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The Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art presents a major exhibition devoted to the Sonnabend Collection. Curated by Antonio Homem, the exhibition is organized in collaboration with the Fondazione Musei Civici Venezia (MUVE), Ca鈥� Pesaro in Venice, and the Sonnabend Collection Foundation. At a time when the Serralves Museum is devoting increasing attention to its Collection of Portuguese and international art, the Sonnabend Collection has a particular relevance. Works from this Collection formed part of the Museum鈥檚 inaugural exhibition, 鈥楥irca 1968鈥� in 1999, several of which have remained on long-term deposit at Serralves.

Created by the influential art dealer Ileana Sonnabend, the Sonnabend Collection is considered one of the most important collections of American and European art of the second half of the twentieth century, representing some of the most influential western art movements of our time. While known for her support of the prime artistic protagonists of pop art, minimalism, arte povera, post-minimalism and conceptual art, Sonnabend鈥檚 engagement continued up to her death in 2007. A reflection of the support for and astute understanding of the artists with whom Sonnabend worked in her galleries in Paris and New York, the exhibition reveals the remarkable clarity of her choices over more than five decades, and their lasting legacy.

The exhibition includes 61 paintings, sculptures and installations, dating from 1956 to the present, by 44 artists, the majority of whom are presented for the first time in Portugal. Many of the artists represented in the exhibition are essential references for the Serralves Collection. Among the large-scale works included is the Sol LeWitt wall drawing Arc from Four Corners, realized with the collaboration of the Estate of Sol LeWitt and the participation of students from the School of Fine Arts in Porto.

The exhibition is conceived in five sections. Beyond being a chronological display with a prevailing categorization determined by art movements, the selection of pieces presented here and the organization of the various sections seek to highlight the conceptual, aesthetic and plastic affinities between the featured artists. At the same time, the exhibition acknowledges the singular contribution of each one of them, along with the central role played by Ileana Sonnabend, a major representative of contemporary artists during the course of the second half of the twentieth century.