“Ana Durães – Landscape Dialogues”
Celebrating 40 years of her career, the artist presents new paintings and prints at Casa de Petrópolis, in the Rio de Janeiro mountains, where she maintains her studio.
Those familiar with artist Ana Durães know that delicacy intrinsically governs her life and art, much like her connection to nature. This is palpable and vibrant in the exhibition “Ana Durães – Landscape Dialogues,” which opens to the public on November 11 at the legendary Casa de Petrópolis, curated by Monica Xexéo. The solo exhibition is presented by Galeria Patricia Costa, which represents the artist, and brings together works developed over the last three years in her studio in Vale das Videiras, a mountain town in Rio de Janeiro. The pieces were inspired by the garden designed by French botanist and landscape architect Auguste François Marie Glaziou (Lannion, France, 1828 – Bordeaux, France, 1906) for the residence of businessman José Tavares Guerra (1861–1907), the great-grandfather of Luiz Aquila, one of the heirs to the iconic 19th-century mansion. Today, it houses the Casa de Petrópolis – Institute of Culture, recognized for its innovative projects in inclusion and accessibility for contemporary Brazilian art. With this exhibition, Luiz Aquila concludes his tenure at the cultural space “on a high note,” as he emphasizes. A closing conversation is scheduled for February of next year.
