Urtasun inaugurates the newest exhibition of indigenous Mexican artwork in Madrid: “We should not be afraid of the word forgiveness” | Culture | EUROtoday

Ernest Urtasun has contributed somewhat extra to the political and cultural rapprochement between Spain and Mexico this Tuesday on the inauguration of the final a part of the exhibition Half the world. Women in indigenous Mexico. This chapter opens all its rooms to the general public within the National Archaeological Museum (MAN) of Madrid and completes the story that makes up the greater than 400 items of pre-Hispanic artwork which might be displayed in three different cultural venues within the capital. “We should not be afraid of the words that unite us and bring us closer. Words like dialogue, like forgiveness, encounter, fraternity. Because all those words bring us closer and improve our lives,” stated the Minister of Culture on the presentation of the exhibition titled The human realm. In this manner, Urtasun has taken up the phrases of redress pronounced by José Manuel Albares, Spanish Foreign Minister, on the finish of October on the grand opening of the exhibitions.

“The history shared between Spain and Mexico, like all human history, has chiaroscuros. There has been pain and injustice towards the native peoples. There was injustice, it is fair to recognize it and regret it. That is part of our shared history, we cannot deny it or forget it,” Albares stated then. The Spanish Government thus took essentially the most important step within the rapprochement of each nations after relations had been frozen when former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador demanded in 2019 that the King apologize for the excesses of the conquest.

Urtasun has emphasised how, in several political and social techniques, each ladies, in comparison with males, and indigenous communities, in comparison with different dominant cultures, “have seen their voices overshadowed, unheard and even silenced for centuries.” For this cause, “talking about decolonization of discourses, historical and museographic stories,” the minister continued, “has to do precisely with that task, that of responsibility, attention, respect and a true approach to realities that have been silenced, violated or directly ignored for too long.”

In the half uncovered within the MAN, The human realmthe target is to reclaim the every day sphere related to ladies and present how ladies assumed important features akin to schooling, care, the manufacturing of textiles and ceramics, the preparation of meals or the transmission of formality and neighborhood information. And how these actions socially united these folks and collaborated within the forging of their identification. But additionally, as Adriana Velázquez, scientific advisor of the exhibition, has stated, the locations of energy within the public house that they occupied as warriors, priestesses and governesses.

“That is why this exhibition is more than just a material compilation. It is in itself an act of recognition, with which we return unjustly relegated cultures, knowledge and identities to their place of centrality. A deep, true recognition, which does not avoid pointing out responsibilities in the historical perpetuation of these inequalities,” Urtasun confused.

The race towards time to inaugurate the guide started on the finish of 2024 when the primary contacts between the 2 nations started in Mexico on the event of the Guadalajara Book Fair, an occasion wherein Spain was the visitor nation. Months later, in February, and with Sheinbaum’s prior order for all of the works to be transferred, the planning work started wherein dozens of cultural and authorities establishments from each nations have participated, led by commissioner Karina Romero. These sorts of exhibitions are often organized at the very least two years prematurely. In this case, it has been about eight months.

The works arrived in Madrid final Wednesday, October 22, and had been distributed by the Thyssen Museum, the National Archaeological Museum and the Cervantes Institute. On October 31, all of the samples had been inaugurated, aside from the MAN, which, because of the giant variety of elements it contains—greater than 200—required extra time. The exhibition could be seen till March 22. Previously, on October 8, the a part of the House of Mexico had been inaugurated.

“This is another opportunity to share the greatness of indigenous peoples and the richness of the legacy of women,” added Quirino Ordaz, Mexican ambassador to Spain. “We must build from respect and admiration to build a more just and humane future, also being aware of the wealth that is born from diversity.”