Art, cinema and urban music have marked the cultural agenda in the Archipelago this 2023, although the presence in the RAE of Dolores Corbella as the first woman of the Islands that he accesses said institution is a historical milestone.
In January the refusal of those responsible for the Rodin Museum to open in Santa Cruz de Tenerife a headquarters of the famous gallery located since 1919 in the old Hôtel Biron, in Paris, due to the lack of understanding of a large part of the population towards the project and, especially, due to the idea that money and public space would be dedicated to an artist foreigner to the detriment of Canarian creators.
In that sense, two paintings made by two world geniuses of painting found a place for very different reasons in the Canary Islands media this year. In March the iconic painting of Oscar Dominguez The electrosexual sewing machine (1934-1935) for a whopping 5.2 million euros, making the Tenerife native with this work the island artist for whom the most is paid in the international market.
Less glamorous were the reasons that surrounded the controversy surrounding the work created in 1966 by Manolo Millares. Untitled 02, in mixed technique on burlap. An executive uses an intermediary to sell her for 300,000 euros with, supposedly, black money since she has the assets seized. The painting ends hanging in the official office of a politician and another businessman ends up buying the canvas at a price lower than its market value. The issue ends up in court.
On January 11, the opera season begins, which is committed to the centenary of María Callas and eleven months later, on November 16, the Canarian singer Quevedo At the age of 21, he wins a Grammy for the popular stay, which had already made him the most heard singer on the planet that summer. “I would spend a week without anyone recognizing me,” the popular boy said in March.
In April it started in The Gran Canarian palms the Joaquín Sabina’s farewell tour, which had its second performance in Tenerife two days later. To the delight of his followers, on June 5, Sting performed in the capital of Gran Canaria, a mythical presence that for fans of the singer Raphael, who performed on December 7 in Gran Canariacould not have gone unnoticed.
Adeje becomes a city of cinema with the announcement of the launch of audiovisual studios that plan to generate 15,000 direct and indirect jobs in the city. Tenerife island and, without leaving the audiovisual panorama, it premieres successfully Tefía’s nightsa television series filmed in Tenerife with a significant presence of Canarians in the cast.
The little PrinceAntoine de Saint-Exupéry’s classic, turned 80 years old and, in gastronomy, Canary Islands expands its number of Michelin stars.
