In recent times, several alternative spaces dedicated to promoting contemporary art in Porto have emerged, in a parallel activity to museums, art centres and commercial galleries. Many of these places are run by groups of emerging artists, marked by interdisciplinarity, production, exhibition and cultural exchange....
In recent times, several alter...
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We start at the supposed end of the exhibition pathway of Next to the Next Century, by António Olaio, at Kubikgallery. More precisely a partly open door, in the homonymous video by the author, with music by Vítor Rua. This door, which is never fully...
We start at the supposed end o...
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At the launch of the new educational project of the Galeria Municipal do Porto (GMP) - ping!, we interviewed Matilde Seabra, the coordinator of the educational project. Ana Martins - GMP’s new educational project, ping! – Programa de Incursão à Galeria encompasses several activities for school...
At the launch of the new educa...
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About Céu Guarda’s individual exhibition Senso Comum, open until June 27 at The Cave Photography, we interviewed the photographer during the organization of her most recent exhibition, part of the 2nd edition of the Photography Biennial of Porto, with the theme What Happens with the...
About Céu Guarda’s individu...
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The project Situação21, curated by Miguel von Hafe Pérez, co-produced by Porto City Hall, wants to make the city’s commercial galleries more visible, after a long lockdown. The aim is to emphasize their historical and current importance as decisive cultural agents for the art market,...
The project Situação21, cura...
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Could the coronavirus pandemic be a warning to the extractive, corrosive, and destructive way we inhabit the Earth? Are we on the brink of extinction? Is leaving for Mars, as Elon Musk proposes, an alternative? Or is it better to modify our presence on the...
Could the coronavirus pandemic...
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Liebestod – Amor e Morte by Vasco Araújo, curated by Bruno Marques, is at Sismógrafo until May 15, 2021. The exhibition proposes a reflection on romantic love, passion and its impossibility, using video and installation. This is the consequence of an investigation by the artist,...
Liebestod – Amor e Morte by ...
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Que horas são que horas: uma galeria de histórias, curated by José Maia, Paula Parente Pinto and Paulo Mendes, at Galeria Municipal do Porto, is an exhibition about the history of art galleries in Oporto, between 1940 and the present. It is a reflection that...
Que horas são que horas: uma ...
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Nets of Hyphae by Diana Policarpo, curated by Stefanie Hessler (Director of Kunsthall Trondheim, Norway), at Galeria Municipal do Porto until April 25 [reopening at April 6], 2021, is an expanded rhizome in space, a network of similarities between ergotism, sexual and reproductive health and...
Nets of Hyphae by Diana Polica...
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About Today, by João Louro, at zet gallery, curated by Helena Mendes Pereira, is a solo exhibition that allows the visitor to go through the artist’s work. The works were created between 1995 and 2019, marked by an important reflection on contemporaneity, the use of...
About Today, by João Louro, a...
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