One of the most internationally recognized Portuguese artists died this morning in London in the company of his three children, confirmed PÚBLICO along with his family and Catarina Alfaro, chief curator of the Casa das Histórias Paula Rego. Born in Lisbon, Paula Rego, who turned 87 this January, started painting as a child and left for the British capital at the age of just 17 to study at the Slade School of Fine Arts.
The government, together with the President of the Republic, will issue a decree on national mourning in connection with the death of the artist.
In recent decades, the artist has addressed political issues such as abuse of power and social issues such as abortion in the female universe, among others. Born on January 26, 1935 in Lisbon, she was awarded, among other things, the Turner Prize in 1989 and the Grand Prix Amadeo de Sousa Cardoso in 2013, as well as the Grand Cross of the Military Order. Sant Yago da Espada in 2004. In 2010, he received an MBE from Queen Isabella II with an officer’s degree for his contribution to the arts. And in 2016, he received the Medal of Honor from the city of Lisbon.
Paula Rego was considered one of the 25 most influential women of the year for Financial Times last year, the Portuguese artist appeared next to names like US House of Representatives President Nancy Pelosi and whistleblower Francis Haugen, who revealed the inner secrets of the social network Facebook.
“Fighting against a deeply traditional and religious family environment in Portugal and later, mid-career, in the male-dominated London art world, Paula Rego has established herself as arguably the most significant figurative artist of our time.”
Paula Rego held her first major solo exhibition at the end of 1988.
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“Drama, Violence and Symbolism” by Paula Rego’s works are highlighted in this list Financial Timeswhich reminds of his wonderful exhibition at the Tate Britain, In London. Billed as the largest and most comprehensive retrospective of the artist’s work in the English capital since the 1960s, the exhibition ran at the London Museum from July 7 to October 24, 2021.
“I’m trying to get justice for women… at least in imagery… revenge too,” she told the newspaper. Financial Times.
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Paula Rego was chosen by the artist to create the official portrait of the former President of the Republic, Jorge Sampaio. In the oil painting, the painter depicts the president sitting cross-legged with his arms tensed at his feet; a bust of the Republic appears on a table to his left; the green curtain behind it and the red and red cloth on the table are reminiscent of the chromatism of the Portuguese flag. The painting can be seen in the Official Portrait Gallery of the Museum of the President of the Republic. Although the portrait was completed in 2005, it was only unveiled in 2006, just before the end of Jorge Sampaio’s term.
Paula Rego studied in the 1960s at the Slade School of Art in London, where she settled permanently since the 1970s but with regular visits to Portugal, where a museum was opened in 2009 housing some of her work, Casa das Historias in Cascais. It was in London that she met her husband, the English artist Victor Willing, who died in 1988, whose work Paula Rego had already exhibited several times at the Casa das Histórias, which houses an important collection of the author’s work.
This Thursday, June 23rd, Eliana Voithrun to your Instagram page write an emotional letter to a mother who died in a fire more than 10 years ago and on this day she will have a birthday.
“Hi, Mom. This is very confusing. The truth is, we are all tired. Tired of a lot, a lot of people, a lot of events. Tired of things you can’t even explain. Each with their own luggage. Each with his own cross. There are a lot of people here who we think are fine, but they are not. It’s just that someone is making a huge effort not to fall apart.”started talking.
“Today would be another birthday for you and it would certainly be the day to order Portuguese stew, your favorite dish. I would give anything to hug you again. I want you to see what I have conquered, where I have been and what battles I have fought. How many of them did I win? How much have I lost. And how I keep standing. Ready for whatever comes. Despite fatigue, difficulties, insecurities and fears”he said.
“Because that’s what life is, drinking coffee and facing the day. It is useless to sit and worry. What will be will be, and we will face it when it comes. But it would be much easier to deal with some of the hardships around you. Or just be able to count on hugs and ‘everything will be fine’.”he added.
“Whatever your day is, I hope you are calm. That’s all I want. You are sorely missed, mom“he concluded.
Singer Anitta, who will perform on the Mundo stage of the 9th edition of Rock in Rio Lisboa on Sunday 26th, admits that it was difficult to choose songs for the show and even says she asked for help from her Portuguese friends. The Brazilian artist will perform for about an hour, after Jason Derulo and in front of rapper Post Malone.
“Ugh… good. I think I got an acceptable result. Mission Impossible to put together a Rock in Rio Lisboa repertoire, folks. 1 hour show just because I haven’t been to Portugal for a while…because I’ve been trying to solve this equation for weeks,” Anitta wrote in social network twitter.
Phew….ok. I think I got an acceptable result. Mission Impossible to put together a Rock in Rio Lisboa repertoire, folks. 1 hour show just because I haven’t been to Portugal for a while…because I’ve been trying to solve this equation for weeks.
Also on Twitter, the singer reports that “all” the songs you like “in just an hour” will not be able to sing. “I wanted two hours of the show to sing everything,” he says.
“You will leave out one thing after another,” he writes, adding that he “provides as much as possible.”
Anitta also admits that she asked the opinion of Portuguese friends about the songs and tried to remember the ones she sang in Portugal.
Unfortunately, I won’t be able to sing all the songs I wanted in just 1 hour…you’ll miss one or the other. Massssss mom will deliver as much as possible hahaha. There were days and days of consultations with Portuguese friends. I tried to think about what I sang from other shows there.
Now, at an event that brought together several faces of TVI, aboard a boat on the Douro River, hinting at the mythical night of São João in Porto, the winner of “Big Brother Famosos 2” decided to clear up all the rumors, also in a conversation with our website.
“The little hand on the stomach is a plan for the future, it’s not now. Actually, I think it was well discussed, in the house [do “Big Brother”]. We played a lot on this topic, but it’s natural to talk about it, it’s normal,” he began. rally driver.
Big Brother Final Challenge winner completed her boyfriend’s idea. “We love to play with people who follow us, I think everything we go through makes sense because there are people who like us. youtuber Brazilian.
However, joking with jokes, the couple admitted that they had already chosen a name for their first child. If it is a girl, her name will be Cayetana. If there is a boy, then Antonio José.
Take a look and now all the images of the aforementioned event in the photo gallery that we have prepared for you!
