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Art

Paysage Miró: When Art Steps Into the Open

Paysage Miró

Paysage Miró invites both seasoned art lovers and curious newcomers into a landscape of shapes, shadows and color, as if Palma itself had become a vast canvas. The pull is immediate. A young boy stretches towards the curve of a bronze form. A couple exchanges whispers before a soaring abstract bird. For a limited time, many of Joan Miró’s sculptural and pictorial works can be seen at four venues across the city, two of them even free of charge. The exhibition turns Palma into a living…

Art

Jaume Plensa in Palma: Mirall

Jaume Plensa in Palma

The former maritime trade exchange is a monument in itself. Today, La Lonja also regularly houses extraordinary exhibitions. The recent highlight is an exhibition by Jaume Plensa in Palma called Mirall. Showing two stainless steel sculptures floating in the hall. Charging the magnificent place with light and darkness.  The artist named them Invisible Laura and Invisible Rui Rui. Contemporary Janus heads facing future and past, or mirror images, reflections of the present? However, they cast a…