According to CNN, Barcelona’s famous Sagrada Familia will finally be completed in 2026. That’s amazing. Miraculous, in fact. For much of the 20th century it was in a state of semi completion. I went there as a young man in the early 90s and even then it was taken as a fact that it would NEVER be completed. But that was not a fact at all, thank heavens.
Barcelona is an amazing city to visit: it’s going to be even more so once the church is done. Go see it if you can.
I love this story. In the 80s, Haring went to a club and painted the mural you see above. To prevent it from being demolished, Barcelona City Council Steps in to Preserve a Little-known Keith Haring Mural.
Good for them! Something similar was done for a painting by Basquiat.
Here’s to the preservation of great works by great artists from the 80s.
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