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Kicking off cycle #3 of our ARTE+CARE program, is artist Felipe Seixas, who presents a new series of works, indicating a development of his research on the materiality of the concrete in combination with other elements. Part of the sales of these works will benefit another relevant initiative of public interest in the fields of […]
In this last week of cycle#2 of our ARTE+CARE program, we present a new series by Carolina Martinez. Two months ago, the artist selected some materials available in her studio in Rio de Janeiro and isolated herself in the woods, on the outskirts of the city. Throughout this period of social isolation, the series Refuges has […]
Continuing cycle #2 of our ARTE+CARE program, we bring this week a set of new drawings on paper by artist Raquel Nava. In this new series, named Endocrinoides, Nava sought inspiration in the human endocrine system, which brings to mind her interest in animal anatomy and also recalls her previous practice in pastel. Unlike her […]
Kicking off cycle #2 of our ARTE+CARE program, the artist Íris Helena presents the new series Casa Conjugada (“Semi-detached House”), a development of her research on architecture, ruins and the history of the formation of Brazilian cities. Through remnants extracted from the walls of different houses, a ‘constellation’ of cities appears as a map. Within these […]
Continuing the cycle #1 of our ARTE+CARE program, we present this week a set of new engravings on paper by artist Ayrson Heráclito. Each of the four engravings included in this series of multiples represents a leaf of paper (or “folium”) of a handwritten notebook on the history of slavery that the artist has been […]
We are very grateful to everyone who has been supporting the ARTE + CARE program and its cause for the common benefit in such uncertain times. All 20 paintings from Mulambö’s “Disguise and Cry” series have already been sold in the first days of the program’s launch. And starting the second week of this cycle […]
As a result of a more vulnerable economic situation caused by the pandemic, PORTAS VILASECA GALERIA launches ARTE+CARE, a program to support its artists and to help people and organizations who aid, care, and protect those who are most affected during these difficult times: artists and other cultural workers facing economic strain, children and vulnerable […]