Monitor, an exhibitive and self-assumed experimental space, a satellite in Lisbon of the renowned and homonymous Italian gallery (based in Rome), stands out yet again in the national context for the boldness of its programme. Filmica, on display until April 6, reinforces this position by...
Monitor, an exhibitive and sel...
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There are common characteristics that cross Pauliana Valente Pimentel’s artwork. The mise-en-scène, the thought composition. This notion of staging and scenography is transversal to all her works and is one of the formal characteristics that define her as an artist.In A Vida é Feita de...
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The truth is that patience is not always a virtue. The moment of waiting can turn into such a distressing pause that inertia clouds our thinking and acting abilities, forcing us to feel that time has frozen and we have petrified ourselves with it (even...
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Galeria 111 is celebrating its 55th-year anniversary with the exhibition Beyond this Lonely Carousel.Mostly based on a set works from 2000 to 2018, the exhibition also encompasses works from previous decades, dating back to 50s and reaching the 90s of the 20th century.The way the...
Galeria 111 is celebrating its...
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O Mundo Começou às 5 e 47 [The World Started at 5:47 am] and with it the promise of a new day.O Mundo Começou às 5 e 47 [The World Started at 5:47 am], with the sun piercing the horizon and the dawn of a...
O Mundo Começou às 5 e 47 [T...
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Carlos Bunga (Porto, 1976) simultaneously presents two exhibitions in Lisbon: Where I Am Free, at Fundação Carmona e Costa, and The Architecture of Life. Environments, Sculptures, Paintings and Films, at MAAT. These exhibitions are a partnership and complement each other. Where I Am Free is...
Carlos Bunga (Porto, 1976) sim...
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Contemporary and sacred art, is this relationship (still) possible?In an attempt to answer this question, the exhibition Stray Gods | Deuses Extraviados, inaugurated on January 24 at Galeria Graça Brandão in Lisbon, extends and updates the dialogue between art and religion, distancing itself from the...
Contemporary and sacred art, i...
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In Public, the Australian Gerry Bibby forces art to look outside. The whole area of Maumaus’ Lumiar Cité is somehow turned inside out and the exhibition is geared towards the exterior, taking advantage of the gallery’s glass walls.Since the space itself seems to have been...
In Public, the Australian Gerr...
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Fernando Lanhas and Álvaro Lapa are two pivotal and emblematic figures in Portuguese contemporary art, particularly from the second half of the 20th century. At first, reflecting about them can be a separate and distinct effort, taking into account the traits and particularities of each...
Fernando Lanhas and Álvaro La...
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Forget the sarcasm and think about beauty. In the context of art residencies promoted by ArtWorks, the expression ‘the fine flower of the rubble’ (the English translation of a well-known Portuguese saying) gets quite close to A Flor e o Espinho, a song by Nelson...
Forget the sarcasm and think a...
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