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Madrid, Bilbao, the Rioja & Barcelona November 11 Madrid, Bilbao, The Rioja & Barcelona November 11 – November 19, 2015 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS: 1. Ann Barrett 2. Olin Barrett 3. Barbara de Leon 4. Marcus de Leon 5. Edgar Hirst 6. Robin Hirst 7. Bert Lewitt 8. Raquel Lewitt, International/National Tours Chair 9. Jo Westervelt 10. Scott Westervelt 11. John Miller 12. Kim Miller 13. Jeffrey Rapp 14. Neil Silverman 15. Sherie Schneider 16. Alan Schneider 17. Todd Johnson 18. Deborah Johnson 19. Cathy Partridge 20. Susan Krane 21. Laurie Staude 22. Connie McCreight, Curators Lab Chair 23. Sharon Darnov, Curators Award Exhibition Chair 24. June Sattler 25. Anne Brilliant, Co-Chair 2 FULL TRIP LECTURERS LISA HAHN, Art Horizons International, President Lisa Hahn is President and Founder of Art Horizons International Inc., a special interest art and cultural tour company she formed in 1985 that promotes the arts by creating unique educational travel programs and study tours that focus on art, architecture, and the performing arts in selected cities around the world. Aside from her role in managing Art Horizons Int’l, Lisa personally conducts many of the art and cultural tours around the world… in Europe and in cities all around the U.S. SOFÍA BARROSO, Around Art, President BA in Art History, Universidad Complutense, Madrid. Sofia has run two Art galleries “Arte in Europe” and “Arte-Express” (1983-85/ 1986-89); lectured and directed summer programs for Syracuse University Centre in Spain (1992-2004); was head curator at the March Foundation Contemporary Art Museum in Palma de Mallorca (1995-1997); has directed the ARCO Collectors Program for over eight years and was member of the Board of Friends of ARCO from 2000 to 2006. She was also involved with the Collectors Program for Art Cologne Palma. Presently on the Board of the Jakober Foundation and Zuloaga Foundation. Sofia has been organizing cultural tours since 1984. Additional Tour Experts Maria Fernandez-Shaw: Madrid Mauricio Macarron: Madrid Esther Boulandier: Bilbao Ana Rodriguez: Bilbao Blanca Cadena: Barcelona 3 ART & ARCHITECTURE MADRID, BILBAO, LA RIOJA & BARCELONA THE FELLOWS OF CONTEMPORARY ART (FOCA) Tuesday, November 10th –Friday, November 20th, 2015 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10th: USA-SPAIN overnight flight. Day One: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11th: MADRID. Check in on your own at the NH Paseo Del Prado Hotel (Madrid) for a four night stay in Superior rooms. The Neo-Baroque NH Collection Madrid Paseo del Prado hotel in Madrid was designed by architect Antonio Palacios, who also stamped his mark on the Palacio de Cibeles, which now serves as the mayor’s office. The hotel has an impeccable location, with the Prado just across the street. The hotel overlooks the city’s emblematic Neptune Fountain and is only a 5-minute walk away from Buen Retiro Park. The Prado, Thyssen, and Reina Sofia museums are all close by. (Address: Plaza Cánovas del Castillo, 4, 28014 Madrid, Spain. Tel: +34 913 30 24 00.) 1:30 pm. Please gather in the hotel lobby for a welcome coffee at the hotel with Lisa Hahn, President of Art Horizons Int’l and Sofia Barroso, our Spanish art historian and President of Around Art, our Spanish partner. 2:00 pm. Departure on foot to Caixaforum Foundation, located in a 19th-century power station that has been re-designed by Swiss architects Herzog & DeMeuron. Its vertical garden has been created by French landscape architect: Patrick Blanc. The architecture of the building is noteworthy. We will have a special tour of the building and exhibition: Alvar Aalto. Continue to the Reina Sofía Museum on foot: MNCARS, located in a classic 18th century building by Sabatini with a new addition by architect Jean Nouvel. 4:00 pm. Lecture on the highlights of the 20th century Spanish modern masters: Picasso, Julio Gonzalez, Miró and Dalí, including Picasso’s famous “Guernica” with its new installation. Lecture given by Andrew Shield from the Reina Sofia Museum. Temporary Exhibits: Ignasi Aballí, Hito Steyerl. www.museoreinasofia.es 4 Reina Sofía Museum: MNCARS & Guernica, by Picasso. 8:00 pm. Departure by motorcoach for our welcome dinner at a private collection consisting of Spanish contemporary art. This is the exquisite home of our art historian Sofia Barroso. This loft-like setting provides the perfect backdrop for this contemporary art collection. Day 1: Madrid Wednesday Afternoon, November 11 Notes by Bert Lewitt Our group met on Wednesday afternoon and were greeted by Lisa Hahn of Art Horizons who introduced our wonderful Spanish guide, host and art historian Sofia Barroso, President of Around Art. Sophia accompanied us on the entire 11 day trip. She was instrumental in making our experience in Spain memorable. From our hotel we walked to the CAIXA FORUM on Paseo del Prado, completed in 2007 by Swiss architects Herzog & Meron. It