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Even though this is not always correct: many people think that art ought to be near individuals, and become something which people can connect with daily. Nearing art must not be the right and privilege of few-people, on the contrary, art should be accessible to any or all especially for tourists that spend its funny vacations in Madrid. The actual organisers of Cow Parade, a good open-air art event which is held in Madrid through the 16th January towards the 21st March, certainly are part of the latter school of thought. Cow Parade, indeed, is considered as the worlds largest general public art event, and is periodically held in various cities all over the world, but instead of being hosted in enclosed spaces, functions are displayed outdoors, in various areas of the city: roads, recreational areas, channels. In this manner most people have the opportunity, simply having a stroll inside his/her own city, to possess a direct contact with the field of art, without having entering a art gallery or purchasing a ticket. But the most surprising attribute of this exhibition is the type of the functions: full-sized, fibreglass cows that various musicians are asked to embellish and personalize, transforming them in real pieces of art. Cow festival can therefore be looked at as an atypical event, which can amaze and amuse. Among the aims from the exhibition, certainly, besides creating people learn how to appreciate art such as Johannes Vermeer art work, Vincent van Gogh art or art from Salvisberg contemporary exhibition, is making people realize that art can tenderize barriers and preconceived ideas, creating unusual artistic and expression forms that may question the common way of thinking.

Cow Parade is certainly a fascinating instrument to collapse any kind of barriers, even between areas, as this special event, first noticed in 1998 in Zurich by the Swiss sculptor Pascal Knapp, has been held in many cities all over the world: from Questionnaire to Buenos Territoires, through Tokyo to Miami, through Auckland to Vegas. This year, between January and March, Spain will host the festival, and Spain will end up colourful thanks to the works realised by well-known and emerging Spanish musicians and very interesting for young travellers. This means that, although on the one hand Cow Parade is an international event, however it really is intended to support local artists, providing them with the possibility to convey their own creativity on the very important phase. Cow Parade is not a bare touring exhibition, but an event that, maintaining the basic features, changes every time it really is in a different town, making people understand how, in various cities, musicians go to town in a different (or similar) method. Another aim of the exhibition is benefiting charitable organisation: in late the event, indeed, cows-works of art are auctioned, and the proceeds are given to charity.

If you have a passion for art and you also wish to experience something new, or if you are not an expert and you wish to approach our planet in the most immediate as well as amusing method, book now a cheap hostel in Spain, go to Spain and enjoy Cow Parade.