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Mónica Boixeda
On the 14th of May, the 2 de Mayo Art Centre in Madrid, and the Laboral Centro de Arte and Creación Industrial opened exhibition “Estación Experimental Investigaciones y Fenómenos Artísticos” at CA2M. The show was commissioned by Virginia Torrente and Andres Mengs, and presents the work of 29 artists who work in relation to scientific investigation. The sciences are an amazing source of inspiration, which have brought man to surpass the limits of creation, and many artists have drawn a lot from this over time. These 29 selected artists all share a particular fascination for the different worlds surrounding the sciences – such as science fiction, the paranormal, or just pure science. Science and art are linked by the journey of discovery, and the search for new challenges in order to establish new paradigms for the interpretation of reality. Both take us to unknown worlds – sometimes real, sometimes imaginary, but always an intellectual challenge which shares a poetic common ground. Science and art have evolved in parallel – the development of one impacts the progress of the other, as we can see in the advance of instruments which serve as artistic expression – in painting, and different materials. There is an unavoidable symbiosis between art and the sciences. During the era of modernity, the role of science increased in terms of human advancements and emancipation. Paul Klee, as a response to the new role of science, and its laws, promoted the meeting between art and science, commenting that “knowledge of the laws of design need not imprison.” Just like Klee, many artists have found in science a route...
Mónica Boixeda
Amsterdam is a city of traditions and, among all the parts of its culture that make up the identity of the city and the country, there´s the love for coffee. For this reason, there´s a large amount of cafés and bars that serve coffee are precious and unique, with decorations of different styles and for all tastes. The grains that are cultivated in the country are famous for being the tastiest in the whole of Europe. For these reasons, if you´re in the Dutch city you must go to one of these cafés and enjoy this drink. One of the most renown ones is the Café Luxembourg which was declared by many experts as one of the best places for all coffee lovers in the world. The place is spacious where you´ll feel that, in its interior, time hasn´t past and everything is the way it used to be. It´s decorated with, above all, wood and you´ll also be able to enjoy a delicious menu with the most exquisite meals. If you wish to get to know one of the best coffee places in the city, you can visit Café Luxembourg but, for that, you should rent apartments in...
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One of the characteristics and traditions for while the city of Amsterdam is known worldwide for is for it´s beautiful tulips that are unique and, like it could be no other way, this part of Dutch culture has its own museum, where you´ll be able to see in detail everything related to them. It´s in the Tulip Museum where they tell all the history of this flower through, not only works of art but also multimedia exhibitions where you´ll see videos, listen to audios and enjoy truly interesting exhibitions. One of the points that the museum emphasises on the most is the way of cultivating the flower and the exquisite variety of tulips that exist in the Netherlands and, also, inside there´s an important shop where the visitors will be able to acquire this flower to plant them in their homes, as well as the classic souvenirs. If you want to get to know one of the pillars of Dutch tradition you undoubtedly have to visit the Tulip Museum in the city. For that you´ll have to rent apartments in Amsterdam and learn everything about these beautiful...
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The Stedelijk Museum, which was founded in 1874, is a place that was created especially to present classic works of contemporary art in Amsterdam and it´s located next to the Square Museum, the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum. For this reason, if you visit this one you´ll not only get to know it but also, at least from the outside, other important ones in the city. One of the most striking characteristics of the Stedelijk is that it´s housed in a building made entirely out of red bricks that stand out a lot, and it´s a neo-renaissance building designed by the architect Adriaan Willem Weissman. This museum´s collection is of over 90 thousand objects of various disciplines that include works by Edward Kienholz, Jazimir Malevich, Bauhaus and De Stij. Since 1909, the museum is dedicated exclusively to collect provocative works of contemporary art and it also increased notably its photographic collection which enabled it to become in such an important museum that it´s compared with the Pompidou and the MoMA. If you wish to see one of the best contemporary art museums in the world you can rent apartments in Amsterdam and walk through its extensive and interesting...
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The Rijksmuseum, which is in Amsterdam, is a museum that´s dedicated exclusively to the arts, the history and the crafts and it possesses a large collection of paintings from the Dutch Golden Age and an important collection of Asian art. The museum was founded in 1800 and was inspired by the French museums that were being created at the time. At that moment it was known as the National Art Gallery and in 1808 it moved to Amsterdam by order of Louis Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte. The paintings that the city possessed, like some by Rembrandt, began to form part of the collection. On the other hand, the museum also possesses the Rijksmuseum Investigation Library which is the biggest historic investigation library in the Netherlands, which gives the museum an added value and makes it one of the most important ones. Some of the paintings that form part of its collection are by artists such as Jacob van Ruysdael, Frans Hais, Johannes Vermeer, Jan Steen and Rembrandt among others. If you want to visit the Rijksmuseum you can rent apartments in Amsterdam and get to know this beautiful space and walk through its...
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