10 suggestions to celebrate International Museum Day
International Museum Day
International Museum Day has been celebrated annually, since May 18, 1977, at the proposal of ICOM – International Council of Museums, with the aim of promoting, among society, a reflection on the role of Museums. P55.ART has put together a list of ten institutions in Portugal, mentioning the exhibitions to start the celebrations during this weekend.
1. International Center José de Guimarães in Guimarães
The CIAJG brings together pieces from different times, places and contexts in conjunction with works by contemporary artists. The Exhibition Cycle On the Margins of Fiction brings together eight new exhibitions with pieces by twelve artists of various nationalities: José de Guimarães, Yasmin Thayná, Maria Amélia Coutinho, Carla Cruz, Sarah Maldoror, Francisca Carvalho, Rodrigo Hernández, Fernão Cruz, Horácio Frutuoso, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Manoel de Oliveira and Anna Francheschini.
This institution, with the principle of building knowledge about Portuguese surrealist art, has several spaces that demonstrate the works of artists such as Júlio Maria dos Reis Pereira, Mário Cesariny, Fernando Lemos and Cruzeiro Seixas. The exhibition will be open until May 18th Only imagination transforms which brings together works from the Foundation's collection.
Cupertino de Miranda Foundation
3. Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto
Museological institution with the mission of stimulating public interest and knowledge about contemporary art, architecture, landscape and critical themes for society and its future. Currently there are several exhibitions by artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Olafur Eliasson, Manoel de Oliveira, Jorge Molder, Nalili Mlani, RH Quaytman, Korakrit Arunanondchai & Alex Gvojic, Hugo Canoilas, Roni Horn and Dara Birnbaum.
Mom by Louise Bourgeois - Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art
4. Oliva Art Center in São João da Madeira
Institution that establishes contact, knowledge, interpretation and development in a challenging way about the visual arts of the 20th and 21st centuries. The program is based on exhibitions and projects that can create new interpretations of the art stories under construction. Currently on display are: Paula Rego: The Cry of Imagination, Variable serene It is Red Light: Sexuality and representation in the Norlinda and José Lima Collection.
Mermaid drowning girl in Paula Rego, 1998
5. Grão National Museum Vasco in Viseu
The collection of this institution consists of a remarkable set of altarpiece paintings, from the Cathedral, churches in the region and deposits of other museums, by Vasco Fernandes (1475-1542), the Great Vasco, collaborators and contemporaries. From Romanesque to Baroque, the collection also includes objects and figurative supports originally from the Cathedral intended for liturgical practices such as paintings, sculptures, jewelry and mostly ivories.
Old altarpiece in the main chapel of the Cathedral of Viseu (18 panels) - Museu Nacional Grão Vasco in Viseu
6. Machado de Castro National Museum in Coimbra
With a unique collection, the Machado de Castro National Museum displays works from the Roman era to the present. This institution architecturally integrates the Roman cryptoporticus and the old episcopal palace. In terms of pieces on display, we range from Roman busts, to Renaissance and Baroque paintings to sculpture, altarpieces and decorative arts dating from the 14th century to the 20th century.
Treasurer's Chapel by João de Ruão, 1558 - Machado de Castro National Museum
7. José Malhoa Museum in Caldas da Rainha
The José Malhoa Museum brings together a collection of painting and sculpture works from the 19th and 20th centuries, which refer to the romantic, pre-naturalist and naturalist values of these times through works by Miguel Ângelo Lupi, Alfredo Keil, Francisco Metras, Columbano, Silva Porto, Marques de Oliveira, Carlos Reis, Eduardo Viana, Sousa Lopes, Veloso Salgado, Dordio Gomes, Delfim Maya, Abel Manta and many more. There is also a small group of contemporary engravings, including artists Bartolomeu dos Santos, Cruzeiro Seixas, Irene Ribeiro, Marília Viegas, among others.
José Malhoa Museum
8. Berardo Collection Museum in Lisbon
In Portugal, the Berardo Collection Museum is a museum institution that brings together an exuberant collection of icons of national and international modern and contemporary art. It currently has four exhibitions in place that provide a presentation of the main artistic movements, highlighted by some of the biggest names of modernity such as Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Piet Mondrian, Joan Miró, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Francis Bacon, Paula Rego, Yves Klein, Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, Richard Serra, Gerhard Richter, Bruce Nauman, Julião Sarmento or Gabriel Orozco.
Berardo Collection Museum
9. Art and Culture Center - Eugénio de Almeida Foundation in Évora
The Art and Culture Center of the Eugénio de Almeida Foundation is a space dedicated to promoting artistic and cultural actions, carried out through exhibitions, with a special focus on contemporary art. On International Museum Day, this institution opens an exhibition with works by Alan Tod and Olga Kisseleva, Amy Youngs, Andy Gracie, António Caramelo, Brandon Ballengé, Carla Rebelo, Erich Berger, Felipe Shibuya and Pedro Cruz, Ken Rinaldo, Robertina Sebjanic and Lena Ortega , Victoria Vesna.
Noise Aquarium in Victoria Vesna - Eugénio de Almeida Foundation
10. Artadentro at Faro Municipal Museum
This organization produces exhibitions at the Municipal Museum of Faro promoting the promotion of contemporary plastic production, in its various disciplines, in an eclectic and critical aesthetic stance for the creation, expansion and development of the community. Currently this institution presents the exhibition The never-ending Taxonomic Task by João Paulo Serafim. You can also visit the vast collection of the Municipal Museum of Faro, with examples from the Roman period and paintings from the 16th to 19th centuries, mainly composed of religious examples.
Faro Municipal Museum