'Allegories of What is to Come' finally closes, after a resoundingly successful run
The exhibition attracted over 41,000 visitors and was extended for two months beyond the original four-month run. Over 2,200 people took part in a programme of guided tours and workshops organised around the show. It has been one of the most successful exhibitions ever held at the Banco de España's exhibition space on Plaza de Cibeles.
Learning to Paint Light
The Banco de España has organised a family workshop around the exhibition 'Allegories of What is to Come'. The activities included a close-up view of the stained-glass art deco panels on the ceiling of the bank's trading floor, made in the 1930s. Participants also had a chance to recreate sections of the unique decorative ensemble on acetate.
José María Cruz Novillo, a key figure in rebranding democratic Spain, dies aged 89
Cruz Novillo created some of the most iconic logos of recent decades for Spanish public and private bodies. The Banco de España commissioned him to design the penultimate series of peseta banknotes prior to the introduction of the euro. The bank’s collection also contains two works by the artist, a sculpture (‘Untitled’ [1976]) and a painting (‘Diaphragm One. Phase Four’ [1993]). Cruz Novillo also had a prodigious career designing film posters.
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