Monday, September 22, 2008

museos y cine

On Friday I went to Museo Nacional Del Prado. It is a major art museum that has a lot of Rembrandt, Goya, Rubens, Greco.. It is huge, so I plan on going again.
The Prado

On Sunday I went to Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, a modern art museum. There was a machine/science/art exhibit that was very cool. I saw a lot of Picasso, including Guernica. I also went through a special Edward Steichen photography exhibit. You could definitely spend a whole day in this place, I was too tired to go through much, but I definitely want to return to at least see some works by Dali.
Sunday afternoon I saw Che: El Argentino, a Spanish movie about Che during the communist revolution in Cuba. I did not understand most of it, so it would be difficult for me to say whether I liked it or not. From what I could tell though, the movie painted Che in a fairly positive light. His violent actions were downplayed by his grand ideals and intentions for people; they really emphasized his role as a doctor to illustrate him as a caring man. I guess this is debatable..

2 comments:

Esha said...

reina sofia is one of my favorite museums everrr

gillis said...

and the prado is one of mine...so fabulous.