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Vermeer and the Golden Age of Dutch Art

Alexa Ray Only-Be, Practical Guide of Rome, Roman

When it comes to visiting Rome, the possibilities for entertainment and pleasure are unlimited. Of course, what you´ll have most at hand is art and culture in this great Italian city, and when it comes to art there´s nothing better than a visit to the Scuderie del Quirinale. Here is where the exhibition Vermeer: Il Secolo D´Oro dell´Arte Olandese (Vermeer: the Golden Age of Dutch Art) will be taking place, an important exhibition that´s the first one to be carried out in Italy of this great master of 17th-century Dutch painting. The exhibition not only has some of the most representative paintings by Johannes Vermeer but also thirty paintings by some of his Dutch contemporaries. This way, those who explore this valuable exhibition for the first time and don´t know anything about Dutch painting will not only have a direct perspective with the work of this unique artist but will also be able to contrast his work and that of his most famous fellow Dutch artists. It´s worthy of a reminder that Vermeer´s work, albeit a brief one since he only has 33 to 35 paintings to his name, is highly important in the famous Golden Age of Dutch art. This era was also shaped by an important economical and political change, which allowed for the patronage that Vermeer, of course, took part in. Vermeer´s painting is mainly of traditional style of historical character, since it vividly portrays scenes of everyday life and reality with amazing realism. It´s important to highlight the significant work that Vermeer did with light and the shadows in his paintings, one of his main talents.... read more

‘Wine & Music’ Gala in Budapest

The Only Team Budapester, Only-Be, Things to do in Budapest

That music and wine are a great combination to enliven the senses is something that people in Budapest know well. So every December 30 the Hungarian capital is decked out to see the year leave with a unique event on the banks of the Danube, where the rich musical tradition of Hungary, with its Gypsies nuances, joins big classical composers like Strauss or Brahms, accompanied by the best wines. The origin of what has already become a tradition in Budapest is found in 1985, the year in which the great dynasties of Hungarian musicians decide to form a band, dubbed Hundred Member Gipsy Orchestra hoping to create a place of continuous training that involved national young talents, and contribute to preserving the musical heritage of the country. The culmination of this ambitious project comes with a Christmas concert in the elegant and idyllic Budapest Convention Centre. In this edition, the doors open at 18pm and the event begins with a wine tasting at 18:15 pm, where you will have chance to meet the best winemakers in the country and enjoy a traditional dance show. But if you want to feel like a true member of the nobility, choose the option that includes a gala dinner during the concert. The menu Appetizers: Ham with roquefort cream and walnuts, pears with saffron and white wine, blue cheese mousse and red onion jelly. First Course consommé with quail egg and ham profiteroles. Second Course: Pork tenderloin steak with French fries and green beans wrapped in bacon. Dessert: Irish coffee nougat mousse with cinnamon and peanut. Wines: Cabernet Sauvignon Hajósi 2006 Kunsági white... read more

Verdiales Festival in Málaga

Paul Oilzum Malagueño, Only-Be, Practical Guide of Malaga

On the 30th of November, St Andrew´s Day, the sementera begins in Málaga, also known as the season of planting. This is the reason why this day is traditionally associated in the symbolical way with the land´s fertilizing power and with the female archetype identified with mother earth. In a significative way, in this time of year, most people prepare for the Verdiales Festival. Groups of friends, different associations, the representatives of the Málaga City Council and other people linked in one way or another with the event, will start on the preparations that´s celebrated every 28th of December. Also, they fixate the different dates of the annual Verdiales calendar, a powerful cultural phenomenon of deep anthropological roots and varied cultural and artistic expressions that range from music to gastronomy. As we mentioned before, all of this fascinating and peculiar festival calendar revolves around the main date of the 28th of December, the Verdiales Festival day, which usually takes place on Venta de San Cayetano of Puerto de la Torre, where all the groups (singers, musicians and dancers) dressed in folkloric dresses, face each other in unique musical combats called piques, the winner of which is the one that manages to make their opponent lose their rhythm. The day is long and festival and the spectators that attend such singular competition receive as compensation the chance to ssample a wide selection of exquisite local food and wine that contribute to create an atmosphere that will hardly be forgotten, dominated deeply by the most enjoyable and lively baroque epiphany of a solar economy of sacrificial nature based on wastefulness and extravagance that... read more