• Art The return of ARCO in a pandemic: a draw would not be bad

Contemporary art returned to Ifema after a year of absence due to the coronavirus and the Kings returned to their usual route for the inauguration of ARCO.

Felipe VI and Doña Letizia have returned this Thursday to their annual appointment after the slowdown by the pandemic with their traditional stop at the EL MUNDO stand.

There, the Monarcas have been received by the director of the newspaper,

Francisco Rosell

;

the general directors and directors of Unidad Editorial,

Nicola Speroni

and

Stefania Begdoni

, and the artist in charge of the space,

Soledad Sevilla

, who has been in charge of leading the conversation among those present.

Seville has explained to Don Felipe and Doña Letizia the inspiration for their work

Las tardes azul

, four large-format oil paintings on canvas

inspired by the

Book of Restlessness

by Fernado Pessoa

and the author's trips to Lisbon where the story of the protagonist is precisely developed Bernardo Soares.

The work that gives life to the EL MUNDO space, which has once again renewed its commitment to contemporary art after the hiatus due to the pandemic, is a "loving contemplation" of the facades of the Portuguese capital, according to the author.

The Kings have shown great interest in the work due to its proximity to the neighboring country and to the artist.

In fact, Felipe VI

was in charge of delivering the Gold Medal of Fine Arts in 2007

to Soledad Sevilla when he was still a prince due to the absence of his father, Juan Carlos I. This Thursday in Arco, both the Monarch and the artist They have remembered that delivery that took place in the Cathedral of Toledo.

Another of the sets that has caught the attention of the members of the Royal House has been the central sculpture of the stand, of Chinese influence. The work

What can be from what cannot be

is a set of polyester that was born from Seville's experience of consulting the oracular book I CHING daily between 2015 and 2016. The artist drew the hexagram of the number in each consultation that chance had awarded him and from there came the model for this large-format sculpture.

A detail to which the Kings have paid special attention during their visit before the conversation

drifted from the artistic field to the football field

. The presence of the general directors of Unidad Editorial, of Italian origin, and the closeness of the confrontation between the transalpine and Spanish team in the Eurocup has opened the door to a brief football commentary that Queen Letizia has redirected back to contemporary art.

Doña Letizia, dressed in a totally white cape look, and Felipe VI have shown during the visit to be great connoisseurs of Soledad Sevilla's work.

In the delegation they headed, the Monarchs have been accompanied by the Minister of Culture,

José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes

;

his Portuguese counterpart,

Graça Fonseca

;

the Minister of Culture of the Community of Madrid,

Marta Rivera de la Cruz

;

the deputy mayor of Madrid,

Begoña Villacís

, and the delegate of Culture of the capital,

Andrea Levy

.

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