Mystery, complexity and paradox, three words that came to my mind during the enthralling conversation I had with Carolina Quintela about the exhibition she curated at UCCLA to celebrate 40 years of official diplomatic relations between Portugal and China and the 20 years of existence...
Mystery, complexity and parado...
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The questions of definition, boundaries and functionality of art have always been at stake in the sculptural artworks produced by the artist Tobias Rehberger and his atelier’s assistants and collaborators in Frankfurt-am-Main.For this third exhibition dedicated to the works of the German artist, the Pedro...
The questions of definition, b...
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With a poignant appeal in favour of trees and wildlife conservation, the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, in Paris, brings together a large community of artists, botanists, philosophers, and scientists for the ambitious exhibition entitled Nous les Arbres or Trees in English. Promoting awareness, care...
With a poignant appeal in favo...
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Bringing earth, soil, clay, dust and dirt to the gallery space is a performative act that - from Robert Smithson, Robert Morris and Walter de Maria to Dineo Seshee Bopape – has always involved a sort of rebellion spirit towards the ultra-clean and standardised art...
Bringing earth, soil, clay, du...
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The title sets the tone of this puzzling solo show by Maumaus. The first part of it points out either to “losing altogether the rose-coloured glasses, the illusions, ingenuousness and inventiveness” or to “being released into the wild and confronted with the rude realities of...
The title sets the tone of thi...
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“Of course not, we have never lied to each other; when it’s necessary we just use words that lie for us”. José Saramago Presented as the second stage of the long-term project entitled Chain Reaction, this exhibition is based on a previous exhibition, Brief History of Portugal, that...
“Of course not, we have neve...
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I first discovered Adrián Balseca at the 2018 edition of ARCOlisboa art where the gallery Madragoa exhibited his 8:28 minute loop video El Cóndor pasa. Produced in 2015, the digital work sets a dusty and spectral diurnal scenery for the tribulations of a black AYMESA...
I first discovered Adrián Bal...
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At the confluence of science, technology, art and poetry, the “Satellites” exhibition by the Brazilian photographer Márcio Vilela - curated by Adelaide Ginga - at the Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado, in Lisbon, appears as a sort of window on the starry sky...
At the confluence of science, ...
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A mysterious, nocturnal, and oneiric environment is created in the exhibition Fauna by the artist André Romão with the complicity of Pedro Lapa, curator of the exhibition, at the Museu Coleção Berardo. Conceived as an immersive scenario in four acts, it presents several types of...
A mysterious, nocturnal, and o...
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