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The Arts Intel Report

A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Rodin-Giacometti

Feb 6 – Aug 23, 2020
Paseo de Recoletos, 23, 28004 Madrid, Spain

A dialogue between two sculptors, their most recognizable work separated by the space of two world wars—Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) and Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966). Rodin’s figures are deeply dimensional, muscular, and riddled with energy. Giacometti’s figures are pulled thin, spindly, suggesting the longest shadows of the day—sunrise or sunset. What does one world say to the other? —E.C.

Patricia Matisse Copia, “Alberto Giacometti dans le parc d’Eugène Rudier au Vésinet,” 1950. Photo: Fondation Giacometti, Paris.