Graciela Iturbide and Chema Conesa Win Top Prizes at PHotoEspaña
27 Jun 2010 - 11:39
PHotoEspaña Baume & Mercier Award 2010 has gone to the photographer Graciela Iturbide (Mexico City, 1942). The photographer receives this award as recognition of her more than 40 years of professional career, in which she has become a fundamental figure of contemporary photography. Her images, full of beauty and power, have captured people and places of the whole world where she has acceded in a way close to the Anthropology and always from the respect....
Bartolomé Ros Award to the best Spanish career in photography, endowed with 12.000 €, has gone to Chema Conesa....
Madrid's Thyssen stages Italian Renaissance exhibition
23 Jun 2010 - 12:44
Italian Renaissance painter Domenico Ghirlandaio is the focus of a new exhibition opening Wednesday at Madrid's Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum...
Back to football with the first tickets of the season on sales: The Supercopa 2010 tickets!!
21 Jun 2010 - 20:15
The first tickets for the football season 2010-2011 in Spain are, as of today, on sale.
Before all others websites and as each year to-Madrid.com offers you the possibility to buy the first tickets put on sale for the first match of the season.
Tickets are for the Supercopa 2010 match opposing the FC Barcelona to Sevilla FC, that is to say, the champion of the Spanish League vs the fourth of the League. A splendid match to come, not to miss if you are in Barcelona on August 21th !!
Good match!!
Real Madrid's spending won't pay off in European glory
15 Mar 2010 - 18:26
It seems to be economic wisdom these days that to escape a recession, you have to spend your way out. That might work in the real world, but in soccer, not so well.
Case in point: Real Madrid, where Florentino Perez took over the presidency of the storied club for the second time last year, then spent about $362 million Canadian acquiring new players, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaká and Xabi Alonso.
The object was to win the Champions League, especially this season, when the May final will be held at Madrid's stadium, the massive Bernabeu. A win also would hand Real its 10th European club title.
Salon de Gourmets Cooking Up a Storm in Madrid
13 Mar 2010 - 01:45
The 24th annual Salon de Gourmets is due to open in Madrid in April and will offer foodies a chance to marvel at a whole host of Spanish delicacies gathered together in one place.
Visitors can expect to discover "every Spanish olive under the sun" at the event, as well as seeing the pros go at it to become this year's winner of the National Ham Carving Contest.
Madrid Fashion Week opens
13 Mar 2010 - 01:41
Madrid Fashion Week kicked off today with designers showcasing the autumn-winter collections that they hope will help see off the recession of 2009, which has taken its toll on the textile industry, like so many others sectors of the economy.
Cristiano Ronaldo's Dream Is Turning Into a Nightmare at Real Madrid
12 Mar 2010 - 19:13
When Cristiano Ronaldo left Manchester United he thought that life couldn't get any better. Playing for one of the best teams in the world, playing with top class players and earning a few quid in the proccess.
