Gaceta Del Arte
An international monthly cultural review that was published in Tenerife, Canary Islands, from February 1932 to June 1936. Its editor-in-chief was Eduardo Westerdahl (1902-80), and its editors included the writer Domingo P?rez Mink. The proclamation of the Second Republic in Spain in 1931 created an atmosphere of liberalization, and national and international avant-garde periodicals of the previous decade such as Esprit, Cahiers d'art, Die Br?cke and Revista de Occidente reappeared. The very character of the islands and the emphasis on international tourism favoured the Gaceta del arte's publication. Its viewpoint was dependent on Westerdahl's European travels, which put him in contact with such contemporary avant-garde movements as Functionalism, Rationalism, Surrealism and many others. His programme was to disseminate the most progressive styles and ideas emerging in Europe, from aesthetics and ethics to fashion. From the outset, Gaceta del arte maintained connections with the Rationalist movement in architecture. Its contacts with Surrealism emerged later through Oscar Dom?nguez. The Gaceta del arte always maintained its independence, however, although there was a Surrealist faction among the magazine's editors, represented chiefly by Domingo L?pez-Torres and Pedro Garcia Cabrera. Dom?nguez exhibited in Tenerife in 1933 and the review devoted a special issue to Surrealism. The Exposici?n internacional del Surrealismo was held in Tenerife in 1935 and included works by De Chirico, Duchamp, Dal?, Max Ernst, Dom?nguez and Giacometti among others; Andr? Breton visited the island for the occasion. The Gaceta continued as a platform for the discussion of new ideas from Europe and from Spain. Its contributors included some of the most important artists of the day, such as Mir?, Kandinsky and Angel Ferrant. It was always well received, particularly in liberal circles in Madrid and Barcelona. When the Spanish Civil War loomed in 1936, the review took a position against the war and against Fascism, but events caused its disappearance in June 1936.
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