In 1763, an anonymous pamphlet about the Salon du Paris, the official exhibition of the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, stated "never had the different parts [...
In 1763, an anonymous pamphlet...
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O Multiverso - Um Regresso ao Futuro, the exhibition programme of Cooperativa de Comunicação e Cultura (CCC) for 2023, begins with Beatriz Neves Fernandes’ first solo exhibition. The premise is that «there is no definite reality, nor absolute fiction». This statement allows us to grope...
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Mafalda Ruão interviews Lisette Van Hoogenhuyze, author of Umbigo’s cover of the month, exploring her ever changing trajectory, in between techniques, mediums and approaches. A never settled practice, rather a continuous learning process that hopes to embody the cultures and symbolisms of long time generations....
Mafalda Ruão interviews Liset...
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In olho–faísca, the first monographic exhibition by Jonathas de Andrade (Maceió, 1982) in Portugal, we feel this anonymous, invisible, clandestine libertarian desire. Whether in the undergrounds of an elitist club in Alagoas, an ultra-conservative government or a historically romanticised anthropological narrative, the geographies of desire...
In olho–faísca, the first m...
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AiR 351 is an international artist residency program in Cascais and an important tool for connecting and internationalizing contemporary art.Under the shade of the huge stone pine tree in the garden of the former Escola Monumento D. Luiz I, now home to AiR 351, Umbigo...
AiR 351 is an international ar...
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As Luís Paulo Costa says: “Two coffees are two people and everything around them. And two coffees can be surrounded by all.” - this is the essence of the Dois Cafés exhibition, with works by him and curated by Sara Antónia Matos, at MIAA -...
As Luís Paulo Costa says: “...
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When I visit exhibitions where I notice a minimalist aesthetic, I immediately recall Tony Smith’s peculiar story with his daughter when she was a child. She, upon seeing some of her father’s works - essentially cubes, concrete geometric shapes - asked him what he hid...
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At some point in our lives, we all went through the ritual of choosing objects that belong to houses and spaces that, for some reason, we had to abandon, sell or destroy. During this process, there is always one object more special than others. Our...
At some point in our lives, we...
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This is a demanding essay in two parts, where the expectations of those who think they will find mostly photographic pieces are shattered and then reconstructed. The support criterion becomes insufficient to define an event dedicated to photography and extends beyond it....
This is a demanding essay in t...
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The jamb is one of the furnishing parts of a doorway. In this doorway, the lintel is the ceiling and the sill is the floor. This composition of elements, together with the depth, recall the romantic idea of the doorway as a threshold (the threshold...
The jamb is one of the furnish...
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