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Unexpected visits. Wendy McAllister in Dialogue with Picasso at Fundació Palau

Exhibition  /  29 Nov 2025  -  01 Feb 2026
Published: 27.11.2025
Fundació Palau. Centre d'Art.
Place
Carrer Riera, 54
08393 -  Caldes d'Estrac
SPAIN
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Curator:
Montse Frisach
Unexpected visits. Wendy McAllister in Dialogue with Picasso at Fundació Palau.

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Intro
Hannah Gallery is taking part in the project Unexpected Visits (Dialogues Between Works from the Art Galleries of Catalonia and Works from the Collection of the Palau Foundation) with a brooch by the artist Wendy McAllister (Nigredo Brooch, 2017), which enters into dialogue with a drawing by Picasso made in the book by Palau i Fabre, Picasso i Catalunya.
 

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Wendy McAllister

In the words of Montse Frisach, curator of Unexpected Visits:
This brooch is more than a piece of jewellery. It stands as evidence of how contemporary jewellery can move naturally alongside artistic disciplines that have been, unfairly, considered major, such as sculpture. The piece is by Wendy McAllister, a renowned American metalsmith who created it for an exhibition on alchemy (The Alchemical Egg ) that was presented at Hannah Gallery in 2017. The title of the work, Nigredo, refers to the first stage in the transmutation of matter, associated with decay and the dissolution of the prima materia. This is why an immanent chaos dwells within the piece, and yet so much beauty as well. Here, it stands beside another kind of jewel: books. Its form also resonates with the chaotic head that Picasso drew in the book by Palau i Fabre, Picasso i Catalunya.


Drawing by Picasso made in the book by Palau i Fabre, Picasso i Catalunya.




Display Fundació Palau




Horari d’estiu
(de l’1 de juny al 30 de setembre)
Matins: De dimarts a diumenge i festius: 11-14h
Tardes: De dimarts a dissabte: 17-20h

Horari d’hivern
(de l’1 d’octubre al 31 de maig)
Matins: De dimarts a diumenge i festius: 10:30-14h
Tardes: De dijous a dissabte: 17-19h


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