A Route Through Art and Gastronomy

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Meninas Madrid Gallery is an urban exhibition comprised by

80 sculptures with a Menina shape that artists, designers and

other celebrities have modified with their interpretation of

what Madrid means to them. The sculptures – with a 1.80m

height – will be on display in the city’s most emblematic

spots. Antonio Azzato is the artista that has designed them

aiming at modifying the “Menina” concept that the

traditional observer has, paying a tribute to the diversity of

thought just like Velázquez claimed in his work.

Gran Meliá represents the Spanish luxury – over rythm,

time and space, enjoy the little pleasures

connected with the nature, the value of the work well done.

Gran Meliá supports this type of artistic initiatives that

Pretend raise up the turistic destinations in a cultural level.

GRAN MELIÁ AND THE ART

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El Baile de las Meninas

In order to present Meninas Madrid

Gallery accordingly,

a party was held with a "cocktail" at Gran

Meliá Palacio

de los Duques and had the purpose of

officially announcing

the project. In addition, the event

functioned as an exchange

between the artists, the invited press,

celebrities,

the organization of the project and the

Gran Meliá brand.

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Baile de las Meninas

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La Herencia de Velázquez, is a unique and unprecedented exhibition along Madrid City Center. Inspired by Gran Meliá

Palacio de los Duques, Velazquez’s Meninas dress the Capital as the same time as they are integrated with all citizens and

visitors in the largest outdoor exhibition in the world. Every one of them are reinterpreted with the inspiration that Madrid

evokes in the different artists, such as Manolo Blanik, Alejandro Sanz, Marta Azas…

Meninas Madrid Gallery presented this initiative on the 24th of June and reflected its elegance, traditional and forward-

looking essence celebrating an exclusive, luxurious and sophisticated ball hosted in Gran Meliá Palacio de los Duques.

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Herencia de Velázquez

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Velazquez’s Heritage is also the history of Madrid: a walk through the

streets and corners that the baroque painter once inhabited within the

framework of the Meninas Madrid Gallery urban exhibition. During the

tour there will be visited the 10 Meninas comprising the outdoor

exhibition, sponsored by Gran Meliá and customized by celebrities. It

will also be discovered the secrets of Las Meninas painting at the

Prado Museum. A new and exclusive experience to learn about

Madrid’s life and history, that ends with a gastronomic menu inspired

by its art at Gran Meliá’s restaurants.

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The Tour has been designed by the Doctor in Art History,

who focused her thesis in the study of the artists that

Worked at Velázquez’s workshop. She has published

numerous articles about the painter for institutions,

media and prestigious magazines such as the

Archivo Español de Arte (Spanish art archive) or Goya magazine ,

and helded debates with great History of Art

Personalities in newspapers such as ABC or La Razón.

Price: 150 €/pax (minimum 10 people per route). Includes displacement

and tickets for the Prado Museum.

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The gastronomic journey begins with a fresh burrata with touches of roasted pepper and tomato powder;

representing the colors of the painter's palette through the coulis of red, yellow and green peppers that also carry

the aroma of Diego Velázquez's hometown, orange blossom.

The main course, the honeyed rice, makes tribute to the hunting ... very frequent in the palaces of the Golden Age.

To finish, the kitchen teams have wanted to symbolize the food of the working class of the era: bread and wine,

with a typical dessert from Madrid, the crumble of pears with wine and cheese foam.

Guests will enjoy the bread on a painter palette and it will be accompanied by virgin olive oil from the Castle of

Canena.