José de Guimarães is one of the most accomplished Portuguese artists with a fruitful and envied career. At 80, with 60 years of work, Guimarães is a worldly artist, packed with stories and histories, always changing and turbulent, surely, but no less rich for the...
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Until January 6, it is possible to visit some of the exhibitions of the I International Biennial of Contemporary Jewellery. Divided into several well-known spaces in the city, such as Museu de Tapeçaria, Convento de São Francisco/Fundação Robinson and Biblioteca Municipal, this exhibition presents pieces by...
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The History of Art is also the history of colour. For centuries, blue was the colour that was most prone to regulation. Expensive, always in small amounts since lapis lazuli was scarce and had to travel a whole sea to be reduced into dust, blue...
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Fundação PLMJ is one of those rare institutions in Portugal that has been creating a contemporary art collection with a clear and thoughtful curatorial gaze. Furthermore, this is a foundation that has been promoting art and philanthropy, while showing its artworks Portuguese artists acquired throughout...
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On a recent day of October, otherwise marked by torrential rains, the city of Porto added a new site to its roster of art centres.Nested in the neighbourhood Campanhã, the history of Casa São Roque traces back to 1759, when it originally functioned as a...
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This is the first of three articles on actresses, creators, directors, performers and activists in Portugal. They are women from several parts of the country, who have chosen the performing arts. They strive for everything: educational work, from childhood to adulthood, the creation of an...
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Taking stage at the island of the same name, the festival MADEIRADiG returns in November for its 16th consecutive edition. Taking place between 29 November and 7 December, this year´s festival presents itself under a new, extended format.Alongside its line-up of live music acts set...
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Renate Graf presents her first exhibition in Lisbon, The Photographer’s chronicles: thoughts become images 1992 | 2019, an archive of her images over the last three decades. Her work is a continuous process of travel documentation, particularly in Italy, France, Morocco, USA, India, among others.Through...
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Lilit Stepanyan pioneered the creation of a rural artistic residence in two small towns, which contrast with the neon lighting and bubbling excitement of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia: Talin (with about 8.000 inhabitants), with a cathedral built in the 7th century; and Byurakan (about...
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Silvia Guerra is the artistic director of Lab'Bel, the artistic laboratory of the group Bel (created in 2010), a foundation supported by the family owning the French cheese company La Vache qui Rit (itself established back in 1921). Since its founding, Silvia Guerra is responsible...
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