I’m of the belief that to enjoy good art at its best you need exactly the right venue to bring it to life. When you have an artist who uses a mix of wine mixed in with ink to bring his visions to fruition then you couldn’t really better the choice of a bodega as ...
Capturing the translucent quality of the light, water colours are the perfect medium in which to graphically illustrate Lanzarote, and long time resident and artist Annelie Carlson does that beautifully. From the bright, primary blues and greens of its fishing boats and the vibrant crimson of its hibiscus hedges to the melodramatic and sombre blues ...
Litter is deplorable at any time but when you see rubbish spoiling such a wonderfully unique landscape as Lanzarote’s, it’s positively a crime. Unfortunately this volcanic wonderland is no stranger to occasionally having its beauty blemished by mangled car wrecks, discarded washing machines and all manner of rusting debris. Thankfully there is a scavenger on ...
They say a picture paints a thousand words, but that seems a gross under calculation when you’re talking about the images in the World Press Photo exhibition at the Sala Charco de San Ginés in Arrecife near Costa Teguise. Lanzarote is one of the one hundred privileged venues around the world to play host to ...
A private cinema club in a bar – it sounds like film fan heaven. Throw in home-made popcorn and the movie-set location of Lanzarote’s most picturesque town, Teguise and you’ve got a unique cinematic experience that makes a trip to the local multiplex seem pedestrian by comparison. The Secret Cinema is an inspired idea; ...
Running until the 22nd July in the Salon de Charco de San Gines in Arrecife is an exhibition featuring three young artists, two mediums and a single objective – to lay bare the human soul. Entitled Tresenuno (three into one), the exhibition features the work of Laura Millan, Fayna Attasara and Maria Laura Benavente. Maria ...
Mention graffiti artists and most people will come out with one name, Banksy. In the 1990s the legendary concrete jungle artist was responsible for changing people’s perceptions of the best graffiti – not that illiterately scratched, unimaginative garbage – and taking it from the urban underground scene into the mainstream art world, in an anarchic ...