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Pick of the month: Mercado Hambre: Abierto 24 horas Museo Nacional de Antropología Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Centro de Arte Reina Sofia Museo del Prado
Other Galleries POLY-SPAM Forming part of the PHotoEspaña international photography festival, Proyecto Arte Galería’s Cristina de Middel exhibition examines the phenomenon of spam, or junk mail. Alicante-born de Middel’s works recreate the situations and environments that spammers speak of in their messages, conjuring photos of these questionable characters who have no money or no family and want to share their fortune with the email’s recipient. These hard-to-believe stories are presented through eight different portraits based on eight “real” spam letters received in 2008. It’s up to the viewer to decide whether or not the stories are true. Proyecto Arte Galería, c/Fúcar, 12, tel: 91 389 60 73 Metáforas y Metonimias Beauty, nature, and dreams are three of the themes developed in this new exhibition of Madrid-born artist Paco Lagares’ work. Lagares has been exhibiting his paintings and drawings around the country since 1970 and this latest show explores the fragility of beauty and perfection in a series of paintings of broken goblets, and contrasts nature scenes with geometric figures, playing with reality and the perceived world. And in case all of this sounds too deep, he also draws simple scenes from his garden—black-and-white images of branches and flowers, and bare trees in white and different shades of blue. Artworks with an aesthetically pleasing simplicity and minimalism. Galería BAT Alberto Cornejo, c/María Guzmán, 61, tel: 91 554 48 10 (Metro: Nuevos Ministerios). Mon-Fri 10am-2pm, 5.30-8.30pm, Sat 11am-2pm. Free. Until 18 July. My Things Also part of PHotoEspaña Trabajos sobre (el) papel PHotoEspaña welcomes German photographer Ignacio Uriarte to share his recent work featuring what he calls “office art”. Part of the festival’s “daily life” strand, the show analyses and represents the different qualities that everyday office paper can have in an artistic fashion. Uriarte captures the familiar and presents it in a different way, exhibiting polaroids of his desk that make it appear like paper itself; 80 slides of roman numerals formed using pens and a video of someone throwing paper balls into the bin. Daily activities are not usually seen from such an intriguing artistic perspective. La Fábrica Galería, c/Alameda, 9, tel: 91 360 13 25 (Metro: Antón Martín). Tues-Sat 11am-2pm, 4.30-8.30pm. Free. Until 24 July.
In a Glass Case This PHotoEspaña-hosted series of Madrid native Elena de la Rúa’s images examines the relationship between indoor plants and the outside world of landscape and nature, as seen through the windows of a house. They refer to our tendency to collect the nature and beauty we come across, keeping it in tangible or in pictorial form. In a Glass Case narrates the eternal search for beauty and the inevitable sadness created by never being able to reach it. But that’s not to say, it concludes, that this fleeting beauty can’t be captured in a poetic photograph with vibrant, natural colours and plants as the protagonist. Galería Tercer Espacio, c/San Pedro, 1, tel: 91 369 49 57 (Metro: Antón Martín). Mon-Fri 10.30am-1.30pm, 5-8.30pm; Sat 10.30am-5pm. Free. Until 30 July. Isidro Velázquez (1765-1840), arquitecto del Madrid Fernandino Check out old designs of the city and its buildings at this new exhibition at the Conde Duque. None of the plans on display were ever put into place, but here they are graphically reconstructed to show life as it could have been in Madrid if architect Isidro Velázquez had had his way. Velázquez was important during the reign of Fernando VII, and along with these lost blueprints, the exhibition presents his life story and works. Among the documents on display are never-constructed designs for the Plaza de Oriente, the Canal Real de Manzanares and the Retiro, along with drawings and portraits. Conde Duque, Sala Juan de Villanueva, c/Conde Duque 9-11, tel: 91 588 58 34 (Metro: Noviciado/Plaza de España). Mon-Sat 10am-2pm, 5.30-9pm; Sun 10.30am-2.30pm. Free. Until 26 July.
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is asking Al Gore to make a movie on the subject to capture the world’s attention, it focuses on four African countries—Niger, Mali, Guinea-Conakry and Mauritania—and aims to raise awareness of worldwide infant starvation, which affects 19 million children. The exhibition is housed in a mocked-up supermarket, adding to the shock of the images on display. In these surroundings the exhibits—photos of the causes of hunger, pictures taken of daily life by women in Mali, and a video about infant starvation—starkly highlight the contrast between our readily available supplies and the lack of theirs. At the end of the exhibition, there’s a cash register but, rather than take your money, it offers information on what you can do and how you can participate in the No Hunger campaign. Find out more at www.pideseloaalgore.org. Until 30 Aug.
(Metro: Antón Martín). Mon-Fri 11am-2pm, 5-9pm; Sat 11am-2pm. Free. Until 25 July.
, this series by internationally renowned Chinese contemporary photographer Hong Hao arranges and photographs thousands of items such as books, CDs, clocks and remote controls that he has collected over 20 years. The result is a gigantic patchwork that presents a glimpse into his own daily life, as well as that of his country—the presence of communism is everywhere, as are changes in design aesthetics. Hong Hao’s photography gives the items a life and story of their own. Dolores de Sierra, c/San Agustín, 15, tel: 91 429 01 51 (Metro: Sevilla). Mon 5-8pm; Tues-Fri 10am-2pm, 5-8pm; Sat 11-2pm. Free. Until 24 July.
Paisajes Artificiales Another PHotoEspaña participant, Beatriz Romero is a Spanish artist who photographs artificial landscapes. She fabricates her images by editing different realities together using a computer, creating alternate worlds out of the relationship between the various parts—an African landscape, the inside of a motel. By subtracting elements from the image and adding in new ones, she conjures surreal and almost plausible scenes, while her placing of man-made objects next to natural ones alludes powerfully to our ability to change our surroundings to our will. Blanca Berlin, c/Limón, 28, tel: 91 542 93 13 (Metro: Noviciado/Plaza de España). Tues-Sat 10.30am-2.30pm, 6-10pm. Free. Until 5 Sept 
renowned for the personality and reliability of its excellent performances. The 15-act show is united by tango music spanning 100 years, including works by artists such as Piazzolla, Salgán, Troilo, and Plaza, and is also accompanied by the poetry of Borges and Cortázar read by renowned actors Juan Diego and Miguel Ángel Solá. Your chance to experience the history of this intimate dance from a group making history itself! Teatro Lara, c/Corredera Baja de San Pablo, 15, tel: 91 523 90 27 (Metro: Callao/Gran Vía). Tickets (www.entradas.com) €18-24. Wed-Sun. Until 12 July.