The biographical film about the painter Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, entitled “Amadeo”, directed by Vicente Alves do Ó, will premiere on January 26, 2023, in cinemas.Modern from the start, Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso (1887-1917) was an unmistakable artist in the Portuguese artistic scene of the 20th century, for having incorporated elements of the new artistic movements into his painting.
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A 4m-long painting by Edvard Munch that survived World War II is set to be auctioned on March 1 at Sotheby's Modern and Contemporary Art auction in London, with a pre-sale estimate of between £12m and £1. 20 million. “Dance on the Beach” was hidden in a Nazi barn next to a version of “The Scream”, and it has been 89 years since the work last appeared on the market. Learn more here.
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Madonna will have acquired the work in 1989 at an auction at Sotheby's in New York - for 1.3 million dollars. This week, the 'case' gained a new outline. On Facebook, the mayor of Amiens left a request to Madonna: that she lend the painting to the city. Learn more at P55.ART.
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The National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC) - Museu do Chiado will undergo expansion works, to duplicate the areas of reserves and exhibitions, announced the Minister of Culture, Pedro Adão e Silva. "At a time when we are going to launch a new museum, Museu de Arte Contemporânea (MAC) - CCB, with a more international profile, here we are turning the page, a more renewed ambition at MNAC - Museu do Chiado, with a more national profile. For this, we need to expand both the reservation space and the exhibition space, considering that, since 2015, there is an extensive area...
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