Wanderlust at Artes – Mota Galiza, curated by Carlos Magalhães Pinto and Galeria Nave‘s director Mercedes Cerón, presents works by Arturo Comas, Francisco Correia, João Motta Guedes, Jon Gorospe, Martim Brion, Susana Rocha and Teresa Murta. The first collective show of these seven artists in...
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Mafalda Ruão interviews Felix Vong, author of Umbigo’s cover of the month, a provocative voice that manifests itself through rebellious gestures combining punk-inspired illustrations and painting-statements, which reveal much more than what a superficial sight may lead us think. By looking closer, we will find...
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Lisbon, 1968. Porto, 1987. Two landscapes and almost two decades physically divide Paulo Brighenti and David Correia Gonçalves. They meet halfway, between drawing and sculpture, in the village of Maceira. Then, at Brotéria. Braço Cruzado, inaugurated on March 31, puts three new creations of these...
Lisbon, 1968. Porto, 1987. Two...
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According to Giorgio Agamben, contemporaneity is an “anachronism that allows us to understand our time as a “too soon” that is also a “too late”, an “already” that is also a “not yet”[1]. This statement is quoted by Rémi Coignet in the opening text...
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The issues of loneliness and isolation are increasingly relevant in contemporary society, especially after the collective experience of the COVID-19 pandemic. We have all experienced loneliness and isolation, whether in fleeting moments or profound feelings of disconnection with others. These are universal and timeless sentiments,...
The issues of loneliness and i...
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“Why should we go back to talking about witches?” is the provocative remark made by Sara Magno in the text of Pagan Days, Pedro Valdez Cardoso’s first solo exhibition, at NO·NO Gallery. With the nine pieces on display, the Lisbon artist offers clues not only...
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Skin - physical and psychic - unites and separates. It is seductive and repulsive. It protects and hides. It is an immense organ, with changing hues and densities. However, it is primarily an undetachable surface, registering and recording - as if it were a proof...
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The exhibition Entrelinhas - Jorge Martins and Mónica Coelho, on show at the Ratton gallery, is the result of an invitation to the artist Mónica Coelho to develop work around Jorge Martins' tile work....
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Two premises are usually part of any photographic understanding: the supposed epistemological guarantee of reality and the paradoxical relationship with death, from the temporal disruption....
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It was born as Appleton Square, added a Box, then a Garage, and today it continues to reinvent itself. Appleton is a venue that brings today’s art world into context through the seamless coming together of different artistic pursuits, including visual and performing arts with...
It was born as Appleton Square...
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