Leopoldo de Almeida’s sculpture entitled Archeiro (1972) emphasizes the dramatic, replicative and replicable gesture, as well as the absence of an arrow and a “target”, a direction and an end. Whimsically, the great archer (also or simply?) became a mime with tangible and significant absences....
Leopoldo de Almeida’s sculpt...
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The title sets the tone of this puzzling solo show by Maumaus. The first part of it points out either to “losing altogether the rose-coloured glasses, the illusions, ingenuousness and inventiveness” or to “being released into the wild and confronted with the rude realities of...
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MAAT’s oval room is, as in many European museums, a room more geared towards experimentation. In other words, to works of art that cannot fit into the most common rooms or require that transfiguration, where barriers are needed. This is the case of this spatially...
MAAT’s oval room is, as in m...
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“Of course not, we have never lied to each other; when it’s necessary we just use words that lie for us”. José Saramago Presented as the second stage of the long-term project entitled Chain Reaction, this exhibition is based on a previous exhibition, Brief History of Portugal, that...
“Of course not, we have neve...
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The metaphor of the history of images is journey-driven. From conception to production, and then reproduction and repetition, the image is passively subjected to the spatiotemporal flow of human wills and perspectives. And if, until recently, contexts remained attached to images – liken subtitles of...
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Quantum Creole, exhibited at the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum – Project Space until 2 September, is the result of a long research process (approximately ten years) conducted by Filipa César in Guinea-Bissau, translated into other projects such as Spell Reel (2017), the first feature film by...
Quantum Creole, exhibited at t...
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The 30th anniversary of the Serralves Collection as part of the Portuguese Contemporary Art Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art is celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of its collection, one of Portugal’s largest and most important. It gathers a wide array of works, more than 4300, over 1700...
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While writing a guide filled with tips and remarks on the dynamics of the artistic circuit of the economic hub of Andean America, devising a couple of connections with Portugal was inescapable. CorpArtesThe cultural centre is currently welcoming an exhibition entitled Surge, by Anish Kapoor, an...
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We Didn´t Mean To Break It (But It’s Ok We Can Fix It). The title’s provocative tone echoes throughout the Pedro Cera gallery, through the works of five artists (Haiyang Wang, Joyce Ho, Poklong Anading, Mak Ying Tung 2, Filippo Sciascia) on display, addressing issues...
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Às Nove a Caminho is the title of Sara Mealha’s solo exhibition that opened on June 7 at Galeria Balcony in Lisbon. With a background in painting, the artist relies on several different supports, having in mind the unique traits of each approach. Às Nove...
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