Saturday, October 3, 2015

‘Inferno’ was stolen from the open-air museum – Blasting News

The exhibition “Coming Out. And the Museum came out into the street?” opened this week in the streets of Lisbon. Extends Principe Real to Bairro Alto and Chiado. It is an initiative of the National Museum of Ancient Art, in partnership with the Chamber of Lisbon and HP. They were present in all 31 works in the street, but one of these works has been stolen from the Rose Street.

This project shows in Lisbon, in the open, the patent art in the collection of the National Museum of Ancient Art. Making the capital a museum with 31 works, follows a trend already practiced in other European cities. In Portugal this kind of exhibition, which will last until January 1, 2016, is a premiere, will be distributed maps showing the location of the patent works on display to make it easier to find them and visit them. It is a way of bringing people closer to art, bringing it to them.

Just two days after his inauguration, one of the works has been stolen. Entitled “Hell” is written by an unknown Portuguese master; so now its location is unknown. Ironically, this work has a relationship with the seven deadly sins and turned out to be the target of greed (avarice). This work was exposed at Rua da Rosa, and questioned the disappearance of work by the “Observer”, the National Museum of Ancient Art has confirmed that did not collect the work. The responsible for the museum’s communication, Paula Brito Medori said: “It’s part of the experience.” The work of Lucas Cranach the Elder “Salome with Head of John the Baptist” , has also been the subject of interest of thieves who, when they realized that it was a replica, gave up. The works are faithful to the original paintings, printed full scale in high quality, framed and hung on the wall.

There is no monitoring of works, so some mishaps could occur. In London a similar exhibition took place in 2007. “The Grand Tour” was distributed by emblematic places like Piccadilly, Covent Garden or Soho. On the walls of these sites were placed replicas of works from the National Gallery, there were vandalism and theft, but the exhibition was a huge success and was even extended.

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