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Bcnguide in ENGLISH OFFICIAL FREE BCN GUIDE! FREE ISSUE_NOV 2012_N. 4 FREE BcnGuide IN ENGLISH CREATIVE CUISINE LA PEDRERA REBORN OR DIE... CELEBRATES 100 YEARS DOWNLOAD FREE TIME OUT BARCELONA APP! ENJOY BARCELONA IN YOUR Contents IPHONE! November 2012 ;08 Feature Unmissable artworks IVÁN MORENO IVÁN 08 Feature 22 Around Town A selection of Barcelona’s Run for your life! finest works of art 24 Arts 14 Food & Drink La Pedrera celebrates its Chefs find ways to beat the centenary recession 26 Nightlife 20 Shopping Pulling in at The Station Après Ski joins the Born’s creative boutiques 29 Listings TIME OUT BARCELONA TIME OUT BCN GUIDE Advertising Executives Nuria Diputació, 119 [email protected] Gómez ([email protected]), 93 202 95 95 www.barcelonaturisme.com Mercè Llubera www.timeout.cat Editor Andreu Gomila ([email protected]) Design Irisnegro Edited by 80 + 4 Publicacions Publisher Eduard Voltas Producer Sally Davies & Turisme de Barcelona Finance Manager Judit Sans Designer Eduard Forroll Printed by Bigsa Indústria Gràfica Editor-in-chief Andreu Gomila Writers Josep Lambies, DL B.21656-2012 Art director Diego Ricard Martín, Marta Salicrú, ISSN 2014-7546 Piccininno Eugènia Sendra Supported by Features and web editor Translations Maria José Gómez Nick Chapman November 2012 Time Out BCN Guide 3 Monthly planner Get out your diaries! We present just a handful of the cultural highlights of the month ahead. Tuesday 06 Thursday 08 Sunday 18 LEGACY OF MARIZA FC BARÇA VS JACKSON POLLOCK The queen of fado SARAGOSSA Works from Pollock returns to the Palau Barcelona take on himself, and 50 de la Música as Zaragoza at Camp artists influenced part of the Jazz Nou in round 12 of by his work. Festival. La Liga. See p32 See p41 See p45 Monday 19 Wednesday 21 PATTI SMITH BUENA VISTA Here to promote SOCIAL CLUB her excellent new Featuring the album Banga in the magnificent Omara extravagantly Portuondo, as part ornate Palau de la of the Jazz Festival. Música. See p25 See p47 E. MAPPLETHORPE Wednesday 21 Friday 23 Wednesday 00 L’ALTERNATIVA FARRUQUITO The festival of A chance to see the independent controversial, cinema, now in its but indisputably 19th year. Until talented flamenco November 25 legend, Farruquito . See p46 See p47 Thursday 29 Friday 30 WORLD PRESS ELLEN ALLIEN PHOTO The Berlin-based Opening day of this minimal techno prestigious queen pays one of international her ever popular photography visits to the Sala exhibition. See p31 Apolo. See p49 SAMUEL ARANDA 4 Time Out BCN Guide November 2012 November 2012 Time Out BCN Guide 5 The Hot Seat MUSEU EGIPCI Jordi Clos The president of the Museu Egipci is still passionate about an extraordinary civilisation. By Eugènia Sendra Ancient Egypt and its art have owners. I have objects that fascinated you for a long time. belonged to Adolf Hitler’s I’m a great fan of culture and the propaganda chief, and a necklace arts, but the Egyptian collection is that once belonged to Rudolf what’s closest to my heart. My Valentino. interest started when I was 12, You defi ne the museum as ‘alive’. and at 19 I bought my fi rst piece. There’s a lot going on; we’re still The collection has allowed me to making new acquisitions. We’ve work in Egypt, and discover an created a diploma and master’s intact tomb from 1100 BC. degree in Egyptology, and we run Which of the museum’s 1,100 workshops for children. We want to pieces would you save from a fi re? pass on a sense of respect for We have several objects that would humanity’s cultural heritage. be hard to get hold of nowadays, In November the star of the show such as the stele of Cleopatra VII – will be Tutankhamon. many of these were destroyed in That’s right, we’re putting on an Alexandria, and if it had been exhibition to celebrate the 90th identifi ed sooner, it would probably anniversary of the discovery of his have ended up at the Louvre or the tomb by Howard Carter. British Museum. Or the fragments of bas-reliefs from the tomb of Iny, bought in London, Paris, New York 1,100 and Amsterdam. objects make up the collection, They’re objects with a story. from the pre-dynastic period to Yes, there’s the scientifi c story and the time of Cleopatra. the personal one, that of their 6 Time Out BCN Guide November 2012 November 2012 Time Out BCN Guide 7 ART in BCN They’re not in the Prado, the Louvre or the MoMA: they’re masterpieces of world art and they’re right here in Barcelona. Joana Hurtado and Ricard Mas have picked ten works that no visitor to the city should miss. Photos Iván Moreno Who leaves Paris without paying a To bring the story up to date, the visit on the Mona Lisa? And yet