Tag: Casal Solleric

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Julian Opie in Palma: On the Move

Julian Opie in Palma

The pop art works on Paseo del Borne and in La Lonja look as if they were made just for this city. With his large-format sculptures London artist Julian Opie has attracted a great deal of attention in Palma within days. The characteristic figures, the contours reduced to the absolute essentials, represent urban life and simultaneously seem to merge with it. Like the woman with her cup of coffee who is constantly moving. Or the pedestrians, sometimes carelessly walking by, sometimes actually…

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Casal Solleric: Discover Contemporary Art

Casal Solleric

„Connecting“ is the title of a current exhibition at Casal Solleric. It could as well be the motto of this extraordinary house of contemporary art. The museum is located in one of the most beautiful buildings on magnificent boulevard Es Born. Kind of a gem hidden in plain sight. The second you step into the Baroque manor you leave downtown Palma, its busy crowd and traffic noise behind. And enter a world of its own.  The spacious patio with its old cobblestones and graceful arches reveals the…