The materialization of a piece as a work of art is often a consequence of the process and not so much a final artistic object. For Pires Vieira, the process began about 50 years ago. His work, albeit labelled as painting, encompasses other artistic fields,...
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2D. 3D.No, I don’t mean two-dimensionality or three-dimensionality. I’m talking about the 2-day and 3-day stage seasons of an artistic production. There are several of them. They are multiplied without any understandable criteria. What is the current struggle for alternative spaces that can welcome theatre...
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We all know how hard life in the peripheries is. Particularly from a cultural point of view, when the periphery is about 900 km away, with the Atlantic in between. When a structure is able to maintain regular work for 30 years, even for periods...
We all know how hard life in t...
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The exhibition Physics of Portuguese Heritage. Architecture and Memory, at Museu de Arte Popular, lasts until September 29th, becoming part of the European Heritage Days.It will be the last session of the parallel programme of the exhibition, with a conference by the architect João Luís...
The exhibition Physics of Port...
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The importance of Róisín Murphy in contemporary electronic music and the relevance of her lyrical poetry. Word by word.The exuberant and disruptive Róisín Murphy visited Lisbon, in a concert at Lisb-on. A monumental and theatrical performance, with each movement extending itself in time and space,...
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Francisco Osório was born in 1987 in Lisbon. He studied architecture, drawing, painting and photography in Portugal, Italy and the United Kingdom. From these different fields, a work was born based on an experimental process of collection, cataloguing and representation of space and the objects...
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It’s the tenth and final edition of Bairro das Artes. Ana Matos and Cláudio Garrudo, who created the idea for this event, consider that the mission has been fulfilled. The city changed and a new dynamic was born. The cycle has now come to an...
It’s the tenth and final edi...
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On an August afternoon, José Taborda welcomed me in his studio. We talked about work, motivations and the exhibition Elástico to be inaugurated on 12 September at Zaratan; while we were talking, the works he is about to exhibit laid in front of us, waiting...
On an August afternoon, José ...
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Vasco Araújo (born in 1975) is one of the most important Portuguese artists of his generation. His work is vast and consistent. His themes are centred on issues of sexual, racial or social identity. Vasco has a refined sense of humour, which runs through his...
Vasco Araújo (born in 1975) i...
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Union Jacking. Voice of the Voice£ess, by Yonamine, at Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, is a real exhibition; it doesn’t simply show the artist’s recent production. It takes risks and creates an atmosphere of a great installation. It is a characteristic of the individual exhibitions of...
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