Nadir Afonso. Architect, painter and collector

Immagine: 
19/07 - 30/09/2012
Museo Carlo Bilotti Aranciera di Villa Borghese

Promoted by the Fondazione Nadir Afonso, the exhibition presents the work of a leading Portuguese artists of the twentieth century.

Architect, painter and collector, the exhibition in Rome focuses on the activity as a collector of Nadir Afonso, also exhibiting the works of his friends with whom he worked, such as Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst, Candido Portinari, Giorgio de Chirico, Max Jacob, Fernand Leger. Being a firend of artists, the Afonso exhibition reconstructs a historical period of the late twentieth century, when the confluence of artistic and intellectual movements generated a renewal in art.

The exhibition that pays tribute to the artist, his work and his friendships, is the work of two years ago of the Foundation, established by the artist himself, to celebrate his 90 years with a series of international exhibitions . After Paris, Rio de Janeiro and Lisbon, now Rome and then Venice, where the second Italian exhibition will take place, at the Venice Architecture Biennale, highlighting the figure of Nadir Afonso as an architect and artist, and his collaboration with two great architects: Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer.
In collaboration with the Portuguese Republic and the Foundation Nadir Afonso.

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Place
Museo Carlo Bilotti Aranciera di Villa Borghese
Opening hours

Tuesday-Sunday: 9.00 am - 7.00 pm; Last admission 1/2 hour before closing time.
Please note: Tuesday-Friday: staff-led tours (visitors must be accompanied by a staff member) every 30 mins, from 9.00 am to 6.00 pm; length: 45 mins. Saturday and Sunday: self-guided tours.

Entrance ticket

Adults: € 7,00;
Concessions: € 6,00

Roman Citizens only (by showing a valid ID):
- Adults: € 6,00;
- Concessions: € 5,00;

PLEASE NOTE: On 29 and 30 September, for the European Heritage Days, the ticket € 1,50.

10% discount on food and beverage at the Casina del Lago coffee bar by showing the Museum ticket purchased on the same day.

BOOKING:
- Groups (max 25 visitors): guided tours are available either for the museum and/or exhibition. A booking service is available for groups (max 25 visitors) for an additional booking fee of € 25,00;
- Schools (max 25 pupils/students): guided tours are available; booking is required for the admission.
Booking for individual visitors is available only when purchasing online tickets. If you book in advance you can skip the line by going directly to the ticket window.
Phone booking: tel. +39 060608 (daily, 9.00 am – 9.00 pm).
Online tickets:
www.omniticket.it.
Additional booking fee: € 1,00.

Information

Info: tel. +39 060608 (daily from 9.00 am to 9.00 pm)

Type
Exhibition|Contemporary art
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Organization
Comediarting in collaboration with Traço Traço
Sponsored by

Acea; BNL – Gruppo BNP Paribas, UniCredit Banca di Roma, Monte dei Paschi di Siena; Acqua Claudia; Finmeccanica; Il Gioco del Lotto; Atac; Vodafone.

With technical contributions from

La Repubblica

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