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Matinee New Year Party in Barcelona

Mónica Boixeda Barcelonian, Only-Be

Everything is ready, and only a few days are missing to live the most exciting night of the year. Tickets are on sale and the clock has begun its countdown. The Matinée Winter Barcelona 2012 Festival is here! There are several ways to start the new year and to live a New Year´s Eve, but if you want to do it in style and experience a night that will stick in your mind for life, a celebration of Matinée group is what you are looking fo. Matinée Group is no baby in the the subject of clubbing. The group has a tour of festivals across and throughout the world, in cities such as Milan, New York, Las Vegas or Rio de Janeiro. Their festivals are crowded and are very original. Other events they have organized are :La Leche! Festival, Matinee Summer Festival Circuit and of course, several editions of the Matinée Winter Festival. This year the festival has changed its old location and will take place in a luxurious setting. The Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona will host the orgy of the year, which will deploy no more and no less than 500 000 watts of sound and 800.000 watts light to accommodate over 120 artists and performances that will have you dancing , screaming and having fun non stop all night long. Thousands of people will be attending giving everything they have until the sun comes out The deejays of the Matinée All Stars will play the best mixes of all musical styles. Inside the Palau Sant Jordi´s the music sounds of Jose Luis Soler, Jonathan Gonzalez, Flavio... read more

Sea Life London Aquarium

Mónica Boixeda Londoner, Only-Be, Things to do in London

Sea Life London Aquarium is one of the main attractions of the city of London. It presents over 500 species and it welcomes millions of people from all over the world every

East-west: Japan and japonism, exhibition in Amsterdam

Mónica Boixeda Amsterdammer, Only-Be

Until January 15, 2012 the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam exhibit East-west: Japan and Japan-ism that ventures into the influence that Japanese artists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries had in European painting and the art market of that time . The show will consist of 40 works, among which are some belonging to Vincent Van Gogh and other artists of the era who were influenced by these works of art. The arrival of Japanese paintings marked a turning point in European art due to the lovely images introduced in the imaginations of the artists of the time, besides the new use of certain of paintings ideas and engravings, such as the use of colors and pattern compositions that impacted many artists in Europe. Among the works on display are those made by Japanese artists Hiroshige and Utagawa Kunisada Utagawa and paintings by artists such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri Rivière, Felix Buhot and Vincent Van Gogh. The Utagawa School of painting was developed in Japan and was very popular until the mid-nineteenth century. This movement is described as the forerunner of the genre of Ukiyo-e imprinting . The founder was Toyokuni Utagawa or Toyoharu III, who was born in 1735 whose first artistic knowledge was acquired in the Kano School. However, in the course of his work he started to develop his own technique and color management, ultimately creating the school that made him famous beyond Japan and times. The earliest known works of Utagawa fall in the style of Suzuki Harunobu, with the application of certain technical features of the Utagawa school that give a graceful special... read more