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...wall-sized Large Girl with No Eyes, painted in 2001 in a pseudo-Pop Art style, shows a close-up of a blond schoolgirl's face abruptly eclipsed by a blue-black swathe across her eyes. Maria de Corral, who is curating the show when it moves to Madrid in June, called it "a kind of antiportrait." What unifies the show is the sheer size of the pictures. "The dimension is an integral part of this art," says Schirn director Max Hollein, who curated the Frankfurt show. "The scale gives the pictures a tremendous physicality. It turns them into almost...
...Peter Ameisenhaufen, one of Fontcuberta’s alter egos. While “Fauna Secreta” has since toured many well-known art museums such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, it was first exhibited at the National Museum of Natural History in Madrid as a genuine scientific catalog. With no posted indication that this exhibit was the work of an artist rather than a scientist, the public, as well as many of the museum curators, were easily deceived by this artistic ruse...
...power between the main nationalist and socialist parties, to the chagrin of Madrid, which is struggling to contain more militant separatism in the Basque region. Not So Dirty, After All CZECH REPUBLIC Officials announced that contrary to earlier reports, radioactive material seized in a police sting was not weapons-grade, nor was it suitable for making a dirty bomb. Two Slovaks were arrested on Nov. 14 in the eastern city of Brno after allegedly trying to sell to an undercover agent 3 kg of what appeared to be nuclear fuel rods from the former Soviet Union...
Vying for “Most Expensive Tailgate” were the Spee Club, which rented a plane, flew to Madrid and then called their roommates to gloat and hear about the game, and the crew team, who were fined $1500 for damage done to their U-Haul...
Campbell said she now applies the abilities she gained as a political leader as deputy president of the Council of Madrid, an organization dedicated to aiding developing democracies. She also recently stepped down as the chair of the Council of World Women Leaders, which serves to remind the world that “women do lead, can lead and deserve a chance to lead,” according to Campbell...