NEWSLETTER
FEBRUARY / MARCH 2010
 

INDOC. Documentation Centre about Art and Nature

Donna Conlon. Estación seca.

CDAN opens the exhibition Rummaging in the Garbage

On 5 February, the CDAN opened an exhibition entitled Rummaging in the Garbage: Waste and Recycling in Contemporary Art. The subject is presented through the work of leading international artists who address the theme of waste. A coproduction of the Koldo Mitxelena Cultural Centre and the CDAN, the exhibition will run until 9 May. [+]

  

Art and Nature

ALTANA Cultural Foundation

Located in the German town of Bad Homburg, near Frankfurt, this foundation uses contemporary art to bring people closer to nature. [+]

Bibliographical collection

Find out about some of the books 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

Rummaging in the garbage.
[exhibition catalogue]

The CDAN has published the catalogue for an exhibition that focuses on waste and recycling as a subject of interest for contemporary art. The show will run until 9 May.  [+]

CDAN Calendar

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

Guided tours of the CDAN

Visits can be scheduled on weekends at three different times: Saturdays at 12 noon and 6pm, and Sundays at 12 noon. [+]

Receive information

If you wish to stay informed of CDAN activities, send an e-mail to: difusion@cdan.es

Córdoba to host III International Congress on Landscape and Infrastructures

The event, to be held from 15 to 17 April, is also being convened as the 9th Council of Europe Meeting of the Workshops for the Implementation of the European Landscape Convention. One of the aims is to ensure that landscape criteria are taken into account along with other factors when planning and executing infrastructure projects. [+]

Photo by courtesy of Antonio Alvarado.

  

Olafur Eliasson. Islandserie (1995). Photo by
courtesy of the National Gallery of Denmark.

Nature as seen through art
over the centuries

The National Gallery of Denmark is holding an exhibition entitled Nature Strikes Back that explores humankind’s relationship with nature in Western culture over the last 2000 years. The show overlapped with the global climate summit held in Copenhagen in December and has had to be extended until 5 April 2010. [+]

  

ARCO 2010 gets underway

ARCOmadrid_2010, the International Contemporary Art Fair, will be held from 17 to 21 February. The event marks the start of the 2010 season for the international art circuit. This year approximately 200 participating galleries and nearly 3000 artists will offer visitors a chance to explore the latest trends in the visual arts. [+]

Sandy Skoglund. Fresh hybrid (2008).
Photo by courtesy of PACIARTE Gallery.

  

Photo by courtesy of the Association of Architects
of Catalonia (COAC).

 Submissions invited for 6th Rosa Barba European Landscape Prize

The Association of Architects of Catalonia, the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, and the Government of Catalonia have published the conditions of entry for this competition, which is being held within the framework of the European Landscape Biennial and will take place in Barcelona from 30 September to 2 October 2010. [+]

  

 

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