Title: Primera y última
Description: Commemorative exhibition celebrating two anniversaries of the Columbian Carta Magna: 200 years of the Constitution of 1821 ("the first") and 30 years of the Constitution of 1991 (the last one which replaced the political constitution issued in 1886). The event include 102 historical pieces and promotes a reflection on the origins and history of the Colombian Constitution and the reason for certain political agreements. A collection of watercolors of Auguste Le Moyne, portraits attributed to Pedro José Figueroa, a bronze monument of José Ignacio de Márquez beheaded and thirty-one works by the artist Juan Cárdenas, including the reproduction of the theater curtain of the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo that portrays the Plaza de Bolívar in Bogotá in a 19th century Santa Fe afternoon, selected artworks that have been included in this exhibition to illustrate the social and political context of those times.
Subjects: Constitutions, Exhibitions, Constitutional history, Politics and government, Expositions, Histoire constitutionnelle, Politique et gouvernement
Places: Colombia, Colombie
Time periods: 1810-