With a new vision of sculptural practice, João Cutileiro (1937-2021) marked the history of Portuguese art by transforming the artistic and cultural landscape of this country. From the end of the 1950s, his marble works marked by experimentalism, eroticism, nature and national history, became visible in the Portuguese public space. «Dom Sebastião de Lagos» (1973) and the monument to the 25th of April, at the top of the Eduardo VII park, in Lisbon, are two sculptures that marked the artistic and political career of João Cutileiro. In addition to the public space, his works were exhibited in several museum spaces and national...
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In 1958, he finished the painting course at the Lisbon School of Fine Arts, where he metRené Bertholo, Gonçalo Duarte, coast pine It isLourdes Castro. In a studio shared withJoao Vieira, René Bertholo and Gonçalo Duarte on the top floor of “Café Gelo”, joins the group of visual artists who became known as “Ice Coffee Group”. Before that, however, he had already joined the MAR (Movement for the Renewal of Religious Art) started in 1952 and which, quoting, “corresponds to the realization of the will of a group of Catholic artists committed to elevating religious architecture and sacred art in Portugal to greater...
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Helena de Medeiros BRIEF BIOGRAPHY Helena de Medeiros, from Porto, trained at the London Fashion School and Escola Superior de Artes e Design, which he attended, is one of the most recent national inspirations across borders. Currently responsible for the costumes at La Scala, in Milan, he has offered a very unique interpretation of custom design, present across all of his work, and centered on the bird and the interpretation of its symbolism. Her passion for scenography makes her one of the most praised artists in this universe, having built a solid and enviable path with some of the most...
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The exposureParis Agreement, inBordalo II, which opens on the 26th of January and ends on the 2nd of March, brings together 30 works by the Portuguese artist in the French capital, using various types of plastic found in rubbish, to create endangered animals and raise awareness of the planet’s sustainability problems .
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