Madrid Realists’ Exhibition Review Lopez Garcia at the Madrid Realist Exhibition: How did these artists produce such outstanding work while the art world was declaring that painting was dead? Published in ‘The Jackdaw’ June 2016 A crowd is gathered in front of a picture, there’s shuffling and whispering, angling for a better view. Several people are up …
What would make you drop everything? Last month I booked a ticket on Saturday and got on a 23 hour flight on Tuesday in a rush to see the MADRID REALIST exhibition in Spain. How uncommon to see contemporary paintings that are unafraid of either beauty or realism.