Mad About Madrid

Autumn Exhibitions in Madrid Museums

There are quite a few good exhibitions going on in Madrid at this time of year. Here is a breakdown of the temporary exhibitions from the Prado, Reina Sofía and Thyssen Museums and the Juan March Foundation.

Museo de arte Thyssen-Bornemisza

Dürer and Cranach. Art and Humanism in Renaissance Germany

Dates: October 9th, 2007 - January 6th, 2008

Reina Sofía
This museum has a few temporary exhibitions this Autumn, including:

Gustavo Torner - September 11th, 2007 - December 16th, 2007
Paul Rego - September 26th - December 30th, 2007
Andy Goldsworthy - October 3rd, 2007 - January 21st, 2008
Jano - La doble cara de la fotografía. October 10th - December 20th, 2007

Prado Musuem

The 19th century in the Prado including:
Goya and Neo-classicism
History Painting
The end of the century

Dates:  October 31th, 2007 - April 20th, 2008

Fundación Juan March

The Abstraction of Landscape

Dates: October 5th, 2007 - 13th January, 2008

Ten Places to Enjoy Live Music in Madrid

The Guardian Travel supplement offers ten good (and varied) places to enjoy Live Music in Madrid. They include:

Cardamomo (Flamenco)
Café La Palma (Mix)
Populart (Jazz)
Las Tablas (Flamenco)
Honky Tonk (Rock)
El Junco Jazz Club (Jazz)
Las Carboneras (Flamenco)
Café Central (Jazz)
Clamores (Jazz, Flamenco, Pop, Folk and World music)
Sol y Sombra (Jazz, Soul, R&B and Flamenco)

SIMO Technology Exhibition 2007 About to Open

On 6th November, 2007 the SIMO Feria Internacional de Informática Multimedia y Comunicaciones will open its doors. For an event whose objective is to promote the latest digital technologies they have come up with a crap poor website which breaks all rules on usability, accessibility and common sense-ibility!

From what I struggled to work out there should be some interesting discussions and exhibitions on the following:

• IT. computers, peripheral devices and electronics
• Professional Applications. Operating systems CAD/CAM/CAE
• Telecoms. Mobile Phones, Local Area Networks, Servers, etc
• E-Business - Internet.

There is a new area that has been created this year for Web 2.0 - an area that I am working in myself. Digital Content is also represented.