Tuesday 20 February 2007

South Korea in Madrid

On the occasion of a new edition of the International Contemporary Art Fair (ARCO) having South Korea as guest country this year, the President and First Lady of South Korea have visited Madrid, being welcomed by Hyundai/Kia Motors on Calle Bailén in the following way:

(detail)

(smog from Plaza de la Almudena yesterday morning)


(Towards Gran Vía/Plaza de España with the ubiquitous smog)

(not alone all of a sudden)

ARCO'07, which closed yesterday, has been extremely successful. The Korean exhibits did especially well and were almost sold out... I heard this on Canal 24 Horas (TVE news channel) yesterday, where, incidentally, I saw Ana Lorenzo, a Galician reporter that used to be in my English class at the university :) What a surprise!!

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