What is a weekend? Remember this great question in the mouth of the Countess Grantham widowsurely, or so I hope because it is one of the most great moments of television, in which a fictional character, in a single phrase in the form of a question, a surprise face and some outrage is able to define an entire era. An era at the beginning of the 20th century in which humanity had not yet lived the world wars that were to come shortly after. So much change for nothing, because it continues to threaten us with a third four petimetres of fifth unable to understand that A weekend can change the storyfor good almost always.
The big difference is that current weekends They are no longer only to rest, before, on the contrary, they serve to run out and get to Monday wishing it. People well rest outside their places of origin, in lost islands where nobody sees them. They will check a busy summers on the island of calm, but until the peak of the Chronicles of Society comes to use, I will tell you that it has cooked good in the contemporary palm that as the Grantham mansion lives accelerated changes that in some cases are delicious. Art in Palma is lived with passion, hence its galleries are one of the meeting places of good societythat of a lifetime and the alternative, which in the background and in the form is more pija and selective.
Esteban Mercer with the counts of Fontanar.“Only beautiful people please,” some faces seem to say, including mine of course, as a meeting is invaded by who should not. This self -selection has an explanation, Art must be respected, as are the artists who deserve it, and of course the gallery owners. You do not enter with the same attitude in the galleries of San Felio Street where only the Kewenig is worth that in Oscar Florit’s, to give an example. Nor does it enter the Esblank of course, where the beauty competition is unheard of. Of course, alternatives always, and more selective.
On Friday I started my strenuous and fun weekend attending the Inauguration in Esblank by Guillem AulíFather, by the way, of the illustrious young creator Pau Aulí, hence a special occasion that marked the beginning of his new program of resident artists within the 2025-2026 visual artist advice program, accompanied by his exhibition projects.
After its inauguration in September 2023, Esblank has created more than 10 exhibitions and has supported 9 international, national and local artists. In addition, he has collaborated with foundations, independent art agents and cultural companies, contributing to the dynamism of the contemporary artistic scene and the creation of a solid cultural community.
One of the most beautiful pieces of the exhibition.In this new stage, Esblank pays tribute to Mallorca, the island that has inspired the birth of this project. To do this, it presents an individual exhibition by the Mallorcan artist Guillem Aulí, who, with his proposal entitled The return of les orelles (The return of the swallows), offers a nostalgic evocation of connection with earth, childhood and simple beauty of the Mallorcan landscape. Aulí’s work captures the essence of swallow’s return to the island, a metaphor of summer, the sun, the sea and the tranquility that characterize this corner of the Mediterranean, a summer that is already intuited in the environment. The title of this exhibition reflects an air of nostalgia, life and enthusiasm, evoking the image of a child sitting on the steps of high buildings, such as churches, observing the coming and going of the swallows, observing how they built their nests to shelter their young.
Represents a world that He announced summer, the long days, the sun, the sea, the time for oneself, rest, read, draw, get bored, imagine. Everything seemed possible in those magical moments of childhood. Among the attendees many of the most faces cool of the island and the unmistakable voice of Mary Lambourne, cousin of the divine Oscar Roses, interpreting tonades of pagesor from Ball of Botbetween the forms created by Aulí and before an ecstatic audience.
Guillem and Paul Auli with Sara Arjona.The best thing about the work presented is the interpretation that Guillem makes of the famous spider of Louis Bourjoiswhich is not a copy or nothing, is to face the genius genius since the most absolute respect. Before the meeting with the audiovisual writer and producer José Redondoa discovery that I will talk about shortly and after the exhibition Dinner in a Japanese with the artist Ernesto Rodríguezwhich is from another dimension, and with Nacho Rossich among other friends who lengthen to infinity and beyond as is mandatory.
Spring Saturday at dawn that ends in the Pere Garau Mercat to take the appetizer with friends and that serves to celebrate the commitment of María Juan de Sentmenat and Patrick Popp. We get together around them Susy Gómez and Alberto Tomás that appear with a flower for each one, and the surprise of finding ourselves in the most defining place of the change that we are experiencing the count of Fontanar and Campo Alegre, Juan Carvajal and Adela Quijano, dearest friends buying delicatessen several and strawberries to make a fabulous jam to enjoy as a family. As are Maria’s friends, they also congratulate her between oranges and lemons, and people of all imaginable nationalities, and of all colors and races. A party that ends a celebration lunch in the best Chinese restaurant in Mallorca to which it joins Frank Vicetthe most elegant of all, without a doubt. I stop here not to overwhelm them, but there was a plan until Sunday night. Make an idea of a weekend properly, now that they already know what it is.
