Taylor’s continues to grant support for cultural projects by sponsoring two exhibitions: Alberto Giacometti and Peter Lindbergh at MMIPO in Porto and Francis Bacon at WOW in Gaia.
For Adrian Bridge, CEO of Taylor’s, "Creating relevant content that values the city as a tourist destination is one of our goals. Combining our city with cultural and heritage exponents on the level of Port wine is fundamental, and the presence of world-renowned artists places the region on the great cultural routes." And he adds: "At the end of each exhibition, visitors are invited to enjoy a glass of Taylor’s Port while enjoying the stunning views that each of the venues offers, whether at Flores Rooftop in MMIPO, which will be open to the public for the first time, whether in the WOW with the magnificent view over the city of Porto."
The exhibition "Alberto Giacometti - Peter Lindbergh. Seizing the Invisible", a joint exhibition of the sculptures of Alberto Giacometti and the photographs of Peter Lindbergh will be on display at the MMIPO between 15 April and 24 September.
So far, this joint exhibition has only been exhibited at the Giacometti Institute in Paris. It is an intimate dialogue between the work of Alberto Giacometti (1901 - 1966), one of the most acclaimed sculptors of the twentieth century, and Peter Lindbergh’s photographs, that unveils a striking similarity in the way they represent reality. The exhibition hosts more than 110 works, including bronze sculptures and drawings by Alberto Giacometti, as well as Peter Lindbergh’s photographs to the collection. In an exclusive room, there will be on display some of the most iconic portraits of the fashion photographer’s career, including those starring Naomi Campbell, Uma Thurman and Julianne Moore.
WOW starts the cycle of major exhibitions in its Gallery with an exhibition of graphic art by Francis Bacon, surrealist artist, which will be held from 29 April until 26 September.
Francis Bacon’s iconic graphic works reveal the pictorial expressiveness with which he redefined the figurative art of the twentieth century, but they also show the personal tragedies of the last 40 years of his life. Bacon (Dublin 1909-1992 Madrid) is one of the most prominent and disturbing painters of the twentieth century. It was after World War II that he found recognition. In a life of continuous escape from death, the atheist artist saw Christian imagery as his greatest ally and weapon in an artistic journey where this theme can be found from the first to the last of his paintings. Bacon stood out for transforming unconscious compulsions into figurative and grotesque forms, and he turned out to be obsessed with the horror of human existence and vulnerability.