«Imágenes de la misma muerte», talk by Juan Alejandro Lorenzo Lima on post-mortem portraits in the Canary Islands · Los Realejos Misterioso 2026verified
Art historian Juan Alejandro Lorenzo Lima talks about funerary allegories and post-mortem portraits in the Canary Islands during the Ancien Régime in «Imágenes de la misma muerte», part of Los Realejos Misterioso 2026. The talk takes place on Wednesday 28 October at 20:00 at the Espacio Cultural Casa de La Parra in Realejo Bajo, with free entry, like every event in the programme.
In the talk «Imágenes de la misma muerte. Alegorías fúnebres y retratos postmortem en Canarias durante el Antiguo Régimen», art historian Juan Alejandro Lorenzo Lima looks at funerary allegories and post-mortem portraits in the Canary Islands during the Ancien Régime. It is the third of the five evenings that Los Realejos Misterioso 2026 holds at the Espacio Cultural Casa de La Parra, in a programme linked to the occult and to the traditions of Finados.
Like the other evenings at Casa de La Parra, it starts at 20:00 with free entry, and the whole programme is free of charge. The talk takes place on Wednesday 28 October 2026 at 20:00 at Casa de La Parra in Realejo Bajo.
