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Goo Little Girls was written by Countess of Ségur in 1858 and tells the story of the adorable Camilla, Madeleine and Marguerite, the pride of their mothers, and their friend and neighbour Sophie, who is always getting up to mischief. The children’s book by the Russian author – who wrote this and many other adventures about well-born girls who behave terribly – now lends its name to the new exhibition at the Casa das Histórias Paula Rego, on view from Tuesday, March 31. In this show, curated by Catarina Alfaro, the female figure, both as child and adult, takes centre stage.
Between rooms 1 and 6, visitors will be able to see, for example, the hand-coloured lithographs The Salmon-Coloured Dress and Communion, inspired by poems by Portuguese poet Adília Lopes. “The emotional and behavioural characteristics of the girls, as described by Adília Lopes in her poems, reveal aspects of the personalities of both creators: challenging, disconcerting, irreverent, and asserting their expressiveness in a markedly patriarchal and Catholic country, still shaped by the rigidity of its political and social reality,” the curator explains in a press statement.
The exhibition, on display until the end of January 2027, also includes works from the series Jane Eyre (2001–2002) and Pendle Witches (1996), influenced respectively by the work of Charlotte Brontë and Blake Morrison, as well as the six prints from Female Genital Mutilation, a 2009 series denouncing practices of gender-based violence affecting girls in several parts of the world.
On the same day, the museum opens The Exile: From Creation to Conservation, an exhibition dedicated to the technical study and restoration of an artwork – a process that usually takes place far from the public eye. The work in question is the painting-collage The Exile (An Old Exile Dreaming of His Youth), from 1962–63, shown in Portugal for the first time and accompanied by images and explanations revealing the behind-the-scenes work of research and conservation.
Avenida da República, 300 (Cascais). Mar 31–Jan 31 2027. Tue–Sun 10.00–18.00. €5.