EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS TENERIFE CONQUERING THE WORLD THROUGH IMAGES

San Sebasti N Atlas Of An Empire Of Paper

Tenerife Arts Space

Until October

TEA Tenerife Arts Space presents Óscar Domínguez. La conquista del mundo por la imagen, an exhibition that brings together over 70 works by the Tenerife artist, who was one of the key figures in the surrealist adventure and vanguard movements of the 20th century. This new exhibition features a series of paintings from the 1930s, his best period, and includes a dozen unseen works from private international collections and loans from Spanish institutions. They include El drago de Canarias and Cueva de guanches and are exhibited alongside works from the TEA’s own collection. Admission is free and the exhibition can be visited until 29 October, from Tuesday to Sunday and on public holidays from 10:00 to 20:00 h.

Until 28 July

Entitled Atlas of an Empire of Paper, this exhibition centres on a tool that creates a journey through the map holdings of the San Telmo Museum. A robotic arm moves a camera along each document, taking hundreds of close-ups. The results can be seen in this installation housed in the museum’s church. The resolution of the images is so impressive that you can even see tiny details such as the paper fibres, a lithographer fingerprint and little holes caused by a moth.

Travel To Paint

San Telmo Museum

Until 15 October

Coinciding with the centenary of the death of Joaquín Sorolla, this exhibition brings to Donostia (the city where they were created) works from the Sorolla Museum, which are displayed alongside others from San Telmo’s own collection. Sorolla was a leading Spanish painter from the modernist period. He is renowned for the skilful capture of light and colour in his works, which led him to be known popularly as the painter of light. His style is impressionist and his works comprise mainly portraits, landscapes and costumbrista scenes.

By Francisco Belín Illustrated by Ilustre Mario