22 SEP 2023 - 29 JAN 2024

From the delicate toil of the needle
Drawings from Coleção de Desenhos da Madeira

Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso
Travel as an act of creation

Acácio Lino
Master of Historical and Naturalist Painting

This exhibition was born within the context of celebrating 10 years of Pediatric Palliative Care in Portugal, as an invitation to think about these themes through art, in particular drawing. Incorporating art into palliative care recognizes the importance of addressing patients' holistic needs, including their emotional, psychological and spiritual dimensions. Art serves as a tool to promote dignity, comfort and quality of life in difficult times, offering a meaningful and often transformative experience.

“Travels are the artist's great book. As necessary to him as the Bible and Latin to a priest. Moral food is in the book of the world (...)”.

It is with this idea of ​​Amadeo that we challenge you to undertake this exhibition journey.

He established himself in Portuguese painting as a landscaper, also asserting himself as an interpreter of rural scenes and an excellent animalist, but above all he distinguished himself as a Painter of History.

Eduardo Teixeira Pinto
Photography