Can a painting be my friend?
February 11, 2026
Exhibition notes
In this section, you will find the exhibition brochures that are also available in the Torre Gallery at the MUN.
To facilitate accessibility, you will find them in Spanish, Basque, and English, as well as an easy-to-read version.
News
Exhibition videos
In this section, you will find part of the process of putting together this exhibition, as well as testimonials from many of the people who have brought this project to life.
Accessible materials
With the aim of removing any barriers that visitors may encounter when accessing a museum, here we have compiled the accessible resources that have been created for this exhibition.
Papers
During these 10 years of work, the Education Department has organized various projects that, year after year, engage with visitors. All of these projects have given rise to a large part of the exhibition that you can now visit in our galleries, where materials created by the more than 100,000 visitors who have participated in its activities have been compiled.
Alongside the educational work carried out in the workshops and exhibition rooms of our Museum, these projects, all of which have a scientific basis, have made it possible to produce various scientific articles, which you can discover here.
- A Guide and Two Untime Chronicles to Contemplate Rothko’s Work Fernando Echarri1, *, Emilio Varela2 (2018)
- The QuidArte program at Museo Universidad de Navarra: art at the service of well-being and care in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic1 Fernando Echarri2 (2022)
- Towards an Inclusive Abstraction: Collaborative Projects as a Participatory Methodology of Inclusion Fernando Echarri Iribarren,1 Museo Universidad de Navarra, Spain Teresa Barrio Fernández, Museo Universidad de Navarra, Spain (2023)
- Insight and Inner Peace in Palliative Care Professionals after an Art Therapy Workshop Focused on Personal Self-Care: A Preliminary Experience Marı́a Arantzamendi, RN, MS, PhD,1,2,* Paula Sapeta, RN, MS, PhD,3 Nadia Collette, BA, BSc, MA.AT, PhD,4 Ana Baños Sesma, MS,5 María Teresa Torres Pérez-Solero, BHum,6 Fernando Iribarren Echarri, MS, PhD,6 and Carlos Centeno, MD, PhD1,2,7 (2021)
- The education of the scrutinizing gaze in Jorge Oteiza: "Nature, art, and spirituality" Fernando Echarri Iribarren1 University of Navarra Emilio Varela Froján2 University of the Basque Country (2017)
- Measuring the Rothko experience in school visitors to modern art museums Carmen Urpí, Charo Reparaz & Fernando Echarri (2022)
- Breunensian Museology (2022)
- Palliative care and the arts: vehicles to introduce medical students to patient-centered decision-making and the art of caring Carlos Centeno, Carole Robinson, Antonio Noguera-Tejedor, María Arantzamendi, Fernando Echarri, and José Pereira (2017)
- Tàpies’ Briefcase Project: Generating Meaningful Experiences for Blind People through Contemporary Art Fernando Echarri, María Angélica Martínez & Teresa Barrio (2025)
- The “Kids’ Museum” Project Goes to the Mater Dei School: Assessment of an Educational Project Aimed at the First Cycle of Early Childhood Education (0–3 Years Old) Teresa Barrio Fernández,1 University of Navarra Museum, Spain Fernando Echarri Iribarren, University of Navarra Museum, Spain Sara Urra Nieva, Mater Dei Diocesan School, Spain Laura Oteiza Gurucharri, Mater Dei Diocesan School, Spain (2022)
- The aesthetic experience of the sublime for a group of Highly Sensitive Persons: Maselli’s figurative style vs. Rothko’s abstract expressionism Fernando Echarri, Ignacio Migueliź, Natalia Verea, and Teresa Barrio (2025)
- The color of COVID-19: a creativity program to manage emotions during a pandemic. Fernando Echarri, Dr. Teresa Barrio, Dr. Carmen Urpi (2021)
- The Most Beautiful Painting in the World: the process as a narrative in Tàpies Fernando Echarri; Javier Ortiz-Echagüe (2019)
- To Be a Box or Not to Be a Box: The Multiple Meanings of the Metaphor in Antoni Tàpies Fernando Echarri1, *, Victor Echarri2 (2019)
- Tribute to Bach (1956): Approximation to the Oteizian Mural Emptiness as a Silent Music Score Fernando Echarri1, *, Emilio Varela2 (2020)
- Why doesn't that woman look at us? A collaborative-inclusive project to promote equality through creativity at the Museo Universidad de Navarra Echarri & Barrio, 2023)
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Short stories
Discover a collection of 10 stories created based on interpretations by children visiting the permanent exhibition at Museo Universidad de Navarra. Each story is based on one of the museum's works of art.
Each of the stories aims to promote four educational aspects: Emotion (Bizquerra and Fredrickson), Value (Caduto), Emotional Competence (Goleman), Type of Intelligence (Gardener)
Coordination: Fernando Echarri Iribarren
Authors: Sandra Altimari, Janire Alcázar, Mariangela Vergara, Fernando Echarri Iribarren
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