Museo Helga de Alvear is organizing the celebration of its fifth anniversary with a program conceived in collaboration with artist Thomas Hirschhorn.

The museum, which recently opened MY ATLAS # OUR ATLAS, the first anthological exhibition dedicated to Thomas Hirschhorn in 20 years, curated by director Sandra Guimarães, has given the artist a carte blanche to develop the celebration of its five years of existence since it opened its doors on February 25, 2021.

Under the title “5 YEARS OF MUSEO HELGA DE ALVEAR, CÁCERES = IF YOU CAN MAKE IT HERE, YOU CAN MAKE IT ANYWHERE!” the Museum and Thomas Hirschhorn have conceived a program featuring “POP-UP-MARILYN”, the first public art project “by and with the artist Thomas Hirschhorn” in Spain and Portugal, created specifically for this occasion.

Hirschhorn will bring an original Warhol from the Helga de Alvear Collection to the Atocha – Almudena Grandes train station in Madrid (Tuesday, February 24) and the Gare do Oriente train station in Lisbon (Thursday, February 26). “POP-UP-MARILYN” can be enjoyed in the presence of the artist and Sandra Guimarães at both stations from 11am to 6pm. The work will return to Cáceres to be exhibited at the big party that will take place throughout the weekend at the Museum on February 27 and 28 and March 1.

Following the invitation of the museum´s director, Sandra Guimarães, Thomas Hirschhorn thus highlights Cáceres central position between Madrid and Lisbon, making the city's connection with the Spanish and Portuguese capitals palpable through art. This union is made explicit through the creation of an “altar” on which the artist will present Andy Warhol's Marilyn (1986), one of the masterpieces of art history in public spaces. It is not just a matter of “taking the museum out onto the street,” but of going further to reach other cities, citizens and crossing borders.

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