Jesus Mari Lazkano's 'Azken Natura' Opens at Basque Luxury Studio with Six Paintings and Animated Film

Key facts

• Basque Luxury Studio opened 'Azken Natura,' a solo exhibition by Jesus Mari Lazkano, on September 11 in San Sebastián, Spain.
• The exhibition includes six medium- and large-scale paintings made between 2021 and 2026 and the short film 'Natura Fugit.'
• The 22-minute animated film was created with Dibulitoon and Art Frame and premiered in 2025 at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.
• The film developed over four years and involved nearly 3,000 drawings by Lazkano depicting the melting of the Alpine glacier Mer de Glace.
• Five of the paintings are acrylic on canvas; the sixth is a pastel and colored-pencil drawing on paper.
• The works belong to 'The Last Ice' series, which examines landscape as a changing physical environment and human impact on nature.
• 'Azken Natura' is the eighth exhibition organized by Basque Luxury over the past decade.
• The exhibition runs through September 2028 at Calle Portuetxe 63, Ground Floor, San Sebastián, Spain.