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Born in 1912, in a small town in Wyoming, Jackson Pollock embodied the American dream as the country found itself confronted with the realities of a modern era replacing the fading nineteenth century. Pollock left home in search of fame and fortune in New York City. Thanks to the Federal Art Project he quickly won acclaim, and after the Second World War became the biggest art celebrity in America. For De Kooning, Pollock was the “icebreaker”. For Max Ernst and Masson, Pollock was a fellow member of the European Surrealist movement. And for Motherwell, Pollock was a legitimate candidate...

El urólogo y el monólogo son doctores distintos, el urólogo trata a los urones y el monologo a los monos, bueno también a las monas, aunque no es lo mismo ir muy mona, que hacer el mono.

La relación establecida en los siglos XV y XVI entre el poder y el arte no fue algo monolítico y homogéneo, ni los Trastámara fueron los primeros en mostrar interés artístico, pero quizá sí lo fueron en evidenciar una «especial relación» con el arte, ya una relación cambiante al final de la Edad Media, iniciando unos comportamientos que serán heredados, matizados y «sublimados» por los Reyes Católicos y amplificados por la labor de promoción artística de sus prelados y nobles. El arte se convierte en signo de distinción social con un componente devocional, asistencial o...

The exhibition discovers a feature rarely known of famous muralist Diego Rivera's (b. Mexico 1886-1957) personality: as a collector of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican art. The book analyses the inspirational force that these ancient objects represented in his artistic creations, particularly those related to ancient cosmovision; while in parallel revalues the importance of Rivera's contributions to collectionism: his collection, his safekeeping efforts, and how he presented to the public the pieces, highlighting their aesthetic and mystic importance and the role they had as symbols of the Mexican...