A body among bodies. A contract-free social model. This is how the body of the spectator, that one-time visitor, finds its way into this metaphorically organic fabric: the exhibition. As put forth by Eduardo Lourenço, the author of the work that sparked this curatorial exercise,...
A body among bodies. A contrac...
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There is perhaps no state of being so elusive as happiness. Still, it finds itself the subject of perpetual phenomenological prospection: art, philosophy, science, media and advertising, etc., have (and often in corroboration) all but depicted, discussed, distilled and, ultimately, distributed happiness in and for...
There is perhaps no state of b...
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I have no trace of the referent, so I am quoting from memory. When João Bénard da Costa anticipates a biopic about some Hollywood tycoon in the 1980s, he mentions that it will take place "when cinema is no longer more than an epic of...
I have no trace of the referen...
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In all forms of artistic expression, the opening up of screens and prioritising the virtual over what is generally referred to as reality or normalcy is a common denominator. Nevertheless, instead of dividing one plane from another, art cancels out the disjunction between the virtual...
In all forms of artistic expre...
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After Siamo Foresta, an exhibition sponsored by the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, which brought to the Triennale an exemplary collection of indigenous works from the Amazon basin, as well as works by authors inspired by the aesthetics and politics surrounding the world's most famous...
After Siamo Foresta, an exhibi...
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Stringing the disconnection brings together a two-pronged celebration: it is Rui Soares Costa's new exhibition, and it heralds the opening of the new Salgadeiras space, marking its twentieth anniversary. As with all celebrations - as a ritual of continuation - this exhibition also fulfils the...
Stringing the disconnection br...
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John Tagg's book The Burden of Representation describes the practice of photography as a "method for offering a new kind of knowledge" or, in other words, a practice leading to a path towards the "art of truth". A practice serving science, "essential for replicating all...
John Tagg's book The Burden of...
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Both floors of Galeria Appleton are busy until February 3 with exhibitions by two artists: Ano Sabático by Nuno Nunes-Ferreira, curated by Luísa Santos and Ana Fabíola Maurício, and Guarda Nocturno by Horácio Frutuoso....
Both floors of Galeria Appleto...
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What does Art and Art History reveal about Love? Now without capital letters, lest this question be considered somewhat pretentious: what does art and art history reveal about love? A love with no filters, without any moralising, intellectualising or blemished looks. Where can we find...
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Kapwani Kiwanga's (Canada, 1978) exhibition at the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, despite its rather descriptive title, Where salt and freshwater meet and crooked trees filter the sun, broadens the interpretative, receptive and experiential fields....
Kapwani Kiwanga's (Canada, 197...
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