The former maritime trade exchange is a monument in itself. Today, La Lonja also regularly houses extraordinary exhibitions. The recent highlight is an exhibition by Jaume Plensa in Palma called Mirall. Showing two stainless steel sculptures floating in the hall. Charging the magnificent place with light and darkness. The artist named them Invisible Laura and Invisible Rui Rui. Contemporary Janus heads facing future and past, or mirror images, reflections of the present? However, they cast a…
Museu de Mallorca: Images of an Island
Picture the history of Mallorca as a graphic novel. Yet not drawn by one illustrator but told in paintings and sculptures by artists of the respective time. Exhibited in a splendid Gothic palace in the Calatrava district of Palma. Pass a large cobbled patio with a row of perfectly rounded sandstone arches and climb the wide staircase to the planta noble. Even the first impression of the Museu de Mallorca is magnificent. The Mallorca Museum houses almost eight centuries of island history. And it…