O Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea sob a direção de Eduardo Malta
Eduardo Malta (1900-1967) was a controversial diretor of the National Museum of Contemporary Art between 1959 and 1967. This period was considered by the Portuguese historiography as one of the darkest in the history of this institution, constituting a case study in the context of Portuguese museum...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de Évora
2016-04-01
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| Series: | Midas: Museus e Estudos Interdisciplinares |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/midas/1002 |
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| Summary: | Eduardo Malta (1900-1967) was a controversial diretor of the National Museum of Contemporary Art between 1959 and 1967. This period was considered by the Portuguese historiography as one of the darkest in the history of this institution, constituting a case study in the context of Portuguese museum studies. Eduardo Malta established throughout his career a valuable network of contacts in the Estado Novo Regime and was an artist protected by António de Oliveira Salazar. His appointment as diretor of MNAC represented an exercise of power by the state, going against the public opinion from artistic and intellectual spheres that reacted with a protest signed by more than two hundred people. This article aims to introduce the painter and then analyse his administration at MNAC, pinpointing specific episodes on the acquisitions, the permanent and temporary exhibitions, the published catalogues and the communication with the public. Simultaneously, we will reflect about the diretor’s inadequacy, partially representative of the museum discourse performed by the Regime of that period. |
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| ISSN: | 2182-9543 |