The language and form of stone is a language of time, a form of time. The cells of the land, an elemental composite of rock, stone is also a testimony of labour, of utility, of community, of settlement. It is the polished stone and the...
The language and form of stone...
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With the participation of 50 exhibition spaces and galleries from eight different countries, helmed by artistic director, Semíramis González, JUSTMAD, now in its eleventh edition, sets itself upon the themes of sustainability, the environment and feminism. The theme of Feminism is central to this year´s...
With the participation of 50 e...
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Now for the third consecutive year, Umbigo once again shall be present at ARCOmadrid with its own booth.Following suit of the previous two years, in which the booth was host to works by artists Jorge Santos, Rita Gaspar Vieira, and Nuno Sousa Vieira, this year...
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In our attempts to understand that which has come and gone before us, we have always looked to the cultural artefacts and heirlooms that have remained after the processes of time have enacted upon them.Yet, upon examining these artefacts; a terracotta vase, a papyrus scripture,...
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The digital field is a labyrinth of texts, contexts, hypertexts, images and myths which construct and deconstruct fairly often, full of references, hyperlinks and different characters. It’s a labyrinth as dense as the labyrinth of the cosmos, as complex as the Daedalus labyrinth. Within this...
The digital field is a labyrin...
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José de Guimarães is one of the most accomplished Portuguese artists with a fruitful and envied career. At 80, with 60 years of work, Guimarães is a worldly artist, packed with stories and histories, always changing and turbulent, surely, but no less rich for the...
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The History of Art is also the history of colour. For centuries, blue was the colour that was most prone to regulation. Expensive, always in small amounts since lapis lazuli was scarce and had to travel a whole sea to be reduced into dust, blue...
The History of Art is also the...
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Fundação PLMJ is one of those rare institutions in Portugal that has been creating a contemporary art collection with a clear and thoughtful curatorial gaze. Furthermore, this is a foundation that has been promoting art and philanthropy, while showing its artworks Portuguese artists acquired throughout...
Fundação PLMJ is one of thos...
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The cultural association EMERGE tries to disseminate projects by emerging Portuguese artists, with exhibitions and the publication of books or catalogues.Launched in 2017, the Portuguese Emerging Art series selects artists at the beginning of their careers, from a list assessed by a jury that comes...
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Drawing Room has returned to Lisbon for a new edition at Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes.The 2019 programme includes 14 Portuguese galleries dedicated to contemporary design, with artists such as Pedro Barateiro, Helena Almeida, Júlio Pomar, Cristina Lamas, Lourdes de Castro, Ana Jotta, Luísa Cunha,...
Drawing Room has returned to L...
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