Art Writer Robin Cembalest

Throughout her career, Robin has covered the people, places, and trends shaping the art world. Following is a non-chronological sampling from Robin’s hundreds of publications.

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Making the Global Local

Manuel Borja-Villel's rehang of the Reina Sofí­a highlights its holdings of Spanish modernist icons—along with the unknown, the unexpected, and the international.

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Master of Matter

Antoni Tàpies, Spain’s most acclaimed contemporary artist, finds inspiration in the graffitied walls that allude to the passion and troubled spirit of his homeland

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Apocalypse Then

The graphic language of 900-year-old Catalan frescoes refers to love, damnation, and the all-seeing eye of God.

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Spanish Cities Where Sherry Rules

The Spanish cities of Jerez, Puerto de Santa María and Sanlucar de Barrameda make most of the world's sherry, but there is plenty to do in these small cities besides drink wine, and plenty to see as well.

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