Museu d’Art Contemporani de plenty of people pass through Barcelona (MACBA) specialises in Barcelona without seeing the great Spanish and Catalan art created since Pantocrator of Taüll. The city may 1945. There’s also Can Framis, a not have anything on the scale of the brand new museum given over to the Louvre, but its many museums and Vila Casas Foundation’s collection of foundations contain works that bear contemporary art. In combination, comparison with the best in the these provide a general overview of world, and attract visitors from all Catalan art from its roots right up to over the world. the present day. The MNAC has one of the fi nest For anyone who wants a fuller collections of Romanesque art appreciation of 20th-century art, four anywhere, centring on spectacular of the greatest artists of the period – mural paintings dating from the 11th Picasso, Joan Miró, Antoni Tàpies to the 13th centuries. The murals and Joan Brossa – have strong were removed whole from churches connections to Barcelona, and each is around Catalonia between 1919 and represented by signifi cant collections 1923, to save them from damage or in the museums and foundations that looting, and carefully reconstructed bear their names. in the museum. The MNAC’s So as not to overwhelm you, we’ve stunning Gothic and Modernista narrowed down this ample fi eld to ten galleries, representing two of the of the best, focusing on painting and region’s richest and most interesting sculpture on display in permanent artistic periods, are no less collections. Barcelona’s museums impressive. If the MNAC’s Gothic concentrate on Catalan art, and this galleries leaves you wanting more, selection refl ects that tendency. These the Fundació Godia’s small but are the most representative works of remarkable medieval collection artists who have left their mark on the comes highly recommended. region’s culture. 8 Time Out BCN Guide November 2012 The lark’s wing ringed in the blue of gold meets the heart of the poppy asleep on the fi eld studded with diamonds, 1967 Oil on canvas. 195 x 130 cm JOAN MIRÓ (1893 – 1983) Many of the works on display at the Miró foundation belong on this list. So why this one? Because few express so perfectly the artist’s desire to ‘achieve the maximum intensity with the minimum means’. In his later period, Miró painted enormous canvases, stripping down and simplifying his style, intensifying his use of colour, and condensing his personal visual language. As always with Miró, the subject of the pain- ting is not represented literally: instead it is suggested by a constellation of symbols. The landscape genre provided a framework for many of Miró’s works, but in this case the format is vertical rather than horizontal, almost suggesting a bird’s-eye view. FUNDACIÓ JOAN MIRÓ On loan from Gallery K.AG. November 2012 Time Out BCN Guide 9 Apse of St Clement de Taüll, 1123 Fresco transferred to canvas 620 x 360 x 180 cm MASTER OF TAÜLL This outstanding Romanesque piece is arguably the most emblematic artwork in the city. The largest work in this selection, it is also the oldest, although it radiates a raw modernity. The raw power of these colours and geometric forms has influenced 20th- century artists from Picasso to Picabia. While contemporary viewers may struggle to identify biblical scenes, the image retains its aura of power. The jagged crack that crosses the main image like a lightning bolt, as if illustrating the inscription Ego sum Lux Mundi (I am the Light of the World), also suggests a root, and the physical uprooting of the mural itself, which was transported from the remote Valley of Boí in the Catalan Pyrenees. MNAC Acquired between 1919-1923. 10 Time Out BCN Guide November 2012 The Wait (Margot), 1901 Oil on cardboard. 69.5 x 57 cm PABLO RUIZ PICASSO (1881 – 1973) For some a master, for others a monster, Picasso’s influence dominates the 20th century. His early years were characterised by his voracious appetite for new styles, which he assimilated and mastered with dizzying speed, before surging forward again. But who was Margot? Who is she waiting for, leaning on her elbows, her glittering eyes half-closed. Also known as The Morphine Addict or Pierreuse (slang for prostitute), this is a vivid image of Picasso’s first contact with the bohemian nightlife of Paris. The brushstrokes modelling the face are curt and energetic; in the background they are looser, conjuring the kaleidoscope of the nig- ht. Mixing the influences of the pointillists, Toulouse Lautrec and Van Gogh, it’s the work of a young Picasso taking his first steps towards recognition outside Spain.
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