Júlio Pomar: Equus. Works from the Caixa Geral de Depósitos Collection

The exhibition Júlio Pomar: Equus opens on September 17 at 6:30 pm at the Panteão Nacional. Works from the Caixa Geral de Depósitos Collection. Equus ferus caballus is the scientific name of the domesticated horse, but at the Panteão Nacional, the word Equus also sounds like an echo. In this monument, where sound reverberates for 16 seconds, Júlio Pomar's horses (Lisbon, 1926–2018) find their refuge in an exhibition celebrating the centenary of the painter's birth. Images of horses fill the monument's temporary exhibition room, representing different phases of Júlio Pomar's work: from a D.