TALK WITH PAULO RANGEL
Vexation of Spirit. The Duerckheim Collection x Serralves
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Vexation of Spirit. The Duerckheim Collection x Serralves is the title of the exhibition marking the first presentation at Serralves of the contemporary art collection assembled by Count Duerckheim and recently placed on deposit with the Foundation. Built over four decades, the collection includes works by some of the most important artists of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Considered one of Europe’s most significant private collections, it reflects an artistic vision shaped by moral unease and historical awareness.
On 31 October, Serralves welcomes Paulo Rangel, Minister of State and Foreign Affairs, for a conversation as part of the programme accompanying the exhibition Vexation of Spirit. The Duerckheim Collection x Serralves, currently on view at the Serralves Museum.
Taking the works in the Duerckheim Collection as a starting point, the event invites reflection on the moral concerns and political and social challenges of our time, in a conversation that encourages audiences to question the role of contemporary art and critical thinking in interpreting history and contemporary society.
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Paulo Rangel (b. 1968) is Portugal’s Minister of State and Foreign Affairs. He previously served as a Member of the European Parliament, Head of the Portuguese PSD Delegation, Vice-President of the European People’s Party (EPP) Group in the European Parliament, and the EPP’s representative responsible for the Conference on the Future of Europe. In 2014, he initiated and became the first Chair of the EU–Brazil Delegation.
He was leader of the PSD Parliamentary Group from 2008 to 2009, a Member of the Portuguese Parliament from 2005 to 2009, and Deputy Secretary of State to the Minister of Justice in Portugal’s 16th Constitutional Government.
He is a visiting lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the Portuguese Catholic University (Porto) and on the Executive MBA programme at Porto Business School, specialising in Public Law and Political Science.
His academic publications include Repensar o Poder Judicial (2001), O Estado do Estado (2009) and As Raízes do Parlamentarismo e a Revolução Conservadora (2021). He has also authored numerous academic articles and essays, including Uma Democracia Sustentável (2010) and Jesus e a Política – Reflexões de um Mau Samaritano (2015).
