NEWSLETTER
NOVEMBER 2008

 

INDOC. Documentation Centre about Art and Nature

 



 

Michael Warren’s M-7 23 exhibited in CDAN garden

M-7 23, a sculpture created by Irish artist Michael Warren for the Garden of the Arts at Expo Zaragoza 2008, will be on display in the CDAN garden until 22 January 2009. The title of the sculpture refers to the artist’s initials.

Warren has created some of the most interesting public sculptures of the last few decades. [+]

 

Art and Nature

Österreichischer skulpturenpark

Located 7 Km from the Austrian city of Graz, this sculpture park presents more than 60 works by sculptors from Austria and abroad. [+]

Bibliographical collection

Find out about some of the most interesting documents recently added to the INDOC collection [+]

Brief news items and calls

INDOC receives information that may be of interest to you on grants, aid, educational programmes, etc. related to art and landscape (available only in Spanish). [+]

Publications

Per Kirkeby : Louisiana 2008 (Exhibition catalogue)

This publication is the catalogue for an exhibition of the work of Danish artist Per Kirkeby that opened at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Denmark) on 2 September 2008 and will run until 25 January 2009. It includes a DVD that contains a 56-minute interview (with subtitles in English and German) [+]

CDAN Calendar

All of the activities and services offered by the CDAN over the next few weeks.  [+]

Artists on the Internet:
Vicente Pascual

This month we pay tribute to Aragonese artist Vicente Pascual, who passed away on 25 September. Pascual’s work was shown at the CDAN at the end of 2006 in an exhibition entitled 100 Views of Monte Interior: In Memory of the Madmen of Old. The centre's collection also includes works by the painter. [+]

Guided tours of the CDAN

The CDAN’s Education Department offers free guided group visits. Times for visits must be arranged in advance. Visits can be scheduled on weekends at three different times: Saturdays at 12 noon and 6pm, and Sundays at 12 noon.  [+]

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Public interacts with Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville

The third edition of the  International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville got underway at the Andalusian Centre for Contemporary Art in Seville and the Palace of Charles V in Granada on October 2.

This edition of the event looks at the relationship between art, science, technology and architecture from a contemporary perspective, presenting 180 works by 150 artists.

The biennial will run until 11 January 2009.[+] 

 

The Morning Line. Matthew Ritchie with Aranda / Lasch and Arup AGU. Commissioned by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporany. Fotografía Guiseppe Martino

 

Workshop with Bernard Plossu.

 

CDAN runs second part of photography workshop with Plossu

On a weekend devoted to the world of photography (24-25 October), the CDAN hosted the second and final part of a workshop on landscape photography led by French photographer Bernard Plossu.

Before the workshop a lecture was given by Paloma Castellanos, the Spanish coordinator of Mexican photographer Pedro Meyer’s Heresies project. The Heresies exhibition can be seen at the CDAN until 9 November 2008. Plossu’s workshop was held in collaboration with the Huesca Art School. [+]

Madrid to host 9th National Conference on the Environment

The 9th National Conference on the Environment will be held from December 1-5, 2008 at the Municipal Conference Centre in the Campo de las Naciones area of Madrid. CONAMA is an evolving event and a number of new elements will be added this year.

The most important new developments for this edition will be the internationalisation of the event, a space for reflection, a benchmarking report on a key issue, and a special area for NGOs. [+]

 

Photo provided by the communication department of the CONAMA foundation. 

 

CDAN to participate in art and nature symposium in São Paulo

The Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo (MAM) is celebrating its 60th anniversary.

To mark the occasion the museum has organised an international symposium to be held on November 7-8. The CDAN will take part in the working sessions, which will address the theme ‘Contemporary Art and Nature: The Expansion of the Territory to Museums’. [+]

 

Inside the Museums, Infinity Goes Up on Trial

The second International Meeting of Contemporary Art Directors will be held in Cáceres on November 6-8 under the title ‘Dentro del museo, el infinito a juicio’ (Inside the Museums, Infinity Goes Up on Trial).

The project is directed by the Association of Spanish Contemporary Art Directors (ADACE) and organised by the Ministry of Culture, the State Corporation for Spanish Cultural Action Abroad (SEACEX), and the Regional Government of Extremadura. [+]

 


INDOC. Documentation centre about Art and Nature.

OPENING HOURS: Mornings, Tuesday to Friday, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m; Afternoons, Tuesday to Thursday, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Another visits by appointment: please call (+34) 974 23 98 93. INDOC is closed on Mondays, Sundays and bank holidays.
 
Avda. Dr. Artero, s/n, 22004-Huesca (Spain) / Tel.: +34 974 23 98 93 / E-mail: info@cdan.es