The Olontia Foundation presents in Huelva and Gibraleón a cultural program combining art and poetry, focused on exploring LGTBIQ+ identity in Spanish artistic creation. The collective exhibition 'El Epentismo Ilustrado' opened its doors this Wednesday, the 3rd, at the Sala de los Brazos of the Casa Colón, where it can be visited until June 25th, coinciding with the LGTBIQ+ Pride celebrations in the province.

The exhibition, part of the Olontia Art Collection, is based on the concept of 'epentismo', a term coined by Federico García Lorca to refer to homosexuality in a coded manner, particularly among members of the Generation of '27. According to Luis Antonio de Villena, this term was used by poets like Vicente Aleixandre in the 1930s to allude to homosexuality in contexts where the word was still unspeakable.

The exhibition brings together works by visual artists such as Rafael Agredano, Juan Antonio Aguirre, Antonio Belmonte, Carlos Berlanga, Guillermo Pérez Villalta, Gregorio Prieto, Enrique Romero Santana, Gerardo Rueda, and Vargas, as well as photographers Jaime Gorospe, Pablo Pérez-Mínguez, and Nacho Canut. Completing the selection are poets like Luis Cernuda, Jaime Gil de Biedma, and Juan Cobos Wilkins, all considered 'epentists' in the Lorquian sense of the term.

In parallel, at the casino in Gibraleón, poet and essayist Carmen Ciria Santos will give a poetry reading titled 'El verano viene sin pedir permiso' (Summer Comes Without Asking Permission) at 8:00 PM. Additionally, next Thursday the 4th, at 6:00 PM, the exhibition's curator, Pablo Sycet Torres, will lead a guided tour to delve deeper into the aspects of the show.