ROSE WYLIE – Royal Acaademy of Arts London
Portrait of Rose Wylie by Jürgen Teller. Opposite page: Frick, oil on canvas. Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner. Yellow Strip, 2006, oil on canvas Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner. ‘Yellow Strip’ depicts several footballers in movement from different...
Sunna Wathen
Born in Greece to an Icelandic artist mother and British musician, writer, poet and climber father, Sunna Wathen (‚Sunnna‘ in Icelandic) had travelled through Turkey, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, and Morocco before arriving in Mallorca at the age of two. Her parents (her...
Concepts of Temporality – Esmeralda Gómez Galera
High above the fortified citywalls lining the Parc de la Mar just along from the La Seu Cathedral, the exhibition banner “Rafa Forteza, Cámara de ecos” billows in the morning air draping from the balcony railings of Cas La Torre. The historical palazzo serves as Palma...
From London to Palma – The next generation shaping the island’s art scene
Mallorca has long been an island shaped by artists. From the legacy of Joan Miró to the many painters, sculptors, writers and thinkers who have found inspiration in its landscapes and Mediterranean light, creativity has always been woven into the island’s cultural...
The Art of the Unexpected
There is a particular kind of artist who emerges from the landscape itself, shaped by the place that raised them while constantly pushing beyond it. Julià Panadès is one of those artists. Born in Ses Salines, Mallorca, in 1981, Panadès belongs to a generation of...
Art Palma Contemporani – La Bibi + Reus – Fran Reus, gallerist and president of Palma‘s art association
„Winter 2003 I started ‘Fran Reus Gallery,’ a month later Es Baluard Museum for Contemporary Arts opened — and the Art Contemporani association was founded shortly after. It was a great moment for culture on the island, a lot of energy and with Es Baluard we finally...
Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró a Mallorca – Antònia Maria Perelló, Director
“I am originally from Palma but for almost thirty years I was at MACBA, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona, in charge of the collection. I had left Mallorca to study art and remained in Barcelona until suddenly in 2024 this opportunity to become the director...
ES BALUARD – David Barro, Director
On a personal level, I would say that I am an easy-going person with a great sense of humor. Professionally, I am a committed advocate of contemporary art who currently directs one of Spain’s leading museums, Es Baluard Museu, which entails a great deal of...
Casal Solleric – Fernando Gómez de la Cuesta, Director
When Gertrude Stein told Robert Graves that “Mallorca is paradise, if you can stand it”, she was already speaking of that wonder – at times overwhelming and awe-inspiring – that is our island. Mallorca possesses that unsettling beauty in its excess that has made it so...
Jaime Martínez Llabrés – Mayor of Palma
I am a staunch advocate of art and culture as a force for change. I believe they define who we are, they are part of our very essence, they make us turn our gaze towards places we had not previously noticed, make us more sensitive, better people – more critical, but...
SENSING PALMA – A Guide to the City’s Hidden Corners
Palma is a city that reveals itself slowly. On the surface, it is easy to fall into the familiar rhythm of cathedral views, marina walks, and terrace lunches that appear in every guide. But the real character of Palma sits just beneath that layer, in the places locals...
DANIEL HUG – ART COLOGNE CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Meeting Daniel Hug on a grey winter day in Germany it is his masterly conjuring of Palma Mallorca and the upcoming Art Cologne on the Balearic island that makes the sun appear from behind the clouds. Resonating the illuminating conversation, the rays start beaming...
GAA GALLERY – Alexandra Hecker
A spirited youthful crossatlantic gallery operation, with gallery dog and next generation in tow. GAA focuses on contemporary, mainly emerging artists, but also represents more historic artists and estates. Presenting progressive work, including more often than not...
ALEX SERRA – Paulo Nunes
Crossing town to Köln-Nippes, we discover the well-lit, double storied, glass fronted, high-ceiling Alex Serra gallery in what used to be a photography studio. “It actually was like this - I didn’t need to renovate much,” explains Paulo Nunes, founder and director. We...
WALTHER KÖNIG BOOKSTORE – Franz König
WALTHER KÖNIG BOOKSTORE & ART COLOGNE “Art Cologne is very closely linked to the history of our bookstore. Both started around the same time and by now we are the only exhibitor who took part in every Art Cologne ever1! At the fair, we are a neutral space, at the...
Women‘s Work is Never Done – Barcelona Manifesta 15v
Choosing from her vast oeuvre, often focusing on female labour and representation celebrating unsung heroines from diverse cultures and socioeconomic histories, here I ask her about the Barcelona Manifesta 15 in 2024. Over the course of two years Schnitger created a...
RISE! – Lara Schnitger
Lara Schnitger and I first spent great times together in the mid-nineties in New York which involved a generous amount of partying, Lara dazzling with her great sense of style. I opened UP&CO September 1996 – some six months after Anton Kern opened his gallery –...
S.E.L.F. – Mia Enell, Cees Krijnen, Erinna König, Anneè Olofsson
Below the surface nothing is black and white, we are not defined by colour of eyes or skin, social status, geographic or ethnic orgin, but one with nature. For the UP&CO @ EK STUDIO exhibition S.E.L.F. – Self Eternity Love Freedom – four international artists look...
FREEDOM FOR ART – Erinna König
1969, Düsseldorf Art Academy: a student demonstration with Joseph Beuys in the front row. Erinna König‘s pastel-coloured floral banner bears a message in bright red Japanese lettering: ‘Freedom for Art’ it demands, linguistically encrypted. At first glance, the...
Countermeasures – Jane and Louise Wilson
Born in Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) in 1967, the sisters combine video, photography, and sound in conceptual investigations of visibility and invisibility in relation to power structures. Their work came to international prominence through projects for which they...
GINO BÜHLER – Photosynthesis, Primordial Forms of Life
Early in the morning, when night fades away and the pure light of dawn slowly becomes noticeable, the plant world stands still for a moment. The first rays penetrate deep into the foliage, gently, delicately. Gino Bühler captures this moment of silence in the plant...
Thomas Schütte – Space for Others
‘Kunsthalle’ – is created by one artist for the art of others. Accessed through a large gate painted ‘GARAGE’ in an innercity backyard we enter a surprisingly spacious hall complex. The Thomas Schütte Stiftung’s new art venue is individual, charming, flexible,...