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The government wants Rui Moreira already asked two years ago, and now seems to be time: a collection of 85 works by Joan Miró that the state inherited following the fall of the BPN is a few bureaucratic and financial imbroglios to stay in Porto. The announcement was the easy part. The hard part comes next now.
How much are the 85 works of the painter and sculptor?
The Christie, one of the largest auctioneers of art world rated this set of painting and drawing works in about 36 million euros net, considering it “one of the most extensive and impressive offerings of the artist’s works ever to be auctioned.” BPN bought the works to a Japanese in 2006 by 34 million. When the nationalization of the bank, the state kept the collection. That is, each Portuguese paid nearly four euros to stay with “Mirós.”
Since when the House of Porto want the collection?
At least since the spring of 2004, when the Angolan entrepreneur Rui Costa Reis, with investments in real estate, food area and even in Hollywood, was willing to buy the collection. Their interest was to install it in Porto, ensuring even maintenance. The camera showed him various spaces and their choice fell on Palacete Pinto Leite, though sold by the municipality. At the time, the government of Pedro Passos Coelho rejected the idea of transferring the collection to the city Invicta. The preference was for the sale of works.
What has changed with the “contraption” in relation to “Mirós”?
When Antonio Costa took possession , leading a PS government with parliamentary support on the left, it was soon decided that the collection would not go out of state hands. At the time, the president of the city’s authority, Rui Moreira, spoke to the Prime Minister and João Soares, then Minister of Culture, enhancing the availability to receive the collection. Both have embraced the idea, but not defined details. Soon these conversations it was decided that the collection would be shown first in Serralves, which will take place from September 30. In the museum are exposed to most of the works of this collection, composed of several drawings, oil paintings and gouaches, representing the various stages of the artist’s creation. According to Christie’s, it is a collection of modern art “of prime importance”.
How does the decision was precipitated?
on Sunday, 24, Luis Filipe Castro Mendes, reaffirmed in an interview with public the will of the government to transfer the “Mirós” to the port, so the House wants. The next day, Moreira insisted on who had personally told the minister a few days after his inauguration, following John Smith’s resignation: yes, the city wants the works of the Catalan artist. “The good news is that finally, after so long, it was realized that this collection is right in the port,” said the mayor.
When will the collection will go to Porto?
This question is worth good money. For now, two technical teams, one of the local authority and other Ministry of Culture, will start talks to define the steps to take in bureaucratic, logistical and financial terms. Exposure to usher in Serralves “will be a good opportunity for specialists, experts and curators assess the collection and its consistency so that we can have a better idea of its value and the best way to appreciate it and welcome it,” he said the VISION official source from the office of Rui Moreira. Another question is whether the works will all be accepted by the port or just one of them. The port would like to see all.
Where can be located the collection?
First, the Government will have to decide whether to create a national museum based in Invicta to host the permanent exhibition or whether to integrate the works into a municipal museum. Here come delicate budgetary issues, taking into account the investment to do and by whom, and the assets which may be negotiated between the state and the municipality. One thing is certain: the parish of Campanhã is designed as one of the strongest destinations in the “application” to receive the collection. For many reasons. The investment in the eastern part of the city is one of the priorities of Rui Moreira, and begin to give in considering the cultural dynamics that side of the city, forgotten for decades. One of the larger projects is the conversion of the old slaughterhouse, promised for 2017. The idea is to host there a device with valences in various areas of social cohesion to museology, through centers of creative industries and the arts, among others. “But there are other possible spaces in the parish,” guarantees official authority source, without revealing further details. “Right now, we can only say that Campanhã is not a chance to delete. On the contrary, “it is assumed the office of the presidency.
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