LEGACIES. SPACES FOR THE CARE OF CONTEMPORARY CREATIONS. Working Session

Legacies. Spaces for the Care of Contemporary Creations is a project born from a shared concern within the contemporary art sector about the future of the legacies of senior artists, as well as the economic and legal circumstances that often surround this group. In collaboration with the DIDAC Foundation, the CGAC is hosting a working session that aims to bring this debate into the Galician context, examine the specific characteristics of the local artistic landscape, and open up a space for dialogue on the future of contemporary artists’ legacies and archives.

The initiative, led by the Gabeiras Foundation, addresses the need to safeguard, manage, and pass on contemporary artistic heritage. It offers a framework for reflection and concrete proposals through a sociological study and a legal report produced in collaboration with Gabeiras & Asociados.

Following presentations in September 2023 at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, in April 2024 at the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), and in July of the same year at the Russian Museum in Málaga, the project now enters its second phase. This new stage broadens its scope to include the performing arts and music, incorporating the study and preservation of choreographic, lyrical, and musical archives from an interdisciplinary perspective.

PROGRAMME

9.30-9.45 a.m.
OFFICIAL WELCOME
Santiago Olmo, director of the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea (CGAC)
Roger Dedeu, president of the Gabeiras Foundation

9.45-10.45 a.m.
ARTISTS’ PANEL. THE LEGACY AS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE MEMORY OF CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS
Moderator: Laura Carro, chair of the Galician delegation of the Institute of Contemporary Art (IAC)
Participants: Pepe Barro, designer, writer and historian; Marisa Fernández, artist; Juan de Nieves, curator of the legacy of the artist Berta Cáccamo; María América Díaz, cultural manager. Isaac Díaz Pardo

10.45-11.15 a.m.
COFFEE BREAK

11.15 a.m.-12.15 p.m.
INSTITUTIONS AND ART CENTRES PANEL. THE PROFESSIONALISATION OF LEGACIES
Moderator: Paula Cabaleiro Comesaña, coordinator of the Contemporary Visual Arts and Creation Section of the Galician Cultural Council (CCG)
Participants: Santiago Olmo, director of the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea (CGAC) - Camilo José Cela Archive; David Barro, director of Es Baluard Museu d’Art Contemporani de Palma; Rosario Peiró, director of the Collections Department at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS); Diana Duo Ramila. Pontevedra Museum Education Department. The legacy of Castelao

12.15-1.00 p.m.
PERFORMING ARTS AND MUSIC PANEL
Moderator: Patricia Gabeiras, director and founding partner of Gabeiras & Asociados
Participants: Patricia de Lorenzo, chair of Escena Galega (Galician Association of Performing Arts Companies); Xesús Ron, actor, playwright, director and cultural activist. Chévere - Sala Nasa; Chus López Elvira, head of the  Documentation and Archiving Department of the Galician Audiovisual Services Corporation; Sabela Mendoza, researcher, creator and cultural manager specialising in dance and performing arts

1.00-1.45 p.m.
PRESENTATION OF THE LEGADOS PROJECT
Roger Dedeu, president of the Gabeiras Foundation

1.45-2.30 p.m.
DISCUSSION AND CLOSING REMARKS