The archaeology of the landscape and natural phenomena, mainly the geological one and that of the decomposition of things, has been a leitmotiv of research and representation by several contemporary artists. The rediscovery of nature – not only in its procedural or logical properties, but...
The archaeology of the landsca...
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João Louro is an artist whose work feeds off signs and meanings and what lies between the image and the word. The definition of both is variable, interchangeable, resulting in deviations, errors or redefinitions from a conceptual and plastic standpoint. A word in a dictionary...
João Louro is an artist whose...
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The Et Cetera Festival opens its doors to three continuous days of music, art and other events that promote several creative expressions. The dynamics obey to the contemporary cultures of electro, light and experimentation, with an array of concerts and an exhibition in the city...
The Et Cetera Festival opens i...
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Let us forget the centralism of Lisbon or Porto. Let us forget the recurrent idea that Portugal is a mere coast line. Let us remember of other centres, other programs, other communities. Let us remember of other institutions, art museums, art events that are displayed...
Let us forget the centralism o...
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JustLX 2018 has ended and it is time now for an audit, even if prematurely. Either way, and according to the organization, the art fair had a positive outcome, with the galleries declaring a “pleasant” number of sales.At the extreme side of ARCOlisboa, this was...
JustLX 2018 has ended and it i...
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After last year success, and the previous one, ARCOlisboa reviews its strategy and broadens the number of participating galleries, either in the usual program, either in the parallel cycles such as Opening, this year curated by João Laia again.Umbigo highlights the shows in Torreão Poente,...
After last year success, and t...
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Art fairs are ruled by specific, mostly inscrutable criteria and surely inaccessible to the majority of people. The rules to that selection are frequently shadowed and unrevealed in press notes or regulations, even though a greater transparency has been pursued lately. There’s no better nor...
Art fairs are ruled by specifi...
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Contemporary art has made its most acute path outside the big institutions. Independent movements and initiatives were of the utmost importance in the development of the artists’ works, but, above all, in the affirmation of the critic verve inherent to those works: the critic of...
Contemporary art has made its ...
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Manuel Casimiro is a Portuguese artist with a long career divided between painting, sculpture and photography, through which has developed a rather specific language – the so-called casimirian eggs.Working the theme of image appropriation in an era – as Walter Benjamin thoroughly argued – of...
Manuel Casimiro is a Portugues...
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Ponta do Sol is the place where the Aqui Acolá Festival happens, a small location in the island of Madeira that has been gathering efforts to promote this event of music, dance, theatre, cinema, photography and many other disciplinary fields of the Arts.From 10 to...
Ponta do Sol is the place wher...
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