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Painting from Galería Fernando Pradilla latest exhibition.

Galería Fernando Pradilla and pursuing Art with Elena Fernández

As we approach Galería Fernando Pradilla in the days before Madrid Gallery Weekend, it´s already a hub of activity. The press officer-cum-handyman Jon is helping to put the final installations in place for the Galería´s latest exhibition, Más que vivir from José Ramón . Although Galería Fernando Pradilla is found in Madrid´s affluent Salamanca district, that´s not […]

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Casa Árabe faces an uncertain future

Yesterday Casa Árabe´s 20 year stay at Escuelas Aguirre, a beautiful 19th century Neo-Mudéjar building that sits across from Retiro, came to an end. With the City Council of Madrid giving Casa Árabe notice to leave the premises and the PP Mayor Almeida going as far to say that they are now illegally occupying the

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Café Central lies closed, a hollow shell.

The Life, Death and Resurrection of Café Central

If you walk past the old Café Central building in Plaza del Ángel, you are likely to see a sad empty building. In the future, you may see a hotel or another international chain. Since April, after the landlords naturally believed there was more money to extract by turfing them out , the Jazz club

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