The Spanish Art Exhibition

In art there is perpetual renewal; and talk of art is ever welcome; we observe interest in it growing in our country day by day, and this is a happy sign — if it points to anything, it points to appreciation and to elevation of taste!

Autumn's share of art was an exhibition of Spanish sculpture and painting, mounted by González Robles, director of the exhibitions branch of the Ministry of Education and Fine Arts in Spain; it was opened by Mrs. Zalfa Chamoun in the halls of UNESCO.

The exhibition gathered the works of thirty-nine of Spain's famous contemporary artists; it is worth mentioning that some of these canvases were shown in Alexandria, and will be shown in Damascus and Amman after Beirut.

One who looks at the canvases cannot fail to notice the bright colors and the merry touch wherever the artist's climate draws near the Mediterranean shore, while the colors grow paler as the artistic climate moves deep into the inland country; and for all the Spanish artist's keeping of the classical stamp, the modern school is a strong presence — and close to the manner of Picasso!...