El Escaparate in Barcelona
September 27th, 2009
A visit to Barcelona is a cause for celebration. Planning your stay here can be an exciting venture all on its own, imaging the places you want to see, and tasting the food that is legendary. The city in person is, of course, better than daydreams, but often seems like a daydream. The sense of design here is so very pronounced, that it’s almost otherworldly in its splendid constructions. It would lead one to believe that the very best in accommodations are to be found in Barcelona, Spain. Luxury hotels are the best way to test this theory, and our hotels are enormously convincing. We’ve selected the very best, so that you can choose from the cream of the crop, to find the hotel that will suit your liking, and exceed your expectations.
They are sumptuous in design, and our flair for hospitality reflects a long tradition of hosting guests in this city on the Mediterranean Sea. The cuisine is absolutely brilliant, combining the best of Spanish tradition with the elegant twists in international contemporary cooking. And after a splendid meal, and a glorious rest, you’ll be ready to venture out into the lovely city. On the streets it’s immediately evident that art rules here. There is an art to the dress, to the manners, the speech, and of course, in the actual art. There are fantastic museums throughout the city, hosting some of the finest pieces in the world, and smaller galleries showing new works from upcoming artists. Boldness is certainly on display, but so is the art of understatement, and El Escaparate has this down.
Its installations can be all over the place, from an exhibition of chairs demonstrating the connection between object and owner, created by Argentina’s Carmen Dalone, to a video installation where the projections play over floating origami birds by Berlin-based artist Phillip Geist. They’re always fascinating to see, and worth going out of your way to check out. One of the most extraordinary parts of El Escaparate is its setting: it’s in a shop window. There is a fantastic sense of play here, and an interesting aesthetic being developed, where the viewer is always right next to the work, and the line between art and life is thin as glass. A splendid demonstration that even the corners of the city can be used to demonstrate human creativity.
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