclassical mansion that…
Posidònia: Juan Carlos Nadal Turns Seagrass Into Art
Walk through Palma’s old town and you might miss it. A narrow gap between weathered stone facades leads toward Carrer de l’Almudaina. But slow down. Look through the wide portal of Ca n’Oleo, and something stops you in your tracks. Beyond the shadowy entrance, the courtyard opens into a flood of light. Right in the center sits a sculpture glowing in an electric shade of grass green: Posidònia by Juan Carlos Nadal. Visitors who weren’t even looking for art find themselves drawn in anyway. They…







