04/09/2026
🎨 ART OF STEEL | Steel That Looks Back
Can a sculpture look at the world?
On Gran Canaria, the answer stands 26 metres tall and weighs 93 tonnes.
La Mirada (“The Gaze”) by Sergio Gil is a monumental Corten steel sculpture centred around a giant eye. But the artist gave it a meaning that goes far beyond its form — describing it as an open and tolerant gaze, without barriers or walls, symbolising freedom, equality and fraternity.
From a distance, it catches your eye. Up close, you realise it is looking right back at you. And perhaps that is its greatest power — 93 tonnes of steel turning the simple act of looking into something impossible to ignore.