The room text tells us that Miguel Marquês met a Moldovan immigrant called Valentin Perpelita through the medium. He eventually returned to his home country with some disposable cameras given to him by the photographer, on the promise that he would send them back with...
The room text tells us that Mi...
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Without ignoring my inattention or inexperience as a factor, I cannot remember ever having heard the term ‘tribute’ applied to an art exhibition consisting of pieces by the subject himself. It immediately brought me back to the ‘music’ field: cover bands, faux rock stars, amateur...
Without ignoring my inattentio...
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Cristina Lamas describes this exhibition - the result of a three-month residency she held in the Para Amazon - as "a reminder of the end of languages and knowledge, of life cycles and natural phenomena"....
Cristina Lamas describes this ...
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I'm writing this short article about the beautiful Amor I Love You exhibition in the early hours of the morning before the day I set out to deliver it, and in the last few hours I haven't managed to write anything that does it justice....
I'm writing this short article...
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Like the sky, Teresa Murta's paintings are endless in their possibilities, tapping into something primal and innate, childlike. They are an ambiguous and perverse exercise in denial without ever stopping asserting themselves....
Like the sky, Teresa Murta's p...
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I have no trace of the referent, so I am quoting from memory. When João Bénard da Costa anticipates a biopic about some Hollywood tycoon in the 1980s, he mentions that it will take place "when cinema is no longer more than an epic of...
I have no trace of the referen...
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I have a confession to make. Although António Olaio is a well-known and widely acclaimed artist in the Portuguese cultural scene - and beyond - I had never, out of sheer ignorance, tried to explore his work more thoroughly. That does not mean that this was...
I have a confession to make. ...
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(Português) Tentar escrever algo de novo e relevante sobre o trabalho de Carlos Nogueira revela o que há de mais assustador no conceito de desafiante, quando tanta gente, de elevadíssima competência, já o fez. Não só sobre o trabalho, mas sobre os temas – para...
(Português) Tentar escrever a...
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Pardon my indiscretion, but perhaps under the influence of the existential burden cast by the question that João Motta Guedes raises with the title of his first solo exhibition at Galeria NAVE, How to live?, my first encounter with the exhibition venue had, as opposed...
Pardon my indiscretion, but pe...
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One segment is twenty seconds, thirteen make up this sculpture. A period of time is materialized in crystal, and it’s about that time. If it were not for João Onofre’s deep interest in the 60s and 70s conceptual art, combined with the “humour” typical of...
One segment is twenty seconds,...
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