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…
Café con Joan Bennàssar: The adventure of living
Joan Bennàssar about freedom, discipline and women on Mallorca A dreamy garden, all you hear are the birds happily chirping in the trees. Two familiar looking figures, a women and a men, are squatting on wooden poles. Like Adam and Eve in a garden they would never be banished from. It’s the yard of Joan Bennàssar’s workplace near Pollença. A place that is as remote as inspiring for one of the most renowned contemporary artists on Mallorca and the Balearics. His larger than life-sized sculptures…