Museum rooms painted with a 20 thousand euro donation seals agreement
Lionesa Business Hub (LBH), a business center in Matosinhos, has just signed a patronage protocol with the Soares dos Reis National Museum and the Dr. José de Figueiredo Circle. Among the collaboration items is the donation of 20 thousand Euros for the painting of the 2nd floor rooms of the Carrancas Palace by Lionesa. The support of Lionesa BH will be exclusively for structural interventions of the remodelling process of certain areas of the Museum and this protocol is part of "the work of democratization and valorization of art and culture, in which the company believes that it will increase the productivity, innovation, creativity and happiness of the Lionesa community", says António Pedro Pinto, marketing director of LBH.
In the protocol, the Soares dos Reis National Museum committed itself to dedicating the necessary human and material resources to the implementation of this process, benefiting the Lyonese community with the status of Friends of MNSR.
About the Soares dos Reis National Museum
Created by D. Pedro IV in 1833, the present Soares dos Reis National Museum was born with the designation of "Museu Portuense de Pinturas e Estampas", having been confirmed by D. Maria II, in 1836, in the scope of the reforms of the public instruction carried out by the minister Passos Manuel, being the first Art Museum of our country. In the context of the institutional reforms of the Republic, in 1911 the Museum was renamed Soares dos Reis Museum in honor of one of the great names of Portuguese sculpture.
With the reorganization of the Museum in 1932, which became the National Museum, bronze castings of plaster models were made and the sculptor's estate was strengthened with acquisitions throughout the 20th century.
Between 1950 and 1960, under the direction of the sculptor and professor Salvador Barata Feyo, the Soares dos Reis National Museum began updating its collection, changing the paradigm of the institution's acquisition policy by investing in the acquisition of works by contemporary artists, mostly from the Oporto school.
Until the mid-1970s, the city of Oporto, condemned to an involuntary periphery, benefited from a certain autonomy in relation to the official culture of the regime. The isolation fostered a fertile artistic dynamic, expressed in the emergence of independent and alternative spaces with regular activities and innovative programming.
As the collection was structured, the study and dissemination of the collections were promoted and new cultural practices were established, with emphasis on temporary exhibitions and the publication of the Museum magazine by Círculo Dr. José de Figueiredo, the oldest magazine of decorative arts in Portugal.
In 1975, the Contemporary Art Center (CAC) appeared, which, associated to the Soares dos Reis Museum and installed in its spaces, inaugurated a bold plan of exhibitions and events.
Currently, the Soares dos Reis National Museum aims to be a place of belonging, identity and construction of meaning from the collections.
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