Domínios do Olhar
Crossing Cultures, Crossing Times
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Date
27 Feb – 31 Aug 2020
- Closed on Monday
Location
Guarda MuseumReflecting the perspectives of local curators who know the conditions on the ground at host museums, the next edition of the ‘Gulbenkian Itinerante’ exhibition cycle is set to open at the Museu da Guarda, curated by its director João Mendes Rosa.
The exhibition includes works by artists such as Charles Chaplin, Jean-Charles Cazin, Corot, Amadeo de Sousa-Cardozo, Almada Negreiros, Nadir Afonso, Eduardo Batarda, Helena Almeida, among many others from the collections of the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum.
Crossing Cultures, Crossing Times
The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum covers 5000 years of history. Its two collections, which constitute the artistic heritage of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, integrate the works brought together by Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian – the Founder’s Collection –, and the set resulting from acquisitions, legacies and donations made after 1956 in the Modern Collection. Since its creation, in 1956, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation has shared this heritage through the multiple activities that it carries out on a national and international scale.
Through partnerships with national institutions, the project “GulbenkianItinerante” aims to disseminate the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum’s collections, privileging the regions that are furthest from major cultural centres. This partnership follows a dynamic model, designed to promote cultural development, on both a regional and national scale, with the aim to contribute to combating the disparities that remain in our country.
Partners are given the opportunity to choose works from the reserves of the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum’s two collections, with a particular focus on lesser known pieces or works by artists who deserve to be revisited or even rediscovered. The idea is to compare these works with curatorial criteria and the collections of the institutions where they will be displayed, in a permanent collaboration directed at the communities they serve. On the other hand, the project aims to create networks between various partners, who in some cases worked together on the presentation and design of the exhibitions.
The exhibitions of the second edition of this project will be held at the Museu da Guarda, at the Centro de Arte e Cultura in Ponte de Sor, at the Centro de Arte Contemporânea Graça Morais, in Bragança, and at the Centro Cultural de Sines.
We hope that this initiative symbolises the beginning of a society with a more dynamic, creative and interventional perspective in preparing for our common future. The results can be seen in this group of exhibitions, displayed from north to south, between 2018 and 2020.
For more information about the opening hours, visit the websites of the exhibition places.