NOVEDADES

Año 1793: Luis XVI ha sido ejecutado y Europa entera contiene el aliento. María Antonieta aguarda su turno mientras la Convención Nacional está más dividida que nunca: girondinos, jacobinos… la tensión y la violencia política se palpa en el ambiente, la guerra ha estallado fuera y dentro de Francia, y el epicentro de esa inmensa turbina histórica es la sobrepoblada ciudad de Paris, marco de la Revolución francesa, un acontecimiento que cambió la historia. En este viaje aprenderemos a saber qué ha llevado a la situación actual, conoceremos todo el panorama de las diversas corrientes políticas, todos los estratos sociales, el papel de la mujer, los militares, la abogacía, el clero. Desde las Tullerías a las catacumbas, aprenderemos a quién temer y a quién debemos arrimarnos. Adquiriremos las virtudes del buen ciudadano, adoptaremos las técnicas del mejor orador, y sabremos en todo momento cómo evitar comportamientos calificados como antirrevolucionarios. Dominaremos, en suma, todos los resortes de una ciudad, con único objetivo: participar en los hechos sin que nuestra cabeza acabe en un cesto.

Richard Mishaan is renowned for his masterly integration of textiles, palettes rich in complementary shades, natural materials forged by artisans, surfaces bedecked with talismanic curios, a strategic sense of when and where to place a mirror, and a deep knowledge of both the fine and decorative arts. His many influences, including his upbringing in Colombia, coupled with his idiosyncratic perspective, explain why his sophisticated clientele return repeatedly as their lives evolve. In Richard Mishaan Design, his working methods are revealed in projects as varied as the conversion of a 400-year-old barn in the Hamptons into a warm, inviting family home and the transformation of an ultra-modern, glass-walled New York City apartment into a comfortable yet sophisticated aerie. Here too are show houses, which he uses as experimental laboratories, working out such diverse design ideas as updating legendary designer Renzo Mongiardino’s aesthetic and achieving a chic look on a tight budget. He has also designed rooms in bespoke hotels, ranging from the Rat Pack–influenced Shelborne South Beach in Miami to the Tcherassi, a renovated 250-year-old mansion in Cartagena, Colombia.

An encounter with Gerhard Richter, the German artist who widened horizons in the relationship between painting and reality. From early photographic paintings, along with his famous RAF cycle, to late abstract paintings, experiencing Richter’s work always offers us the unexpected and unseen. Where he once set out to liberate the medium from ideological ballast, today, faced with the overwhelming presence of digital images, he shows us the unsurpassed impact and intensity of painting. A definitive introduction to one of the greatest artists of our time spanning not only his entire career, but also 50 years of cultural, economic, and political events.