(On Venice Biennale’s ILLUMInations)
By Paco Barragán
For people in Venice that aren’t necessarily so well informed in art matters, “ILLUMInazioni - ILLUMInations” might make them think of a kind of light show…
Obviously the title is not very bright and shining. To be more precise: this contradictio in terminis in the title is a cheap, lamentable boutade. [...]
“Any one who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour,
before he allows himself to be tempted by the more showy qualities,
to be direct, simple, brief, vigorous, and lucid.” - H.W. Fowler
By Paco Barragán
Some weeks ago I met Barry Schwabsky at ‘Garrison’ in Bermondsy, a café only a block away from Delfina’s in [...]
“Passages. Travels in Hyperspace,” an exhibition drawn from the collection of Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (T-B A21), is showing at LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial in Gijón, Spain, until February, 2011. We spoke to Francesca von Habsburg, founder and chairman of T-B A21, about collecting, producing, and exhibiting contemporary art.
By Paco Barragán
Paco Barragán- As [...]
MARC BIJL - Arrested Development. Works 2000 - 2009
Domus Artium 02 - Salamanca, Spain
May 15 - September 19, 2009
Curated by Javier Panera and Paco Barragán
The first solo exhibition in Spain of Marc Bijl (Leerdam, The Netherlands, 1973) will be presented at DA2 Museum with a selection of his most significant works during the last ten [...]
CIRCA PR, the premier Caribbean and Central American international art fair will celebrate its fourth edition from April 17 - 20, 2009, at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan. Since its inception in 2006, CIRCA PR has become an important stop within the annual international contemporary art itinerary, offering a platform for promoting [...]
By Paco Barragan
Fairs, such as we know them today, have already existed for a few decades, but it wasn’t until relatively recent times that we witnessed the “category of the new” in the shape of the arrival of the curator in the world of art fairs, and the consequent promotion in the media of some [...]
After a hectic week during which the 38th edition of Art Basel Miami Beach took place in Miami in conjunction with numerous other art fairs, Wynwood Magazine spoke with Paco Barragán, who curated together with Nina Arias The Expanded Painting Show for MASH Miami, and who also participated actively with PhotoMiami as artistic advisor and [...]
