In my best outfit, with a coffee in one hand and wiping the sleep from my eyes with the other, I head off to London Fashion Week at Somerset House.
An art project and exhibition exploring human relationships with the sea by artists Lorna Barrowclough and Hondartza Fraga
The 33rd edition of ARCOmadrid came to an end last Sunday 23rd February. Over 160 galleries from 25 countries filled IFEMA’s pavillions for five intense days. Only three London galleries – not counting Marlborough* – were represented at the event: Faggionatto, Arcade, and Carroll/Fletcher.
Don Quixote is, for many British people, a quintessential staple of Spanish culture, and it’s no surprise that this ballet, choreographed by Cuban Carlos Acosta – who also dances the role of Basilio alongside Spanish ballerina Marianela Nuñez– has been seen as a showcase for all of that fiery Latino spirit that we Brits are convinced is an essential characteristic of our Mediterranean neighbours. And yet, somehow, there’s something about the whole production that doesn’t quite ring true.
Hundreds of attendees flocked to Scala to enjoy almost two hours of live music in a concert where they played their greatest hits and unveiled their new album.
The first time I went to a screening of one of Ariadna Fatjó-Vilas’s films was during a festival of short films back in 2007. The film in question, Yours Truly (AKA Head Over Heels) was a short, animated masterpiece which saw Frank and Charlie looking for nothing more and nothing less than love, over eight intense minutes. Her first visual and narrative work ended up winning awards in Chicago, Clermont-Ferrand, IndieLisboa and Hamburg to name just some of the most important festivals in the short-film industry. It was also nominated for a BAFTA and it won a British Animation Award for best animated short film.
Spain has always been fertile territory for garage music. It dates back to the prehistoric times when el Apago sprung up in Madrid’s trendy Malasaña district as the epicentre of an unprecedented lysergic explosion, a phenomenon whose echoes are still reverberating in the impressionable minds of the new generations of music makers across the whole of the land.
Catalan designer Laura Figueras launched her first fashion label, Bambi by Laura, in 2003. She later moved to London, and in 2012 created a new kind of luxury fashion label, SUR and made her debut in the Spring-Summer 2013 edition of the Barcelona Fashion.
A video presentation featuring the ‘Linbury Prize 2013’ finalists, featuring Ana Inés Jabares Pita, overall winner of the Linbury Prize for stage design. She is the first Spaniard to receive the accolade.
Love of Lesbian gathered nearly 2000 people on Saturday night at the Coronet Theatre in Elephant & Castle. The audience enjoyed a concert that was from low to a cataclysmic final stretch in which the Catalan band played their most famous songs.