The Consell of Mallorca and Es Baluard concluded on Thursday the successful exhibition “Hem arribat a l’infern!” at the Museu de Mallorca with an artistic intervention at the Talayotic sanctuary of Son Corró (Costitx), as part of the Biennal B program.

The performance, led by philosopher and art critic Fernando Castro Flórez, offered the public a unique encounter blending archaeology, history, and museography. From the very site where, 130 years ago, a farmer discovered the first of the three famous bronze bulls —now housed at the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid—, Castro Flórez reflected on the “aura” surrounding archaeological finds, the aestheticisation of behaviours, and the journey of objects from the earth to museum display cases.

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Bernardí Roig brings the Bous de Costitx back to their land in a performance at Son Corró

The event culminated with the symbolic burial of a golden horn, a life-sized replica of one of the bulls, created by artist Bernardí Roig. This gesture evoked the return of what belongs to time back to the earth, in harmony with the poetics of absence that defined the entire exhibition.

The exhibition “Hem arribat a l’infern!”, inaugurated on September 11 and curated by Jackie Herbst and Sofía Borrás, transformed the Museu de Mallorca into an immersive space that invited visitors to reflect on the Bous de Costitx, on absence, and on the fragility of presence. Over the past weeks, it welcomed hundreds of visitors and became one of the highlights of the Biennale B.

With this final action at Son Corró, the project closes its journey while keeping open the dialogue between contemporary art and the historical heritage of Mallorca.