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Jennifer Walker

Jennifer Walker is an Anglo-Hungarian writer living in Madrid, Spain. After a sordid past involving a PhD in Nuclear Physics, she decided to throw caution to the winds and live the cliché of being an expat writer who teaches English on the side. Her writing credentials involve travel pieces about Venetian cemeteries and Spanish tapas for gadling.com, and culture and travel topics in Madrid with a Jewish twist for the audience on jspace.com. She is active in the Madrid literary community, writing for the expat newspaper InMadrid and organising the monthly International Literary Cabaret and a participant in the forthcoming Poetry Brothel. One of her big interests is of course, art – predominantly art from the early 20th century especially the Surrealist, Dadaist and Cubist movements.

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The Colour of Poetry – A review of the Chagall exhibition at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza and the Fundación Caja Madrid

The pictorial language and vivid colours of Marc Chagall are unique in the history of art. Brilliant colours intertwined with symbolism rooted in Russian folklore and Jewish tradition are characteristic of the canvases on display in the Chagall ex...


From the Prado to the Louvre - The Mona Lisa: A Tale of Two Paintings.

It was a year ago, I was giving my friend a tour of the Prado, when I found her – the same eyes and smile staring out from a black background. I’d never come across Prado’s Mona Lisa twin before, nor did I even know it existed, but hidden in a sma...


Celebrating the Tricentenary of the National Library of Madrid – A Public Display of its Treasures

The National Library in Madrid, Spain’s oldest cultural institution, is celebrating its 300th birthday with a stunning exhibition showcasing its greatest treasures. Not only full of antique books and medieval codices, the National Library is home ...


Madrid’s Best Kept Art Secret - The Lázaro Galdiano Museum

Madrid’s status as one of Europe’s art capitals hails from the big three – the Prado, the Reina Sofia and the Thyssen-Bornemisza museums, but what of the smaller galleries? While these museums are undoubtedly spectacular and have earned their stat...


Exploring Architecture in Art over the Centuries at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza and the Fundación Caja Madrid

The temporary exhibitions curated by the Museo Thyssen-Bornmisza generally excite me, but when I heard of their current themed exhibit, “Architectural Paintings from the Renaissance to the Eighteenth Century,” I must confess this left me with the ...


Art and Economics at Madrid’s Feriarte

Imagine stepping into an industrial sized exhibition hall filled with tiny galleries from antiquities to the avant-garde art of the 20th century, sat side-by-side with the Renaissance masters and medieval stone masonry. The Feriarte, Madrid’s Fine...


The Hermitage in the Prado - A Review

Housing one of the most impressive, encyclopaedic collections of art and antiquities in the world, the Hermitage museum has earned its place up in the ranks as one of the world’s best art galleries, alongside Madrid’s iconic Prado Museum, this stu...


His Majesty’s Giant Anteater - A New Goya is Discovered!

When we think of Goya, we think of his iconic Black Paintings and his clothed and naked “Maja”s, but a giant anteater is the last thing we’d associate with the Spanish painter. However, a recently published article by Javier Jordán de Urríes y de la Colina looks to change all that.



An Art for Life – The Progressive Display of the Russian Avant-Gardes at the Thyssen-Bornemisza

Kandinsky said: “Every work of art is the child of its age, and, in many cases, the mother of our emotions. It follows that each period of culture produces an art of its own which can never be repeated.” The early 20th century witnessed the birth ...


Museo Sorolla – Gallery and Home to Spain’s Most Famous “Impressionist”

    When you’re in a city famed for the blockbusters of the “Golden Art Triangle,” such as the Prado, Thyssen-Bornemisza and the Reina Sofia museums, it’s easy to overlook Madrid’s smaller galleries; which would be a pity, since these museums not ...
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