In 2001, Raquel Freire was 26 years old and made her first feature film entitled Rasganço. The film is a furious love letter to Coimbra. It’s her look at secular traditions and codes of behaviour, but also at the city that she deeply admires. She...
In 2001, Raquel Freire was 26 ...
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Gonçalo Conde has been feeling the urge to be connected to the art realm since he was 13. His greatest passion is fashion, but the gateway to this world has been the antiquities he has collected since his twenties. Life led him to opt for...
Gonçalo Conde has been feelin...
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On the way to its second edition, that takes place from 14 to 18 May, FEA positions itself as a panoramic window facing the world of contemporary art in Lisbon. The objective is to reach more than the institutional spaces and private galleries. Here the...
On the way to its second editi...
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The pieces of Anna-Karin Karlsson are not for the faint of heart, but rather for “dancing hearts”. Put on heart shaped sunglasses 'cause we gonna take a ride, quoting Lana Del Rey. A two-stop trip or a short coffee break and a quick chat with...
The pieces of Anna-Karin Karls...
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“People come here looking to see the patient. Like in a zoo. And they are stunned when they do not identify themselves in the middle of the coworking or when the artists are not even physically here, because they establish their own schedule. They are...
“People come here looking to...
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Forget the sarcasm and think about beauty. In the context of art residencies promoted by ArtWorks, the expression ‘the fine flower of the rubble’ (the English translation of a well-known Portuguese saying) gets quite close to A Flor e o Espinho, a song by Nelson...
Forget the sarcasm and think a...
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You gotta fight for your right to cry or like Sónia Baptista says “use sadness to activate anger and be able to fight for a better and fairer world”. Triste in English from Spanish peels off the layers from the happiness filter until we’re able...
You gotta fight for your right...
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The 3rd edition of Poster Mostra happens From September 29 to October 29, once again in Marvila. Before that, Umbigo accomplished something we wanted to do since the first edition: follow one of the Mini Poster workshops with children and young people of social institutions, perceiving,...
The 3rd edition of Poster Most...
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Freedom dances barefoot. Or at least with flat shoes not to disrupt the movement, the swing and the desire to jump. Perhaps that is the reason why, as soon as we enter the area of the Paradisaea exhibition, which celebrates Lux Frágil’s 20th anniversary, we are invited to leave our...
Freedom dances barefoot. Or a...
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The 12th edition of MOTELX starts today and until Sunday (9th September) it will occupy Cinema S. Jorge, Cinemateca Júnior and Cinemateca’s terrace with a marathon of horror and genre movies. Welcome to MOTELX. The last one to get in turns off the light. Terrorês -...
The 12th edition of MOTELX sta...
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