On 24 November, the documentary Materia en forma de Tàpies, dedicated to the Catalan painter Antonio Tàpies, premiered on TVE's Imprescindibles programme, on the occasion of the centenary of his birth.

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In this report directed by Marcos Hernández, various people from today's Spanish cultural world take part. Among them, the artist Antonio López, who, in addition to explaining how he first came to know his work and then the Catalan painter, explains his appreciation of Tàpies' work. 

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You can watch the documentary on Radio Televisión Española's digital platform by clicking here.

On the 16th and 17th of December, the Palacio de Colomina in Valencia will host the 20th CEU Conference on Film History and Analysis, dedicated to Melancholy and Truth in the Cinema of Víctor Erice.

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It is organised in collaboration with the Filmoteca de Valencia, where the director's four feature films to date will be screened: 'El espíritu de la colmena' (1973), 'El sur' (1983), 'El sol del membrillo' (1992) and 'Cerrar los ojos' (2023).

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On the 16th of December at 19:00 in the Palacio de Colomina, Antonio López will participate in a talk about this film with Salva Torres, director of the magazine Makma, and Begoña Siles Ojeda, director of the Luis García Berlanga Chair at the CEU UCH University.

On November 30, 2024, Professor Akira Kinoshita gave a lecture at the Nagasaki Prefectural Museum in Japan entitled Two artistic trajectories of realism. Antonio López and Manuel Franquelo: On their works from the Nagasaki Prefectural Museum.

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He discussed the careers of the two Spanish figurative artists and also looked at their works in the museum's collection.

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Mr Kinoshita is a Specially Appointed Professor at the Showa Women's University in Tokyo and a member of the Advisory Board of Spanish Art at the Nagasaki Prefectural Museum, and has dedicated several studies to the figure of Antonio López.

The Studio of Antonio López presents the Virtual Tour of his solo exhibition in the Netherlands:
The Studio of Antonio López is pleased to announce the digitisation and creation of a virtual tour of his latest solo exhibition, held in the Netherlands between 28 January and 2 June 2024 at the Drents Museum in Assen.

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This innovative virtual tour has been developed in cooperation with Mad Pixel, a Madrid-based company specialising in virtual tours that has created numerous projects with museums in Spain and the rest of Europe. Thanks to this collaboration, visitors will be able to tour the exhibition in super-high resolution, allowing them not only to explore the space virtually but also to get close to the works of art to appreciate every detail with exceptional clarity. The technology used by The Mad Pixel allows for very powerful zooming, allowing the viewer to view the works with magnification and detail rarely accessible.

In addition, the experience includes a welcome tour with an explanatory audio, in Spanish and English and with accessible subtitles, accompanied by a visual summary of the exhibition, offering a complete and enriching immersion from anywhere in the world. Don't miss the opportunity to explore this unique exhibition in its digital format here!

On the 26th of October, a round table discussion was dedicated to the figure of the sculptor Eduardo Chillida, under the title: 'Chillida, that beautiful and explainable madness. A deep look at reality'. It was hosted by the architect Enrique Andreo, with the painter and son of Chillida, Pedro Chillida, and the painter and sculptor Antonio López as speakers.

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In this talk, which took place as part of EncuentroMadrid 2024, they discussed the figure of Chillida, not only as an artist, but also in his personal dimension and his religiosity, and how this influenced him in the creation of his work. 

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For more information, see the EcuentroMadrid website. To watch the talk, the video is available on the event's Youtube channel: here.

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Until November 24, 2024, the exhibition "The revolution of sculpture. From Dalí to Allen Jones" can be visited in the church of the Encarnación in Zamora, organized by the Fundación Obra Social de Castilla y León (FUNDOS) and the Diputación de Zamora and curated by María Toral.

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Through a selection of 39 pieces, you can trace the evolution of sculpture in the 20th and 21st centuries. They show the new techniques, materials and ways of creating that have emerged during that period. Among the international list of artists are works by Rodin, Julio González, Alexander Calder, Meret Oppenheim, Salvador Dalí, Pablo Gargallo, Man Ray, Antonio López, Baltasar Lobo or Allen Jones.

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More information on the Fundos website here.

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Between September 20, 2024 and January 12, 2025, the painting by Antonio López, Gran Vía, 1 de agosto, 7:30 a.m., from the Pérez Simón Collection, will be on display. The work will be on display along with sixty-nine other works chosen from the collection of the Spanish-Mexican collector in an exhibition organized by the CentroCentro exhibition hall of the Madrid City Council.

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This exhibition is a preview of the collection, which will be on display in another cultural space of the city council in the future, the Serrería Belga.

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For more information about the exhibition, click here.

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On September 12, the collective exhibition "Infinita realidad" was inaugurated in the Pedro Torrecilla exhibition hall in Burgos, organized by the Círculo Burgos Foundation and Ibercaja Banco.

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This exhibition displays paintings, drawings and sculptures by several figurative artists who began working in the 1950s and 1960s in Spain. Among them are Antonio López and María Moreno, as well as Francisco López, Isabel Quintanilla, Amalia Avia, Carmen Laffón, Julio López, Esperanza Parada, José Hernández and Cristobal Toral.

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It can be visited until November 10. For more information, click here.