Arte

Comedy following Oscar, who has paid a considerable sum for a work of modern art, convinced of its value, while his friends Pedro and Tori see only a blank canvas.

Arte is a comedy about a purchase that puts a lifelong friendship to the test. Oscar buys a work of modern art for a considerable sum, convinced that it is a treasure, while his friends can barely make out a canvas with nothing painted on it. Pedro and Tori try to make him see things differently, and the argument about painting ends up becoming an existential debate about how far the defence of one's own taste can go.

The show combines humour and conversation with a cast of three characters, in which wit and the exchanges between the friends carry the performance. The production invites the audience to ask what makes a work valuable and to what extent an opinion about art can weigh more than a friendship.