Alexandra F. Coego
Journalist & Writer
Arts & Culture Focus
In short
Alexandra F. Coego is a writer and arts and culture journalist. Her writing on art, cultural heritage, and memory politics appears in The Art Newspaper and The Art Journal, and she served as political correspondent for the Spanish daily La Voz de Galicia. A Curtis Brown Creative alumna (2023), Alexandra was longlisted for the Bloom Short Story Prize of the European Society of Literature in 2023. Her debut novel, Confessions, is represented by Lily Dolin at Sterling Lord Literistic.
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The Ghost of Franco
Fifty years after the dictator’s death, Spain’s artists and museums are confronting a legacy that refuses to stay in the past
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After Valencia's devastating floods, artists, museums and churches assess the damage
Following the deaths of more than 200 people in eastern Spain, the process of recovery and repair has revealed the enormous personal and institutional cost
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![Mona Hatoum’s Orbital (2021) is among 20 large-scale installations in Solo House’s sculpture trail]()
Gallery lures collectors to Spain’s abandoned region
The sprawling sculpture trail is the latest initiative by Albarrán Bourdais, a project that is filling Matarraña, the country’s least populated area, with architecture
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![Joan Miró’s Luna, sol y una estrella (1968); the artist’s links to Barcelona are being promoted]()
So long, stag parties: Barcelona banks on art to tempt ‘quality’ tourists
Amid a backlash by locals fed up with party-loving visitors, the city’s tourism authority has teamed up with museums to promote a series of exhibitions
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![This photograph from Miquel Gonzalez’s Memoria Perdida series shows a vandalised monument to the victims of the Franco regime]()
Debate rages in Spain over how to remember—or forget—Franco's dictatorship
Ahead of Spain’s election on 23 July, conservative Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who is on course to win, has vowed to challenge historical memory legislation
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![The architect Frank Gehry’s Instagram-friendly sculptural design for the Guggenheim Bilbao helped put the then down-at-heel Spanish port city on the map]()
‘We were ahead of our time’: Guggenheim Bilbao’s outgoing director on the factors behind its success
Juan Ignacio Vidarte is stepping down from his role after more than 32 years. As he prepares to move on, he tells me about the “transformative power of culture” and the difficulty of replicating the “Bilbao effect”
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Heritage sites on new offshoot of Spain’s Camino could benefit from pilgrim boom
While travellers rarely stop to sightsee, providing overnight facilities will give historic venues an edge
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Salvar el patrimonio para salvar Ucrania
Desde París llegó a la frontera ucraniana un camión con 15 toneladas de cajas de madera, cartones y extintores que tiene destino los museos ucranianos
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Adiós a «La Jungla» de Calais: crónica de un borrador de ciudad
Comienza el desmantelamiento controlado del mayor campo de refugiados de Europa
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El rey sol se enfrenta al aislamiento
El presidente francés pierde fuelle tras su aplastante victoria electoral de hace un año y sufre fuertes resistencias para aplicar su programa modernizador de la economía y reformista en la UE
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Aquí estos cuadros ya no pintan nada
El Museo del Louvre ha colgado en sus paredes cien cuadros procedentes de su depósito. No se trata de una nueva adición a su colección permanente. Todo lo contrario: el museo francés quiere deshacerse de ellos lo antes posible.
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Simone Veil, quinta mujer en entrar en el Panteón francés
Simone Veil, la antigua ministra y superviviente del Holocausto que logró la legalización del aborto en Francia, fue enterrada ayer junto a su marido en el Panteón, convirtiéndose con ello en la quinta mujer en descansar en el mausoleo
communications and pr
I am also a specialist in strategic communications and visual and digital storytelling, with extensive experience advocating for cultural heritage and global causes. My experience spans campaign management, executive advising, and content production, including film and podcast.
When I’m not at my desk writing, you’ll find me travelling with my father’s 1994 Nikon.
