Alejandro Atchugarry. El héroe improbable.

Frida Kahlo stepped into the limelight in 1929 when she married Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. She was twenty-two; he was forty-three. Hailed as Rivera’s exotic young wife who “dabbles in art,” she went on to produce brilliant paintings but remained in her husband’s shadow throughout her life. Today, almost six decades after her untimely death, Kahlo’s fame rivals that of Rivera and she has gained international acclaim as a path-breaking artist and a cultural icon. Cutting through “Fridamania,” this book explores Kahlo’s life, art, and legacies, while also scrutinizing the...

In 1956, Time magazine referred to Pollock as “Jack the Dripper.” His iconic paintings stretch out with the generosity and scale of the landscape of America's West where the artist grew up. The cathartic dribbled paint reflected Pollock's troubled mind. This book traces his career and discusses how his loose, individual style was used as a political weapon in the Cold War, representing America as a free, democratic nation. Illustrations simplify the theory and reveal the hidden meaning behind the mesh of painted lines.

Primera biografía completa del compositor Jaume Nunó (1824-1908), autor del himn o nacional de México, sumamente apreciado y admirado en este país, pero escasame nte conocido en su Cataluña natal. El hallazgo prácticamente fortuito de un arch ivo familiar de las afueras de Nueva York ha permitido a Cristian Canton y Raque l Tovar recuperar a esta interesante figura de la historia de la música. Coincid iendo con el año del bicentenario de la independencia mexicana, Casa América Cat aluña publica esta obra en colaboración con el Ayuntamiento de Sant Joan de lesA badesses y el...

Narrador, crítico social y agudo ensayista, Francisco Ayala (1906) ha participado durante su vida en las peripecias de una historia agitada y llena de convulsiones, de la que rinde cumplido testimonio desde su personal perspectiva y con la sinceridad del intelectual que no admite compromisos ni se acoge a subterfugios. La presente edición de RECUERDOS Y OLVIDOS en el centenario del autor (1906-2006) suma a las tres entregas en que Ayala dividió en su día sus memorias, una cuarta que completa una tan prolongada vida. «Del paraíso al destierro» abarca desde su infancia hasta el final de...