ARCO has spent 45 years looking to the future, but we must not lose sight of the present. The general program on the most reliable thermometer has decreased from 178 to 175 galleries compared to last year, while VAT for culture focuses on industry recommendations and cases of female artists judged in the same gender category. The spread of the papers predicts – as always – a different and heterogeneous holiday, with no big surprises. Between wishes and facts we enter tables 7 and 9 of ifema.
With the motif of the central theme of the fair, arc2045we invite the writer Agustín Fernández Mallo to reflect on the future of art, evaluate past discussions and the inevitable artificial intelligence. And let’s talk to Dora Garcia, one of our most international artists and responsible for the image of our home and our it costs (7C38) on holidays, on politics, markets and affairs.
And here we go:
LETRAS. Two years ago, Marta Jiménez Serrano and Juan Gómez Bárcena were on the verge of suffocation due to the greed of their house. She wrote Oxygenone of the books of the time, with a happy ending. He now publishes in exchange April or nothingthe story of a man who intends to travel back in time to turn to the day he learned to burn his hija as a birthday present. And the rowing went all wrong.
ART. A different weekday map was created in Madrid during art week. from the most avant-garde creators to modern masters, from hotels to venues designated for the occasion, we suggest a guide to avoid getting lost in this ecosystem parallel to ARCO.
SCENARIOS. De spin aún with Sing to the gypsy (2024), Francisco Contreras Molina, known as Niño de Elche, travels to Spain with his latest album, Cru+es (2025), a duo with Raül Refree. Among the media, there will be a show at the Teatros del Canal de Madrid with a special collaboration on the Cabosanroque installation Petrotuning.
OPERA. El Palau de les Arts Accoge Julius Caesar in Egypt de Handel, an opera about the legend of the Roman caudillo
on the coasts of Egypt. Stage directed by Vincent Boussard and Marc Minkowski at El Foso.
CINEMA. Raoul Peck, Director Lumumba, I’m not your black man y Young Karl Marx external Orwell 2+2=5a document that draws attention to the author’s anti-colonial compromise 1984with archival and current images of Gaza and the rise of authoritarianism.
SCIENCE. José Manuel Sánchez Ron reflects on how plants have shaped the history of life and humanity, from biology to art and books.
All this and much more in the next issue of El Cultural. On sale from this weekend, February 27th in stores for €2.50. Available a day in advance for digital PDF subscribers. Subscribe here for 25 euros per year.
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