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Christmas Bazaar - Shopping

The Prince of Beggars – Puppet show for adults

Rediseñando el Diseño - Exhibition

The exhibition "Rediseñando el Diseño" presents work from the graphic design students of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. The show features a great variety of projects and pieces made in 2006, which illustrate the possibilities of graphic design: as mediums of communication, editorial and corporation communication, multimedia, audiovisuals and graphic production of textiles and objects.

When: December 14 to January 20 , Monday to Sunday, 10 am - 10 pm
Where: Centro Cultural del PUCP - Av. Camino Real 1075, San Isidro
Free Admission

El árbol y el bosque / electrografìas - Exhibition

Luis García-Zapatero Soto's newest solo exhibition, "El árbol y el bosque / electrografìas", features large scale electrographic impressions. Electrography, the art of producing technologically from photographs with the help of inks and photocopying equipment, is one style García-Zapatero has utilized in his career.

When: December 13 - 31, Monday to Friday: 10:30 am - 8 pm, Saturdays: 11 am - 8 pm
Where: Galeria Lucia de la Puente - Paseo Sáenz Peña 206 A, Barranco
For more information call: 477 - 9740

El grabador arequipeño Arturo Madueño... - Exhibition

Re-construídas - Exhibition

Photographs, videos and installations are the mediums used in “Re-construídas”, an exhibit featuring Peruvian artist Patricia Villanueva and Spanish artist Pilar Albarracín. Examples of the works featured are Albarracín’s “Escaparates” photograph series, which shows Albarracín ironically interacting with store mannequins, while Villanueva’s play “Rara Avis”, told through photographs and video, tells the story of a women who visits a plastic surgeon and asks that he mark the areas of her body that need surgery. She then goes to a tattoo parlor and makes the markings permanent.

When: December 6 - January 6, Monday to Sunday, 9 am - 9 pm
Where: Centro Cultural de España - Jr. Natalio Sánchez 181, Santa Beatriz
Free Admission

Artistic Ceramics – Exhibition

Oral Cute - Exhibition

"Oral Cute" is Peruvian, but New York-based Cecilia Jurado’s latest solo exhibition. Her photographs, 17 works in medium and large scale, feature the faces of professional models. With them, Jurado hopes to express some contemporary notions of beauty and compare them with those of the past.

When: December 13 - 31, Monday to Friday: 10:30 am - 8 pm, Saturdays: 11 am - 8 pm
Where: Galeria Lucia de la Puente, Paseo Sáenz Peña 206 A, Barranco
For more information call: 477-9740 or 477-0237

Pancho Fierro y el Costumbriso en Lima - Exhibition

To commemorate the bicentennial of Pancho Fierro's birthday, the Cultural Center of the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima will present the exhibition "Pancho Fierro y el Costumbriso en Lima". Pancho Fierro was born in 1807 in Rimac. His pieces, which represent every day life in Lima, have toured various galleries in the city this year, but will end their run at the Galería Municipal de Arte Pancho Fierro.

When: December 13 - 29, Monday and Tuesday, 10 am - 1 pm, 2 pm - 6 pm and Wednesday to Sunday, 10 am - 1 pm, 2 pm - 8 pm
Where: Galería Municipal de Arte Pancho Fierro, Plaza de Armas - Pasaje Santa Rosa 114, Lima
Free Admission

Angeles en la tierra - Exhibition

The exhibition of small and medium sculptures of artist Juan Pablo Torres Benvenuto features “angels”, those external people that help us overcome the difficult, sometimes tragic moments life puts us through, are here represented “on earth”. Torres Benvenuto, who considers his art to be figurative, presents for the first time in an individual exhibition, a mix of his interpretations, feelings and ideas, reflected by the use of diverse materials and techniques.

When: November 28 to December 21, Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 8 pm, Saturday from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm
Where: Gallery “Le carré d’art”, French Alliance - Ave. Javier Prado Este 5595, La Molina
Free admission

Exponatale – Christmas shopping

Maurice Mathey – Photo Exhibition

Memoria Inca, Malú Cabellos - Exhibition

Malú Cabellos, a photographer dedicated to photojournalism and licensed by the Sociología por la Universidad Nacional Mayor of San Marcos, offers us his first individual exhibition, "Memoria Inca": a selection of 27 black and white photographs. This work is the result of a project born from a picture: the reencactment of the capture and death of Inca Atahualpa, which marked the beginning of Spanish conquest in Peru.

When: November 17 to December 21, Monday to Sunday, 11 am to 8 pm
Where: Galería de Artes Visuales del Centro Cultural Ccori Wasi - Av. Arequipa 5198, Miraflores
For more information call: 2750- 460, ext. 103

Patricia Arena – Photography Exhibition

La Fiesta del Chivo - Theater

The Asociación Peruano-Británica presents a theater adaptation of Mario Vargas Llosa’s novel “La Fiesta del Chivo” led by renowned Colombian director Jorge Alí Triana. Previously performed in New York and Colombia, this production takes us back to the Dominican Republic of the “Trujillo Era” (1930 - 1961) and narrates one of the most atrocious events of Dominican history, the dictatorship of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, culminating in his death. The play also tells the story of Urania who, after 3 years away, reunites with her father, Agustin Cabral, president of the senate. Upon her return, Urania finds that her father is no loner the powerful person she knew, but has become a useless old man, allowing her to reveal to her family her most sordid memories. This production intertwines stories of ambition, power, conspiracy, pain, betrayal and death. Participating artists include Alberto Isola, Norma Martínez, Leonardo Torres Descalzi, Jorge Chiarella and Carlos Victoria.

When: Thursday through Monday 8 pm

Ubu Rey - Theater

Asu Mare! - Standup Comedy

Revelaciones no específicas - Exhibition

Artist William Pinillos, who hails from Trujillo, will display his exhibition "Revelaciones no específicas" at the Enlace Arte Contemporáneo. It features 14 pieces in oil and grand scale. Pinillos has studied at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes in Trujillo and has exhibited work in galleries in Puerto Rico, Ecuador, the U.S., Chile and Spain. His exhibition at the Enlace will end in December.

When: From November 16 - December 30, Monday to Saturday, 11 am - 8 pm
Where: Enlace Arte Contemporáneo Gallery, Av. Pardo y Aliaga 676, San Isidro
Free admission.

Mas Cerca - Theater

Roberto Ángeles directs “Mas Cerca”, an urban play, modern in appearance, which hides a painful, sad background. It concentrates on the relationships between four people who are lovers, irresponsible, innocent, cowards, mysterious, greedy and arrogant. British dramatist Patrick Marber wrote the play, which features Dan, Alice, Ana and Larry, four characters whose lives intermingle in this piece which shows the reality of relationships.