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…
Julian Opie in Palma: On the Move
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…