is a combination of new construction and an abandoned power station. The upper floors of the museum are covered in rusted Cor-Ten steel which echoes the red brick of the original power station. On the house next to CAIXA FORUM there is magnificent "green wall" (vertical garden) designed 5 by French botanist Patrick Blank. Our guide in the museum showed us through the building starting from the basement auditorium with steel mesh walls to the modernist cafetería on the top floor. We stopped at the Alvar Aalto exhibit. Alvar Aalto ( 1898-1976) was a Finnish architect, designer, sculptor and painter. We saw examples of Aalto's architecture, his "Scandinavian Modern" furniture, his lamps, glassware and textiles. There were images of the Vyborg Library in Vyborg, Russia opened in 1935 in the Finnish City of Viipuri (before it was ceded to the USSR after World War II). Under Aalto's influence "Grup R" was created by Barcelona based architects in the 1950's to reintroduce modern architecture in Spain during Francisco Franco's dictatorship. We next visited the Reina Sofia officially called the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia. It is Spain's national museum of 20th century art. The museum was officially inaugurated on September 10, 1992 and is named for Queen Sofia. We entered through the 2005 addition designed by Jean Nouvel with a 32 foot tall Lichstenstein sculpture " Brushstroke" in the courtyard. Our tour guide, Andrew Shield explained that the Reina Sofia had been a hospital in the 18th century. He took us through the Goya black paintings of the early 6 1800's and Jose Guiterrez Solana's works. Solana was a key figure in the Spanish cultural revival of the early 20th century and was considered a modern Goya. We viewed their extensive Picasso Blue period paintings as well as many from Dali, Miro, Barradas and Juan Gris. Our visit ended in front of the world famous Guernica by Pablo Picasso. The city of Guernica was bombed in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. It was the first bombing of civilians and was said to be a " trial run" for fascist Germany and Italy at the request of Spanish nationals. The mural (25 feet wide by 11 feet high) was commissioned by the Spanish Republican government for display in the 1937 Paris World's Fair. We returned to our hotel to prepare for our welcome tapas dinner at the lovely art-filled home of Sofia Barroso, art historian and guide. 7 Day Two: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12th: MADRID 9:30 am. Meet in the lobby for departure on foot to the Prado Museum for a guided visit of the highlights of the Spanish masters, from El Greco to Goya. Upon arrival at the Prado, we will view the bronze doors by artist Cristina Iglesias and enter the museum through Puerta de los Jerónimos located in the new Rafael Moneo building. Our special lecturers will be Dr. Maria Fernández- Shaw and Mauricio Macarron. www.museodelprado.es 12:00 pm. Departure to Matadero de Madrid… Madrid´s old slaughterhouse recently converted into a performing arts center with artists in residence, exhibitions, contemporary music and design. Morning coffee at the Cantina upon arrival. We will also see Factoria Cultural, one of Matadero´s cutting-edge projects with its curators: Rosina Gomez-Baeza and Lucia Ybarra. www.mataderodemadrid.org Day 2: Madrid Thursday Morning, November 12 Notes by Ann and Olin Barrett Met at 9:30 in the hotel lobby to receive and test our absolutely essential audio aids and meet Prado tour guides, Maria Fernandez-Shaw and Mauricio Macarron. A brisk walk punctuated by clicking stoplights brought us to the Prado group entrance in the new Rafael Moneo addition that was completed in 2007. Once ticketed and scanned, we divided into two groups to tour this world renowned collection. Maria was my guide and she was incredibly articulate and knowledgeable. Museo National del Prado was founded in 1819 (Goya was still alive) and features one of the world’s finest collections of European art (12th century to early 19th century) based on the former Spanish Royal Collection. About 10% of the collection is exhibited at any one time. 8 We started with El Greco (1541 to 1614) who was born in Crete, studied with Titian in Venice, spent years in Rome, and at the age of 35 finally moved to Spain and settled in Toledo where he began to receive religious commissions. Maria stressed that he was a full mannerist painter (elongated, sculptural, somewhat tortured figures, sketchy technique, unusual colors) intent on conveying spiritualism. His style, while controversial, was greatly admired in his time and influenced many future artists. (Shown: The Opening of the Fifth Seal). Next, Francisco de Zuburan (1598-1664) who is known for his large paintings, elongated figures, balanced compositions, and electric colors. He was a friend of Velasquez, but stayed mainly in Seville and painted for monasteries and convents.
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