Four years of projects, works and very thoughtful restorations of heritage elements with centuries of history will culminate this afternoon with the inauguration of the new space of the Gallery Can Boniwhich is expanded in what was the room managed for 40 years by the gallery owner Ferran Cano on Forn de la Glòria street. The ceramics and paintings of the felanitxer Pere Bennàssar Obrador are the first to be exhibited hereunder the title Entropy of Echo, Psyche and Pandorabut they have a serious competitor: the place that hosts them.
Can Boni It is a wish fulfilled by an entire family passionate about art. and with the purpose of helping local artists. The visible faces and those who have been involved in the restoration works of the space that this Friday (7 p.m.) is presented in style, with a red carpet included, is the couple formed by the artists Kate Korotkina and Toni Caimari, ‘Nino’. From Germany, her mother, Elena Schulgina, art patron and collectorAnd the father, Grigorij Korotkinboth at the head of a company specialized in geriatric care, have been supporting and financing the project at all times.
From the beginning, the businessmen of Russian origin and settled in Germany They were clear that the old Ferran Cano gallery, closed since 2013, I had to remain linked to art and that it could not end up being a franchise store or a restaurant and they bought it. “There, her sensitivity and love for art is demonstrated,” Caimari highlights about Elena Schulgina’s initiative.
In 2018 they had already opened Can Boni, at number 8 on the same Forn de la Glòria street, and after the pandemic they promoted group exhibitions of artists from the island with greater force. «In the world of art and culture it seems that everyone has to be understood, have studied and read a lot, and speak in artistic terms. And the reality is that everyone comes in here, people who understand a lot about art and others who have seen a work and are moved by it. Art does not have to be understood, it has to be felt,” explains Kate Korotkina.
And while they were running Can Boni, where they have the help of Tatiana Caimarithey began with the rehabilitation of the former Ferran Cano, which will now become the jewel in the crown of its gallery. Over there, the cistern is one of the essential points“It’s a marvel,” Caimari admires, pointing to the ashlars. The medieval stone staircase that leads to it has been protected with a glass structure, allowing safe access and, at the same time, contemplating the original structure.
He ancient oven that gave its name to the street and that already appeared in the Llibre del Repartiment of Jaume I, a ground blooda well, stone arches and wooden beams are some valuable preserved heritage elements.
With Pere Bennàssar a circle is closed. He was one of the artists who He exhibited with Ferran Cano and now returns to this restored space to inaugurate it. Joan Carles Gomis He is in charge of writing the exhibition catalogue, which will be presented later.
