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Pick of the month:Slava Mogutin: Lost Boys La Fresh Gallery Museo del Prado Centro de Arte Reina Sofía Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Circulo de Bellas Artes Other galleries
Sonic Youth etc: Sensational Fix Better known as a rock group, the members of Sonic Youth are all multi-disciplinary artists in their own right. This exhibition showcases their work, alongside collaborations with a host of artists, designers and musicians, plus other pieces chosen by thegroup. Performance artist Vito Acconci, punk poet Patti Smith, writer William Burroughs, film director Sofia Coppola and fashion designer Marc Jacobs all feature. Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Avenida de la Constitución, 23 (Metro: Móstoles/Pradillo). Tel: 91 276 02 13. Tues-Sun 11am-9pm. Free. Until 3 May.
Scare the Night Away Still lifes with a difference, Madrid-based German artist Philipp Fröhlich’s paintings of everyday environments—a kitchen, aterrace—skate around on a line dividing reality from fiction. Light links the paintings, softly bleaching the scenes and then tearing through the nocturnal paintings that give the show its name. Disquieting. Galería Soledad Lorenzo, C/Orfila, 5 (Metro: Alonso Martinez). Tel: 91 308 28 87. Mon 4.30-8.30pm; Tues-Sat 11am- 2pm, 4.30-8.30pm. Free. Until Mar 31.
From I to J Barcelona-based film director Isabel Coixet’s audio-visual homage to Booker Prize-winning British writer John Berger is a prison-like labyrinth of cells where recordings of letters penned by Berger can be heard being read by actresses such as Tilda Swinton, Isabelle Huppert and Penelope Crúz. The letters come from Berger’s book, From A to X, a series of correspondence written by Aida to her imprisoned lover, Xavier. See article. La Casa Encendida, Ronda de Valencia, 2. Tel: 902 430 322 (Metro: Embajadores) Free. Until 11 Apr.
Maruja Mallo This transgressive Galicia-born artist was a key member of the Generation of ’27—the group of avant-garde Spanish artists and poets that included film director Luis Buñuel and surrealist painter Salvador Dalí. The show, organised by Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales and Fundacion Caixa Galicia, brings together 131 of her paintings, photographs and drawings. Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, C/Alcalá, 13 (Metro: Sevilla). Tel: 915 240 864. Tues-Fri 10am-2pm, 5-8pm; Sat-Mon 10am-2pm. €5. Until 4 Apr.
theatre
Forever: King of Pop
XV Muestra de Teatro de las Autonomías Rock ‘n’ Roll La Casa de Bernarda Alba dance Cartografías de la Danza Festival Arte, Cojín y Té
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the launch of a criminal case against him that could have landed him in prison for seven years. His attempt to register the first same-sex marriage in Russia (to his American boyfriend) had generated global headlines and increased the wrath of the authorities. Anonymous death threats and late-night militia raids meant that asylum had become the only option. Once in New York, Mogutin zeroed in on photography as an outlet for his creativity. It had been a passion of his since his early years—his first photos taken at Moscow rock concerts were developed in a make-shift dark room in his mother’s bathroom. The result was NYC Go-Go, which stands as an epitaph to the Big Apple’s underground sex and go-go dancing scene—Mogutin shot his photos of clubs before Mayor Giuliani’s crackdown on nightlife forced their closure. The charges against him in Russia now dropped, Mogutin has been back to the motherland for exhibition openings and book-promotions. His show at La Fresh brings together a selection of photos from Lost Boys, a manifold and intimate series of pics of Russian life, featuring punks, ravers, kids and soldiers. A new series, Stock Boyz, also features. Comprising images lifted from European porn sites ink-jetted over the financial pages of the New York Times, it’s a richly connotative, bleak comment on the commodification of flesh, or evidence that when everything crashes, sex still sells. Go see!
ommunities. See any link? Celebrating its 15th year, this annual festival brings a sample of the best of Spanish theatre to Madrileños. With a wide variety of themes, the festival caters to all tastes: from the Basque country, Comida para Peces deals with the struggle to find work; while Los mares habitados, from the Canary Islands, addresses immigration issues. Or how about 2.24, a psychological thriller that takes place on the metro? Classics to be staged include Nobel prize winner Dario Fo’s Muerta Accidental de un Anarquista and Alizia 21, an updated, adults-only version of Alice in Wonderland. And if you’re looking to learn a bit about the history of Spanish drama, there’s a production of Tirso de Molina’s original La Celosa de Sì Misma performed by A Priori and Teatro de Malta, Basta que me Escuchen las Estrellas put on by Madrid´s Micomicón addresses the life of Lope de Vega, and Ribalto Producciones from Murcia offers Clasicorro lo Serás tú which touches on the lives of Lope, Calderón and Tirso, three of Spain’s best-known Golden Age playwrights. Teatro Fernando de Roja (Circulo de Bellas Artes), C/Marqués de Casa Riera, 2 (Metro: Banco de España/Sevilla). Tickets (entradas.com) €12-€15. Until 22 Mar. For show times and dates visit: www.circulobellasartes.com/ag_escenicas.php.
instead of elderly people, the characters are dwarfs, much like those seen in Velázquez’s paintings. Following the death of her second husband, Bernarda imposes a mandatory period of mourning on her five already isolated daughters during which they are prohibited from leaving the house. Tensions build and the plot unfolds in an exciting series of outbursts and confrontations. The play’s venue, the Teatro Espada de Madera, is worth a visit in its own right. A small theatre that seats 60, audience members sit in choir-style seating surrounding the action. Afterwards, in the entry room, guests are invited to a glass of wine over which they can talk about their impressions of the play. Teatro Espada de Madera, C/Calvario, 21 (Metro: Tirso de Molina/Lavapiés/Antón Martín). Tel: 91 528 04 35. Tickets (espadademadera.com) €9-€12. Tours??? Sat 8.30pm; Sun 7pm. Throughout Mar.
mentioning are Un Día y Tres Miradas and the series of performances by the Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Mariemma. The first, performed by the Entre Nosotros company, gives the audience a taste of different Spanish dance forms—including bolero and flamenco—in three distinct acts. The second features young, up-and-coming dancers performing a number of pieces in various styles, ranging from one inspired by the peacefulness of Edward Hopper’s paintings, to another examining Mexican indigenous ritual sacrifices. Teatro de Madrid, Avda de la Ilustración, s/n (Metro: Barrio del Pilar/Herrera Oria). Tel: 91 740 52 74. Tickets (91 730 17 50, entradas.com) €10-€18. Shows and times: www.teatromadrid.com. Until 24 Mar.