The program for the first week of operation of the Yolanda and Edson Queiroz Cultural Complex, held from this Saturday (14), includes a theatrical skit, conversations with curators and access to visual arts exhibitions at the Edson Queiroz Foundation Museum. Entry is free.
Inaugurated with a ceremony for guests this Thursday (12), the Complex is a new cultural facility in Fortaleza, located on Avenida Washington Soares, in the Edson Queiroz neighborhood.
The museum is part of the Yolanda and Edson Queiroz Cultural Complex and will be open from 9am to 7pm between Tuesdays and Fridays. On Saturdays and Sundays, visiting hours will be between 12pm and 6pm.
In addition to seeing the four inaugural exhibitions, the public will be able to participate in special programming activities until next Wednesday (18). Participation in conversations with exhibition curators is done through registration on the Cultural Complex website.
Museum's inaugural exhibitions
The public will be able to stroll through different exhibition spaces, with a different proposal for each floor. Check out what you can find at each show below:
Edson Queiroz Foundation Art Biennial (Foyer - 2nd Floor): with around 120 works, the space features the production of artists from Ceará or those who work in Ceará. The space is titled “People to come”, in reference to the concept of philosopher Gilles Deleuze, stating that art evokes a people capable of resisting the challenges of their time and reflecting on collectivities always under construction.
Yolanda and Edson Space (3rd Floor): the exhibition presents the memory and legacy of the entrepreneurs who created the Edson Queiroz Foundation, covering the meeting between the two founders, the family's trajectory and the development of the companies of the Edson Queiroz Group and the University of Fortaleza.
Writing times: meetings, links and borders between artists from Ceará and the world in the Ceará collections (4th Floor): around 130 pieces bringing together works by names from Ceará, Brazil and the world. Pieces from Baroque, European Renaissance and contemporary art are from the collections of the Edson Queiroz Foundation, the Art Museum of the Federal University of Ceará (MAUC) and private collections.
Constellations – Brazilian Art in the Edson Queiroz Foundation Collection (5th Floor): the exhibition has 220 works from the Edson Queiroz Foundation, covering artists from the 17th century to the 21st century and bringing together African, indigenous and European matrices, which formed Brazilian identity.
Special programming
During the Complex's opening week, the public will be able to participate in conversations with the exhibition curators and watch a theatrical skit in the Diálogos Space.
Check the schedule:
Saturday (14), at 3:30 pm: Theatrical sketch “La Femme Bateau”, by Grupo Mirante de Teatro Unifor.
Saturday (14), at 4pm: Meeting with Galciani Neves and Max Perlingeiro, curators of the exhibition “Writing times: encounters, links and borders between artists from Ceará and the world in Ceará collections”.
Sunday (15), at 4pm: Meeting with Denise Mattar, curator of the exhibition “Constelações – Brazilian Art in the Fundação Edson Queiroz Collection”.
Tuesday (17), at 9:30 am: Meeting with Denise Mattar, curator of the exhibition “Espaço Yolanda & Edson”.
Wednesday (18), at 4pm: Meeting with Lucas Dilacerda, curator of the Edson Queiroz Foundation Art Biennial.
For the next stages of openings, the Complex will have libraries, a cordel library, restoration laboratories and space for the preservation of collections and living spaces.
Special Program of the Edson Queiroz Foundation Museum
Dates: From Saturday (14) to Wednesday (18)
Location: Edson Queiroz Foundation Museum – Yolanda and Edson Queiroz Cultural Complex
Address: Av. Washington Soares, 1141 - Edson Queiroz neighborhood
Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday, 9am to 7pm. Saturday and Sunday, from 12pm to 6pm.
Free entry
