Press Release
16-Abril-2010

II ALVARO NOBOA BIENNALE OF PAINTING

ON 28 APRIL 2010, AT 7PM, ALVARO NOBOA WILL INAUGURATE GUAYAQUIL’S II INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE OF PAINTING IN THE LUIS NOBOA NARANJO MUSEUM AND WILL BESTOW PRIZES OF $20,000, $10,000 AND $5,000 TO THE WINNERS OF THE BIENNALE, AS WELL AS 5 HONORABLE MENTIONS.

THE EVENT WILL BE HONORED BY THE PRESENCE OF DISTINGUISHED INDIVIDUALS OF THE CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC WORLD, AS WELL AS THE COUNTRY’S MOST IMPORTANT BUSINESSMEN AND POLITICAL FIGURES.

THE PRIZE-WINNING ARTISTS OF THIS COMPETITION WERE CHOSEN FROM AMONG 387 WORKS SENT TO THE LUIS NOBOA NARANJO MUSEUM; 288 PAINTERS FROM 25 COUNTRIES AND THE 14 PROVINCES OF ECUADOR.

THE JURY OF THE BIENNALE WAS ALSO MADE UP OF 5 INTERNATIONAL AND ECUADORIAN ARTISTS, CURATORS AND MUSEUM EXPERTS. THEY ARE THEO CONSTANTE, MARIELA GARCIA, LARISSA MARANGONI, JOSEPH ROBERTS ANDALEJANDRA ROSETTI.

THE DIRECTOR OF THE LUIS NOBOA NARANJO MUSEUM IS COUNSELLOR PABLO MARTINEZ ROJAS.