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Great sculptors are often also great draughtsmen. In general, they are not keen on colour. For Plensa, drawing is a constant practice, a resource.

In the spring of 2023, Jaume Plensa designed the staging, costumes and sets for Verdi's "Macbeth" for the Liceu, Barcelona's opera house. The first drawings in this exhibition come from this project. The (sometimes illegible) text that the artist incorporates into his collage drawings comes from Shakespeare's play. One series of small portraits is entitled "Witches"; these are the three witches who foretell …