Cordeiros Galeria

"Agostinho Cordeiro shows influences and mannerisms that remind us of D.H. Kahnweiler (Manheim 1884 - Paris 1979), the leading dealer of the cubist movement, Picasso's exclusive marchand until 1914, who used to say " in my space, nothing is hung that has not been purchased by me". The guaranty and trustworthiness of a gallery owner who has himself bought what he will eventually sell on is important, consistent, and enhances hi Lee mas s credibility.(...) Agostinho Cordeiro is an avid reader, a friend to books. Bibliography runs in his blood and is patent in the way he keeps and publishes them, as shown by his monumental editions on Júlio Resende, Rogério Ribeiro, J.M. Ciria, " Cordeiros Arte Moderna e Contemporânea 2010-2011", his catalogue-books on Luis Feito, the volume dedicated to " Canogar: 75 years/ 75 works", or even the one he is preparing on the iconography of the world of Sophia de Mello Breyner, who was born in the house now occupied by the Gallery, in Porto's borough of Boavista. Tenacious, active, practical, constant and intelligent, he takes it as it comes, devoting himself body and soul to the Gallery, so that everything arrives where and when it is meant to arrive. Being a perfectionist, he gives himself the task of hanging the pictures, changing their location and looking for the most congenial place for a sculpture or a canvas."