During the evening of May 17, 2024, wrapped in the stones of the Ancient Roman cryptoporticus of Aeminium (50 AD) in Coimbra, one could easily glimpse a bit of the sphinx that threatened Oedipus in Sophocles' play (427 BC), embodied in sculptures such as the...
During the evening of May 17, ...
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Alfaia - Associação Cultural strives to plot a dynamic map of its region, with viewpoints that see this context (historical, cultural, geographical, ...
Alfaia - Associação Cultural...
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Sketch for a museum is a round of interviews to expand on the growing reference to colonial and post-colonial issues on the Portuguese art scene in recent years. The primary purpose is to stimulate dialogue between a series of artistic practices and initiatives that have...
Sketch for a museum is a round...
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Submissions are now open for the LOEWE FOUNDATION 2025 Craft Prize. The Prize aims to distinguish and support international artists who demonstrate an exceptional ability to create objects of superior aesthetic value – pieces that respond to a formula and language of their own, inspiring...
Submissions are now open for t...
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On July 18, the eighth edition of the Dar a Ouvir festival, a project co-organised by Educational Department of Jazz ao Centro Clube (JACC) and the São Francisco Convent / Coimbra City Hall, opened its exhibition section, divided into three parts....
On July 18, the eighth edition...
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As we walk into the Kaleidoscope exhibition, the place is overwhelmed by an intense light coming from the wide windows in the spacious CABANAmad room. The vibrant glow pervades the multicoloured, translucent pieces hanging on the wall. Long, languid, caramel-coloured birds stand in sharp contrast...
As we walk into the Kaleidosco...
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Rita Gaspar Vieira's exhibition Água Viva explores the drama underlying water, articulating its different facets to build objects whose circumstantial essence touches on themes such as memory and identity, fragility and transcendence....
Rita Gaspar Vieira's exhibitio...
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Women are allies. When there are women in a group, you, either as a man or as a woman, are safe - safe from toxic masculinity, sexual and gender-based violence, abuse, sorrow and depression. They establish a place, a tiny place that nourishes your freedom,...
Women are allies. When there a...
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Nobody expects anything like this until it happens. It may not seem real, but it could be and we would like it to be. In true nonchalant Italian style: se non è vero, è ben trovato. These words come to mind when faced with António...
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The Casa do Comum auditorium was full on July 3rd for the screening of the film Revolución Puta by María Galindo. Whilst travelling through Europe to attend the Venice Biennale and the Avignon Festival, the artist and de-colonial feminist activist was invited to Lisbon by...
The Casa do Comum auditorium w...
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