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Le biciclette Milan

The Only Team Milanese, Nightlife in Milan, Only-Be

In a secluded street in Milan, there´s Le biciclette, which is a bar, restaurant, exhibition room and theatre stage. Unmissable.

André Citroën Park Paris

Mónica Boixeda Only-Be, Parisian, Things to do in Paris

The André Citroën Park was created by the Citroën company on the banks of the river Seine to enjoy with family and friends.

Expo Money and Beauty in Florence

Mónica Boixeda Florentine, Only-Be

You just have to check out a bit of history to understand how feudalism came down to give way to cities, and with cities came the bourgeoisie. The word bourgeois is definitely a controversial one today, and it´s still used for a particular way of life that means a certain community, education, middle class. That´s how the merchants and businessmen of the Middle Ages, thanks to the skillful handling of business between different regions and countries, began to establish what would be the beginning of the capitalist economic system to which, unfortunately, we´re stuck with and of which we´re seeing its worst tragedies. But hadn´t it been for many of these merchants and their different manoeuvres to assimilate wealth and power, a lot of the best Renaissance art would never have existed. A good part of patronage as well as the production carried out in the years which came after the feudal era and turned Florence into the European market centre of the time, made possible that artists such as Botticelli, Beato Angelico and Piero del Pollaiolo were able to create magnificent works which last up to today. So then, which is the relation between art and capital? Certainly, today the capital is suffering a downfall with the global recession, which however still generates an even higher amount of artistic and activist production than ever before. Two different conditions, one of abundance and another of misery, especially moral misery. However, drawing a parallel between both moments is inevitable, and being able to see from this exhibition the links that made possible the management of such works of art, as... read more